From: anthony@cibbs.UUCP (Anthony Quinn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Gateway 66V/ATI UP setup
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 08:07:28 EST
Organization: DataSoft Consulting (Toronto, Ont. Canada)

gap@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Glen Alan Pawelski) writes:

> 1.  Are these appropriate settings for the above files?  The smartdrive
>     and ramdrive parameters were derived from the manuals.  I wish to
>     allocate 6MB to a RAMdrive, reserve 6MB for Windows' consumption,
>     and allocate 4MB to Smartdrive.  Please help me if you can with
>     these settings.  I simply want Windows to run as optimally as
>     possible.

No problems with them I can see.

> 2.  The display is set at 800x600 using the ATI icon setup.  Several
>     things have happened with the display:
> 
> 	a) During startup, several (3-4) flickers occur
> 	b) When exiting to DOS via the MSDOS Prompt icon in the Main Group
> 	   flickering occurs
> 	c) When returning to Windows either from this DOS exit or from
> 	   an application ran from file manager, the icons, pointer, and
> 	   the gray boxes in the upper-left of all windows go black.
> 	   (The icons are perfect black squares as is the other items)
> 	d) Other times when exiting in the same manner mentioned above the
> 	   screen is locked up and somewhat garbled.
>     I realize that the drivers are not yet perfected by ATI.  What files of
>     mine need replacing when the corrected versions come out?

The "flickering" problem you mention, first of all, isn't a problem. This is
just the monitor attempting to since up to the new frequency after changing
video mode. This is normal. However, the icons disappearing is NOT normal.
Since you have the Gateway machine, this must mean you have only one meg of
memory on the Pro card, no? If so, run the INSTALL program and set the VIDEO
MEMORY SIZE in the SET POWER UP CONFIGURATION menu to 512K, NOT SHARED! Next,
make sure you have high graphics selected in your PIF's for the DOS app's.
Also, make sure you have BUILD 53 of the driver (use the Flexdesk control
panel, and at the bottom of the control panel are two numbers, the number in
brackets is the build number). If not, call ATI's BBS (+1 416 756 0718) or
Compuserve (GO ATITECH, LIB 17) and download PRO53.ZIP. This automatically
installs over top of the currently installed drivers. As I was saying, if all
else fails, set VGAShared= in the MACH32 section of WIN.INI to OFF. One of
these things should do it. If not, you can always email ATI at
74740.667@compuserve.com.

> 8.  Can the ATI Ultra Pro produce 24bit color at any resolution?  Which?

With Build 53 for a Windows driver, you can edit your WIN.INI to make this
happen. Of course, you will first need to buy the second meg of memory and the
24-bit color RAMDAC upgrades to make this work. Gateway ships the card with
only 1Meg and a 16-bit color RAMDAC. Either Gateway or ATI can sell these to
you.

I am familiar with ATI products, hence, this is the reason, I have left your
other questions alone.

Hope this helps.



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