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From: Le-Chin Eugene Liu <lliu@twolf3.ee.washington.edu>
To: Jesper Hagen <hagen@iesd.auc.dk>
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Subject: Re: Urgent problem with ATI Graphics Expression.
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Please take a look at the latest faq --- section 7.7, 7.8, and 7.9.(The
latest faq seems to be available only on WWW.) By the way, will FreeBSD
solve this problem in the future? I mean, disable sio3 and 2e8 is not
touched, so we don't have to re-compile the kernel?

Eugene

On Thu, 7 Mar 1996, Jesper Hagen wrote:

> 
> Hello.
> 
> A year ago we invested in a number of ATI Graphics Expression PCI 2 MB
> DRAM, which ran flawlessly under FreeBSD and XFree 3.1.2.
> 
> Half a year ago we ordered a new bunch of these cards because of the
> high stability, and discovered to our suprise, that the could no
> longer do HIGH color nor 1280x1024 under XFree 3.1.2. Well not a
> serious problem...
> 
> Right now we have just received a new bunch of the cards which simply
> blanks the screen at the moment when the FreeBSD kernel has been
> loaded and starts probing for devices. This screen remains blank until
> the machine reboots. In other words, not even TEXT MODE is possible
> under FreeBSD with this new shipment.
> 
> Has anyone experienced these problems and come up with possible
> solutions?
> 
> I would appreciate quick responses, since we are getting seriously
> close to the point of no refund...
> 
> The card that blanks, is the 1995 edition. The Mach64 Chip is made in
> Taiwan and bears the following text:
> 
> 	"MACH64 215CT22200
>          \mu PD96137GD-401-LML
>          9547KC568"
> 
> The VIDEOBIOS is fram 1995.
> 
> Yours sincerely,
> -- 
> Jesper Hagen
> 
> Department of Mathematics and Computer Science.
> Aalborg University, Denmark.
>