Ok guys, sorry for going AWOL without completing this topic. I've been pretty short of time last week. The culprit is definitely the stupid HP monitor. As far as I can tell, from even a DDC capable monitor (Sony Trinitron 200ES and Sony Bravia), Pin 11 (ID0) on the VGA should always be grounded. …

Thank you very much guys, for your insights. @h-a-l-9000; good point. I haven't actually checked the pins of the monitors, I'll do so tonight. I seem to remember both the generic and the XGA-2's pinouts missing several pins, but am not 100% sure. I used the same standard KVM VGA cable with the HP …

Hello, 5u3. Thank you very much sir, for posting VMODE, really nice utility. Sadly, using "vmode vga" didn't solve the problem for me, even after a "warm reboot". But yes, I am able to easily switch modes. At least that shows something is working properly. Let me clarify the problem: -When I use the …

Okay, I've managed to get hold of another VGA monitor, a generic CRT. I also got hold of the IBM 9515 to check out. VGA worked perfectly with this generic monitor, but nothing changed at all with this HP vs17. This leads me to think there is something wrong with the crappy HP LCD. But even so, the …

Thanks for your reply. Yes, the ET4000 chip is soldered to the motherboard along with the Music RAMDAC that is placed close to the VGA port and its VRAM. The VGA BIOS does display the output it usually does in all cases. The motherboard has only one BIOS ROM for both VGA and System, which seems …

Hello, I'm new here. Can you please help me? And by the way, nice to meet you all, please look after me. I do enjoy playing old DOS games (for the nostalgia mainly) but as you know it doesn't matter how old they are, if people enjoyed it back in the day. So recently I dug up my parents old Compaq …