Interesting.... In my experience I have found that jumpers had the number and things like pin headers had either the number or the square.
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Interesting.... In my experience I have found that jumpers had the number and things like pin headers had either the number or the square.
stangman517
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Hello modem7.
I looked over your modification doc and it's understandable! I tried both VGA and EGA modes with a multisync monitor I bought from Stone (nice too!), and with an LCD monitor. Nothing! I did not reseat the LSI chips because I actually do not have a good extractor tool; sure I could've probably got them out carefully, but decided to not incase I damaged it and then couldn't return it. I honestly did exhaust my efforts, and decided it's time to through in the towel on this card. Disappointed because I want a backup VGA card. I already have a HERCULES GB500 VGA 8 BIT ISA ADAPTER card and love it! If I could find another one of these I'd buy it!
Thank you to all very much for your feedback. It's enjoyable to educate myself with the VC stuff!
I looked over your modification doc and it's understandable! I tried both VGA and EGA modes with a multisync monitor I bought from Stone (nice too!), and with an LCD monitor. Nothing! I did not reseat the LSI chips because I actually do not have a good extractor tool; sure I could've probably got them out carefully, but decided to not incase I damaged it and then couldn't return it. I honestly did exhaust my efforts, and decided it's time to through in the towel on this card. Disappointed because I want a backup VGA card. I already have a HERCULES GB500 VGA 8 BIT ISA ADAPTER card and love it! If I could find another one of these I'd buy it!
Thank you to all very much for your feedback. It's enjoyable to educate myself with the VC stuff!
Stone
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Try the card in another machine. It's possible that the card, itself, is hosed and the 5150 is not the reason it's not showing anything. If it doesn't work in a machine that isn't particular about which video card it's using then it's time to return it.
Have you tried cleaning the card edge contacts ? I've had a few cards that wouldn't work...... and finally I tried cleaning
the contacts using a rubber pencil eraser, plugged them back in and they worked. I think sometimes even though the
contacts appear clean, there is a film on there preventing them from making contact.
Also, try flipping those switches on the blue switch block back and forth a few times, sometimes the contacts inside the switch
can get corroded.
Do you get any beeps from the system with the card installed ?
the contacts using a rubber pencil eraser, plugged them back in and they worked. I think sometimes even though the
contacts appear clean, there is a film on there preventing them from making contact.
Also, try flipping those switches on the blue switch block back and forth a few times, sometimes the contacts inside the switch
can get corroded.
Do you get any beeps from the system with the card installed ?
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stangman517
Experienced Member
Hello.
Yeah I tried cleaning the contacts with a pink eraser, and 91% Isopropyl and blew it off with canned air. And I also did flip the switches back and forth thinking maybe something got stuck with one of them, but no luck. Eh I spent all the time on this card I can give it. No beeps or indications of a problem. The system booted up fine because I know the system. Plus after I watched the hdd run and then finally stop I could type "park" and heard the heads park.
Thank you for your thoughts!
Yeah I tried cleaning the contacts with a pink eraser, and 91% Isopropyl and blew it off with canned air. And I also did flip the switches back and forth thinking maybe something got stuck with one of them, but no luck. Eh I spent all the time on this card I can give it. No beeps or indications of a problem. The system booted up fine because I know the system. Plus after I watched the hdd run and then finally stop I could type "park" and heard the heads park.
Thank you for your thoughts!