Reply 40 of 73, by Jo22
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wrote:I've created a new version, which has an extra commandline parameter [..]
Thanks. :) I just tried that version. I'm sorry to say that the card still refuses to go stable.
I'm not sure if my card is just broken or an oddball version. When I did a closer examination of the PCB layout
(see photo; BIOS chips position, a group of resistors is not near the jumpers in the upper left corner), I noticed some differences
with the models at vgamuseum. Also, the REV marking doesn't show an actual revision (A, B, C, etc.)
What I did this time: I copyied your command line into autoexec.bat and ran the PC with different settings:
CMOS: Caches enabled/disabled, IRQ settings (legacy/PCI+PNP ISA), APM enabled/disabled, Shadow Memory,
Assign IRQ for VGA enabled/disabled, facory reset, etc.
I also removed the SB16 (MPU-401) and switched the card to different video modes, such as EGA and ran the Tseng diagnostics program.
A notable thing was that I got different status messages. Such as 3g, 5g, 6g, 7g (speaking under correction).
I'm not sure what to say. I would feel better if someone else could verify the behavior of the ET3000(AX).
To make sure it is not a defect on my particular ET3000 model.
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