MLWLG@CUNYVM.BITNET (06/21/91)
Hello. Resently, I added a S-VGA card and monitor to my system and, it worked fine. Then I added a combination I/O Card with 2 serial, 1 Parellel, and 1 Game port to the system.......:-( Now the system will not always boot, either from the Hard or floppy drives. So, I then removed the multiport card. But still the problem remains; I can live the problem because it is intermittent, yes, sometimes the system will boot cold or warm, but not consistently. Any theories? Thank you, Larry Muller
ericb@eecs.cs.pdx.edu (Eric Berggren) (06/21/91)
MLWLG@CUNYVM.BITNET writes: >Hello. >Resently, I added a S-VGA card and monitor to my system and, it worked fine. >Then I added a combination I/O Card with 2 serial, 1 Parellel, and 1 Game port >to the system.......:-( >Now the system will not always boot, either from the Hard or floppy drives. So, >I then removed the multiport card. But still the problem remains; I can live >the problem because it is intermittent, yes, sometimes the system will boot >cold or warm, but not consistently. Hmmm... Can you be a little more specific when you say it doesn't boot? Does it get through POST? Does it attempt to boot off the drive then stop? etc... -e.b. ============================================================================== Eric Berggren | "Life is a Turing Test; Computer Science/Eng. | We're all automatons!" ericb@eecs.cs.pdx.edu | - (click, whir, buzz, chirp)
<MLWLG@CUNYVM.BITNET> (06/24/91)
What Do I mean by 'boot', I mean:
1) POST is completed.
2) It seems to start to read from the HD, then the system stops.
The result is a blank screen except for a flashing cursor in the
upper left-hand corner. By 'seems,' I mean that the drive makes the
usual (ie, the sounds prior to this new Svga-card) sounds to my ear.
3) I replaced the old graphics card, and now the system works again; sounds
and all.
2.1) The same holds true for when I try to boot from the fd.
---Could the Vga card be desigend to interfere w/ the HD/DH card?
---Are there no standards to adhere to when it comes to peripheral
add-ons?
---And if the dealer does not take back/exchange this card, I hope
MasterCard interfaces well with this. :-)