Re: A problem with Second Sight

[supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)]

juntunen@hotmail.com wrote:

>Also, is it just my imagination or does the Second Sight card seem to make the
>gs more unstable?  It seems like I have to reboot my machine more often
>because of something or the other crashing.
>
>Well thank you for your time.

That card is a known power sucker.  It tends to overheat the computer.
The consensus is that you should have a fan in your system, such as
a System Saver.  If that does not help, get a more powerful power supply,
such as the Buggie power units or rewire a PC power supply yourself
(be careful, I fried a GS motherboard by making a mistake).  If a heftier
power supply does not help, some folks recommend fattening the leads
to the Second Sight card so that it can get enough power.  This I don't
know how to do, but Rubywand may be able to help.

You said your Inwords can't be seen?  If Inwords uses double-hires, the
Second Sight can't display it.  Connecting a second monitor, preferably
composite monochrome, to the composite video port of the GS will let
you continue working when the Second Sight blanks out.