jhoward@helps.cactus.org (James Howard) (05/14/91)
I have a 386 33Mhz, 8 MB RAM, 64 KB cache Orchid Pro Designer II 1 MB RAM Sony 1304HG monitor MS-DOS 4.01 Windows 3.0 I have the drivers from Orchid dated 4-12-91 to run Windows in 1024X768 256 colors non-interlaced. If I start windows in real, win /r, or in standard mode, win /s, then all is well. If I start windows in 386 enhanced mode, win or win /e, then the Blue Windows 3.0 beginning screen will not clear without rebooting the computer. Does anyone have this combination working in enhanced 386 mode? Please E-mail or post. --- James Howard Howard Electronic Laboratories Products & Services AA5R cs.utexas.edu!helps!jhoward or jhoward@helps.cactus.org
lucchesi@vaxwrk.enet.dec.com (05/14/91)
In article <1141@helps.cactus.org>, jhoward@helps.cactus.org (James Howard) writes: |>Path: engage!nntpd.lkg.dec.com!news.crl.dec.com!deccrl!bloom-beacon!mintaka!think.com!sdd.hp.com!cs.utexas.edu!milano!uudell!helps!jhoward |>From: jhoward@helps.cactus.org (James Howard) |>Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware |>Subject: Orchid ProDesigner II and Windows 3.0 |>Keywords: windows, prodesigner, vga |>Message-ID: <1141@helps.cactus.org> |>Date: 13 May 91 21:17:03 GMT |>Organization: Howard Electronic Laboratories Products and Services |>Lines: 22 |> |>I have |> a 386 33Mhz, 8 MB RAM, 64 KB cache |> Orchid Pro Designer II 1 MB RAM |> Sony 1304HG monitor |> MS-DOS 4.01 |> Windows 3.0 |> |>I have the drivers from Orchid dated 4-12-91 to run Windows in |>1024X768 256 colors non-interlaced. If I start windows in |>real, win /r, or in standard mode, win /s, then all is well. |> |>If I start windows in 386 enhanced mode, win or win /e, then |>the Blue Windows 3.0 beginning screen will not clear without |>rebooting the computer. I have the same problem with a 386/25 and a NEC 3D. I have just sent my board back to ORCHID, thinking it might be a problem with the board. I can get it to break under several different scenarios: 800X600X256 Bring up windows, go to a DOS window, hit ALT-ENTER to put it in a window, gets confused Use a GIF viewer on a high resolution GIF, get confused. Several other circumstances, including at times running their VDIAG program. The symptoms seem to suggest that the wrong page of video memory is being displayed. In windows, I get a blank screen, but can still talk to the applications through the keyboard (obviously, the mouse is out). The only way to clear it is through a hard boot. Are ther any other success/failure stories out there? Is it a problem with the Pro Designer II, or generic to TSENG 4000? Pete