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"Eat that soup, cowboy."

I looked at my post and saw a reply and hoped that my problem would be solved by yet another helpful and informed member of the shroomery.

So, thanks.

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Well, you could check your
display properties (right
click on your desktop, go to
properties.)
There should be a settings
section for your video card.
In that section you can select
"Apply to DOS." You don't want
it applied to DOS so make sure
it's not applied to DOS.
That's what I would do.

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"Eat that soup, cowboy."

If I bypass the startup before windows loads then the DOS screen is fine.

The video card boots with no problem, and with Windows using the "standard VGA" driver, the DOS shell has no problems.

It's not some sort of error in the program call from the start menu, because run->command does the same thing.

The screen, mouse, and even system (crtl+alt+del doesn't even work) locks up before the shell screen is able to show it's ugly face.

That should be pretty clear, I hope. I'm going to try an different version of the driver and see if that clarifies the problem.

~loathe~

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g-dub

Have you assigned an IRQ to your video card? This is usually done fom the motherboard cmos advanced setup screen "assign IRQ to video"

Some cards don't need them, Some will work fine without, some will work intermittently without, and some won't work at all with out..

Just a thought.
/Gadget

jC

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g-dub

g-dub

I have had a similar problem with my system, but I'm not sure the vid-card itself is the problem. I run Win98 and My system loves to reboot in an MS-DOS box. It doesn't always happen right away, but definitely within a few commands. Suspecting a RAM chip defect, I swapped them several times, with no effect. And I've tried 3 different vid cards, with somewhat interesting results.
With a 4meg Graphics Blaster Exxtreme (PCI), the overall stability of the system was the worst. It crashed all over the place, even in Windows when nothing at all was happening.
With a 16meg Voodoo3 2000 (AGP), things are relatively OK in Windows, but DOS still reboots.
With an old school Trident 9680 (PCI) everything is pretty smooth. I put the Trident card in when I'm working on Perl scripts or anytime when I really need a command line for extended periods of time. But it still eventually reboots within an hour or so.
In MY case, I do NOT think that it's the vid-cards' fault, because when I first installed this system there was a problem with the cooling fan. The cpu got a little roasted before anyone could manage to turn the thing off. Add to that the fact that it's running some kind of unique build of Win98. It's got all kinds of funny quirks, but all the rest are completely random... the only one that it can perform on cue is the MS-DOS reboot.

I dunno.. maybe this will give you some more ideas.

-The iMJ