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- From: coulman@cs.Usask.CA (Randy Coulman)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: Warning! Gateway 2000/ATI Ultra Pro Local Bus & OS/2 SrvPk
- Message-ID: <1jmnvhINNait@access.usask.ca>
- Date: 21 Jan 93 17:53:53 GMT
- References: <1993Jan20.045324.21334@dhw68k.cts.com>
- Sender: coulman@skorpio (Randy Coulman)
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- In article <1993Jan20.045324.21334@dhw68k.cts.com>, daveegan@dhw68k.cts.com (Dave Egan - N6XVZ) writes:
- >I want to warn others to difficulties I have experienced attempting
- >to apply the OS/2 v2.0 SERVICE PACK. I have attempted this on a
- >Gateway 2000, 486-50 with an ATI Ultra Graphics Pro Local Bus Video
- >card and the 1024NI monitor.
- >
-
- I have the 486-33 and haven't had any problems at all with the
- Service Pak. I have a Nanao F550i monitor instead of the 1024NI,
- though.
-
- >It doesn't work. There have been many postings on this newsgroup
- >asking about this (including my inquiries). Gateway has no solution.
- >ATI has no solution. However our good friends at IBM are aware of
- >it and have the good business sense to take responsibility for the
- >solution.
- >
- >The OS/2 2.0 GA release and the ATI Drivers work fine. Just stay away
- >from the Service Pack with this hardware combination. The only solution
- >currently is to reload the 2.0 GA and ATI drivers.
- >
-
- I've been using the 8514 drivers. They seem to work fine for me.
-
- >Many people have been kind enought to offer possible solutions; they
- >are all for naught. IBM has an APAR for this and is working it. Stick
- >to the 2.0 GA!
- >
-
- Or use the 8514 drivers.
-
- >Cheers,
- >--
- >--
- >Dave Egan | Radio: N6XVZ
-
- Randy
- --
- Randy A. Coulman | ARIES Laboratory
- Research Assistant | Department of Computational Science
- | University of Saskatchewan
- coulman@cs.Usask.ca | Saskatoon, SK S7N 0W0
-