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- From: melissa@romulus (Melissa Woo)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Gateway 2K 66MHz + ATI Ultra Graphics Pro (long)
- Summary: installation of OS/2 2 on GW 2K 66MHz w/ ATI Ultra Graphics Pro
- Keywords: gateway, ATI, Graphics Pro, video
- Message-ID: <Bxvz1x.F9y@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 00:37:09 GMT
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
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- I don't know if the person with the Gateway 2K 66 MHz ever got his video
- problems fixed, and I can't remember if he had this particular video
- card, but here is how to install OS/2 2 on this particular config, in case
- anyone has or is planning to get this machine. (This is a machine that my
- fiance just bought, and the following is his step by step installation.):
-
- ***start***
- Set-up for OS/2 on a Gateway 2000 (66 MHz DX2) with an Ultra Graphic Pro and a
- 15" Crystal Scan monitor (these instruction were from Gateway Tech. support,
- your mileasge may vary).
-
- Note that the danger of burning out something prevents me from saying this will
- work on any system but my own. :-) These setting give me apparently flawless
- 8514/a, no problems in Win/OS, nor in the DOS sessions when a high res Win/OS
- session has run (or is running). Bizarre video fragmenting is gone as well.
- CSD upgrade on GA installed without any apparent problems (though the CSD
- upgrade is only a day old on my system). Make sure the 8514/a video is
- installed (if you've CSD'd, then you'll probably (probably) have to reinstall
- GA, change video if incorrect (as it was for mine), then CSD.
-
- 1) Start in straight DOS or an OS/2 DOS full screen session.
-
- 2) Change to the Mach32 sub-directory with the ATI tools.
-
- 3) Start install.exe, the ATI EEPROM programmer.
-
- 4) Cursor on "Set Power-Up Configuration", <ENTER> Check that "power-up"
- video is VGA (CV80), "Memory Aperture" is enabled, and "VGA Memory Size"
- is shared.
-
- 5) Cursor on "Monitor Type", <ENTER>
-
- 6) Cursor down to "Custom...", <ENTER>
-
- 7) <ENTER> through warning (and you're on your own liability now :-)
-
- 8) Cursor on "640X480", <ENTER>
-
- 9) Cursor on "IBM DEFAULT", <ENTER>
-
- 10) Use the controls on the front of the monitor to center and size the
- picture box until it just fills the screen. Don't get too greedy here,
- you can boost the picture size later. <ENTER> to exit from this screen.
-
- 11) Cursor down to "800X600", <ENTER>
-
- 12) Cursor on "60 Hz Non-interlaced", <ENTER>
-
- 13) Follow the on-screen, somewhat bizarre, directions to size the picture.
- Don't get size greedy. <ENTER>
-
- 14) Cursor down to "1024X768", <ENTER>
-
- 15) Cursor on "60 Hz Non-interlaced", <ENTER>
-
- 16) Go through the screen adjustments again. Don't get greedy on screen size.
- <ENTER>.
-
- 17) You are done programming, the 1280X1024 mode is not supported until you
- get a RAMDAC chip for the board and a second meg of memory.
-
- 18) <ESCAPE> to the "Is you Custom Monitor Config...", <Y>
-
- 19) <ESCAPE> to "Save New Power-Up Config...", <Y>
-
- 20) EEPROM programming commences, you are done. Escape out of the install
- program once the programming is done.
-
- 21) If you see light bars at the edges, you got greedy in making the picture
- size too large during the adjustment stage. Go back through the
- process again.
-
- If I could comment on the Gateway 2000 4DX2-66V. The ATI Ultra Graphics Pro
- is startling fast, the resolution sufficient to give about 4X the pixels of
- VGA. Monitor is good, not spectacular, but I'm happy. The Maxtor 340 on
- the VESA bus moves data at 1.75 megbytes/sec in 10 msec. The result is
- very fast boots, very snappy performance. I would recommend getting the 8
- megabytes supplied by Gateway, then buying 16 meg SIMMS (the new 36 bit type,
- not the old 9 bit type).
-
- You only get 4 memory slots (either 1, 4, 16 meg simms), thus if you go for 16
- megs, all slots are filled with 4 meg chips. The IDE interface can handle 4
- drives (I purchased the tower case thus I can fill it up with drives :-). I'm
- keeping my eyes open for a good bus card to run the mouse as the serial port
- is just a bit slow in a winos/2 session. All in all, a solid machine with
- amazing performance at a decent price.
- ***end***
- --
-
- Melissa Woo
-
- melissa@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu (the address in the reader is broken)
-