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Tseng ET4000AX, Sometimes have 3 rom chips. What's the 3rd ROM (starts with X)

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First post, by pentiumspeed

Posted on 2020-10-04, 02:08

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When I'm looking at ET4000AX video cards, some of them have 3 ROM chips, along with RAMDAC IC.

They usually have H and L ROM ICs but also have third ROM that starts with "X...." , what does these X Rom does?

Performance?
Or help with compatibility?

Cheers,

Last edited by Stiletto on 2020-10-04, 21:17. Edited 1 time in total.

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Reply 1 of 2, by Grzyb

Posted on 2020-10-04, 03:27

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XLAT/translation/sync ROM is necessary for ET3000/ET4000 to support register-level CGA/Hercules modes (15/18 kHz) on VGA monitors (31 kHz).

Reply 2 of 2, by Thermalwrong

Posted on 2020-10-04, 15:26

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Someone dumped it and you can install it on any ET4000AX with the right size EEPROM: http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?569 … Translation-ROM
I've done that on mine, but right now I don't have the utilities installed on the PC it's on to make use of the feature.

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