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- From: twcaps@tennyson.lbl.gov (Terry Chan)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
- Subject: Re: Damage To Monitor Due To WHAT??? (OAK) HELP!
- Date: 31 Dec 1992 09:27:00 GMT
- Organization: Department of Redundancy Department
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- Message-ID: <28179@dog.ee.lbl.gov>
- References: <1992Dec30.164228.9805@ac.dal.ca>
- Reply-To: TWChan@lbl.gov (Terry Chan)
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- whare@ac.dal.ca writes:
- +
- +Is anyone familiar with the OAK OTI-077 chip found
- +on OAK video cards? Are they ONLY for 486s? And if
- +so, will they damage monitors running on 386s?
-
- No, they are not only for 386s. The monitor is
- independent of the processor. We have had 386 and
- 486 boxes running this card (and others).
-
- +If this is not the case, what could be the cause
- +of flashing on the screen, like MAJOR flickering
- +and a yellowing of whites? Anyone?
-
- First, check you connections. Esp. in the back of the
- monitor. Otherwise it sounds like your monitor is on
- the way out. The Oak card is a very cheap SVGA card
- ($40-$50) as far as these cards go. The ones I have
- support refresh rates up to 56 Hz or so, hence many
- people experience major flicker. However, bad color has
- usually been either a bad connection or a bad monitor.
-
- Try swapping other cards and see if the problem repeats.
- You might also try to ask comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- (something like that).
-
- Terry Chan
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