DH: monitor can't sync BIOS start screen

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  • Sven
    mini MURCer
    • Sep 1999
    • 31

    #1

    DH: monitor can't sync BIOS start screen

    Hi,

    I searched the archive, but did not find an answer:

    After hooking up a TV set to my G400DH, the BIOS startup screen is not displayed anymore on my monitor. Instead, my monitor complains in its OSD that it cannot sync. First thing I get to see in the bootup sequence is "Loading Win95" in a letterboxed, flickering DOS mode. Under Win, everything is fine.

    I could not get any picture on my TV either (G400->SVHS cable->SCART adapter->TV).

    Win95 OSR 2.1QFE, PD 5.41, BIOS 1.5-11 (PAL, I'm living in Europe)

    What things do I have to check? Thanks for any suggestions, the manual is a little on the brief side (to put it mildly).

    Sven
  • xortam
    Super MURCer
    • Sep 1999
    • 4534

    #2
    You'll have to have the DOS TV setting enabled in you're BIOS (requires flash). The display (monitor and TV) won't be correct until the video BIOS executes it's POST.
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    • Sven
      mini MURCer
      • Sep 1999
      • 31

      #3
      Xortam,

      thanks for the hint. I did a DOS command
      "progbios -maven pal" as recommended in the card-BIOS readme and the BIOS was successfully reprogrammed.

      Unfortunately, I still cannot enter my mainboard's BIOS setup - it's simply not visible on the main monitor. In the Win PD-Info section it now says BIOS 1.5-11 (TV PAL) instead of BIOS 1.5-11 (PAL).

      Is this a known issue or am I missing something?

      Sven

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