What causes the screen to be squiggly on post?

This is really strange, on the post screen, everything is squiggly like I am
trying to run 1024x768 on a monitor that only does 800x600, the Windows XP
does it as well, but when I get to the user login screen it all looks fine
and so does Windows.

If I hit delete, it loads the bios and I can read it as well.

Running a 3n1 combo with a SY-K7VEMPRO board.


Please help!

I'm sure you have, but you didn't say so I'll ask if you've
tried different monitors. Perhaps yours is psychotic at 640x480.

Then again, try a video card swap.

Or, replace your memory and power supply :-) (inside joke).

Greg

"BiG_Orange" <@> wrote in message news:<>...
> This is really strange, on the post screen, everything is squiggly like I am
> trying to run 1024x768 on a monitor that only does 800x600, the Windows XP
> does it as well, but when I get to the user login screen it all looks fine
> and so does Windows.
>
> If I hit delete, it loads the bios and I can read it as well.
>
> Running a 3n1 combo with a SY-K7VEMPRO board.
>
>
> Please help!

On 18 Jul 2003 14:10:10 -0700, (Greg B) wrote:

>I'm sure you have, but you didn't say so I'll ask if you've
>tried different monitors. Perhaps yours is psychotic at 640x480.
>
>Then again, try a video card swap.

I had a video card that was truly weird in DOS, but happy as a clam in
Windows (this was 95, iirc). Though it indeed could be the
monitor--remember the video card changes modes as it goes from what is
effectively DOS into full Windows mode.

--
-denny (curmudgeon)

"I'm full of good answers--sometimes it's the question that's wrong."
Miss Behavin'

> On 18 Jul 2003 14:10:10 -0700, (Greg B) wrote:
>
> >I'm sure you have, but you didn't say so I'll ask if you've
> >tried different monitors. Perhaps yours is psychotic at 640x480.
> >
> >Then again, try a video card swap.

I'm using on board video.

Try disabling onboard video in your BIOS, and then try a video card.

"BiG_Orange" <@> wrote in message news:...
> > On 18 Jul 2003 14:10:10 -0700, (Greg B) wrote:
> >
> > >I'm sure you have, but you didn't say so I'll ask if you've
> > >tried different monitors. Perhaps yours is psychotic at 640x480.
> > >
> > >Then again, try a video card swap.
>
> I'm using on board video.
>
>

"Papa" <> wrote in message
news:XNHSa.111926$ rthlink.net...
> Try disabling onboard video in your BIOS, and then try a video card.

I'm sure that will work, however that does not explain why the on board
video does this.

"BiG_Orange" <@> wrote in message news:<>...
> "Papa" <> wrote in message
> news:XNHSa.111926$ rthlink.net...
> > Try disabling onboard video in your BIOS, and then try a video card.
>
> I'm sure that will work, however that does not explain why the on board
> video does this.

Cuz it's defective? I've given up wondering why my KT400 onboard
LAN hardware and/or driver raises hell with XP lockups when used
in conjunction with the onboard sound. I just shoved a cheap ethernet
card in there and moved on. Life is too short.

Either return the board (perhaps in favor of a non-Soyo product,
considering your luck with Soyo), or push a PCI video card in there
(last I checked WalMart was clearing out rather nice PCI Radeon
cards for less than $50.00).

Greg

If your video card has a jumper for TV, make sure the jumper is set to
NTSC, not PAL.

"John Finkowski" <> wrote in message
news: om...
> If your video card has a jumper for TV, make sure the jumper is set to
> NTSC, not PAL.

The video on board, not a card.