[pchelpers] Re: Corrupt Video In DOS Mode
- From: "G.Cox" <georgetcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 13:49:48 -0500
No Bob ,
I can't see a clear picture in the bios setup either. The monitor is very
old, manufactured August 9, 1993. I have no way of finding out the refresh
rate. I went online and got the driver for it and installed it without any
change in its behavior. I shut off the monitor twice for a half hour and
both times it worked fine for a while upon turning it back on. My guess is
it is over heating for some reason. I need to rule out the PC as the
culprit. I'll do that next by leaving the computer on and turning off the
monitor only for a time.
G. Cox
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert McLellan" <bobmclellan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 8:25 AM
Subject: [pchelpers] Re: Corrupt Video In DOS Mode
G.
When you reboot or go into the bios (setup) can you read anything
before you go into Windows? I have seen what you are talking about when you
go into window and set the refresh rate way to high. How old is your
Monitor and what refresh rate do you have set?
Bob McLellan
----- Original Message -----
From: "G.Cox" <georgetcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Hi People,
> I have a problem with the display in DOS mode on my computer. The video is
> obviously corrupt. Most of the time I can't make out anything- there are
> just snowy bands of color or white, and sometimes there is text that is
> repeated and overlapped so as to make reading what is typed on the screen
> next to impossible. I can't fix it by re-installing my video drivers. When
> the boot process gets to windows everything displays properly. If I can't
> fix this anything that would require me to be able to read a DOS screen
> would be impossible, including re-installing my Windows 98SE or flashing
the
> bios. I need your advice, please.
>
> G. Cox
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