| Title: | IBM PCs, clones, DOS, etc. |
| Notice: | Intro in 1-11, Windows stuff in NOTED::MSWINDOWS please |
| Moderator: | TARKIN::LIN ND |
| Created: | Tue Jan 03 1995 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 3023 |
| Total number of notes: | 28404 |
I have a customer with several graphics controllers left over from a
upgrade to 16 MB version's.
The boards are : ZLXpp-E1 or PBXGA-AA/AN
Part number on board is 54-2384-01 Rev E02
What i now try too do,is to get the controllers working in an Intel
based machine.
I already tried the board in a Pentium from Olivetie en in my personal
Clone (60Mhz) pentium at home.
Both with out result... No out put on the screen.
In my personal system i use a Miro PCI card with out problems,direct
seen and working..
Last weekend i bought a other PCI based mother board,with the same
result.. Nothing on the screen.
My question now is.. Is this board only working in a Alpha based system
or when NOT what am i doing wrong..
Answers and suggestions are welcom.. I try everything
With reagards,
Erik van der Heide
MCS Amsterdam
mail: vanderheier@mail.dec.com
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 2929.1 | Alpha code in the Video BIOS? | PCBUOA::LIBKIND | Sam Libkind - PC Support Engineering 276-9465 | Tue Feb 25 1997 11:54 | 7 |
Never heard about this card. It was never tested/qualified in PCs.
What is the graphics shipet on the card? Is it S3? What is the chip
markings?
I am not sure but if it was used on a Alpha w/s it may have the Alpha
code in the Video BIOS.
Sam.
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| 2929.2 | WRKSYS::INGRAHAM | Andy | Tue Feb 25 1997 12:07 | 8 | |
These are DEC-designed products for Alpha workstations. I'm not very familiar with them, but you might try posting to WRKSYS::ALPHASTATION. (There's another notesfile unique to the ZLXp* adapters, but I don't know if it's supposed to be common knowledge ... in any event, it's inactive. One of the notes there, in response to a question similar to yours, says: "ZLXp-E1 does not have a BIOS ROM" and should not be expected to work on an Intel-based PC.) | |||||
| 2929.3 | TGA not supported on Intel | BGSDEV::QUINLAN | Mark Quinlan,NT 3D Graphics Group | Wed Feb 26 1997 17:42 | 9 |
The ZLXp-E* (TGA1) had Intel driver in beta test at one time, but the driver was never released. Since there is no VGA chip on this card you can't even use it in VGA mode. Summary - no TGA drivers for Intel based machines. Try finding a friend with an Alpha machine with a Matrox Millenium in it and making a swap. Mark | |||||