Re: GS checkerboard screen at Bootup = ?

[nathan@parka.winternet.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <31DA7820.F7A@cardshow.com>,
Michael Guitton  <webmaster@cardshow.com> wrote:
>Nathan Mates wrote:
>>    The internal self test is not complete-- it does not check all of
>> main ram, etc. Further, my GS has a mostly checkerboarded display
>> which appears for a fraction of a second at first powerup, independent
>> of whether my VOC (Video Overlay Card-- duplicated GS video hardware)
>> is driving the monitor or not. The screen is then cleared, and the
>> system boots fine.

>I have this checkerboard displayed every time I power up. However the =
>left bottom part of this board is somewhat scrambled. Does it have =
>special significance?

   Note what I started to say above. I said my display is _mostly_
checkerboarded, and meant to put in a bit about the distortion in the
bottom left, but looks like I didn't. Basically, it happens to me,
things are fine, and that initial display is what's in the ram chips
when they're first powered up. As long as they get changed properly
to the blank screen, it's fine.

Nathan Mates

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