[Cialug] PCI VGA Help

[James Shoemaker]

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On 04/19/2011 10:35 AM, L. V. Lammert wrote:
> Need someone with knowledge of hw - we have a passive backplane system
> with ISA & PCI where we need a 2nd monitor (Ubuntu 10.04).
> 
> We tried a ATI Mach64, but it would not run graphics - the monitor reports
> "frequency out of range" [monitor known good]. NBD, as we will need six or
> seven eventually so it would be preferable to have one we can purchase
> today.
> 
> Tried multiple S3 cards - three were DOA, but one worked so I assume the
> first three WERE bad. Unfortunately, it is neither currently produced nor
> high enough resolution (800x600 max).

   Another thing to try is to set the BIOS to have the PCI as primary.
Some of the pci cards don't init properly unless they are hit by the
bios as a primary display.

James
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