From: melissa@romulus (Melissa Woo)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Gateway 2K 66MHz + ATI Ultra Graphics Pro (long)
Summary: installation of OS/2 2 on GW 2K 66MHz w/ ATI Ultra Graphics Pro
Keywords: gateway, ATI, Graphics Pro, video
Date: 18 Nov 92 00:37:09 GMT
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana

I don't know if the person with the Gateway 2K 66 MHz ever got his video
problems fixed, and I can't remember if he had this particular video
card, but here is how to install OS/2 2 on this particular config, in case
anyone has or is planning to get this machine. (This is a machine that my 
fiance just bought, and the following is his step by step installation.):

***start***
Set-up for OS/2 on a Gateway 2000 (66 MHz DX2) with an Ultra Graphic Pro and a
15" Crystal Scan monitor (these instruction were from Gateway Tech. support,
your mileasge may vary).

Note that the danger of burning out something prevents me from saying this will
work on any system but my own. :-)  These setting give me apparently flawless
8514/a, no problems in Win/OS, nor in the DOS sessions when a high res Win/OS
session has run (or is running).  Bizarre video fragmenting is gone as well.
CSD upgrade on GA installed without any apparent problems (though the CSD 
upgrade is only a day old on my system).  Make sure the 8514/a video is 
installed (if you've CSD'd, then you'll probably (probably) have to reinstall 
GA, change video if incorrect (as it was for mine), then CSD.

1)  Start in straight DOS or an OS/2 DOS full screen session.

2)  Change to the Mach32 sub-directory with the ATI tools.

3)  Start install.exe, the ATI EEPROM programmer.

4)  Cursor on "Set Power-Up Configuration", <ENTER>  Check that "power-up"
    video is VGA (CV80), "Memory Aperture" is enabled, and "VGA Memory Size"
    is shared.

5)  Cursor on "Monitor Type", <ENTER>

6)  Cursor down to "Custom...", <ENTER>

7)  <ENTER> through warning (and you're on your own liability now :-)

8)  Cursor on "640X480", <ENTER>

9)  Cursor on "IBM DEFAULT", <ENTER>

10) Use the controls on the front of the monitor to center and size the
    picture box until it just fills the screen.  Don't get too greedy here, 
    you can boost the picture size later.  <ENTER> to exit from this screen.

11) Cursor down to "800X600", <ENTER>

12) Cursor on "60 Hz Non-interlaced", <ENTER>

13) Follow the on-screen, somewhat bizarre, directions to size the picture.
    Don't get size greedy.  <ENTER>

14) Cursor down to "1024X768", <ENTER>

15) Cursor on "60 Hz Non-interlaced", <ENTER>

16) Go through the screen adjustments again.  Don't get greedy on screen size.
    <ENTER>.

17) You are done programming, the 1280X1024 mode is not supported until you
    get a RAMDAC chip for the board and a second meg of memory.

18) <ESCAPE> to the "Is you Custom Monitor Config...", <Y>

19) <ESCAPE> to "Save New Power-Up Config...", <Y>

20) EEPROM programming commences, you are done.  Escape out of the install
    program once the programming is done.

21) If you see light bars at the edges, you got greedy in making the picture
    size too large during the adjustment stage.  Go back through the
    process again.

If I could comment on the Gateway 2000 4DX2-66V.  The ATI Ultra Graphics Pro 
is startling fast, the resolution sufficient to give about 4X the pixels of 
VGA.  Monitor is good, not spectacular, but I'm happy.  The Maxtor 340 on 
the VESA bus moves data at 1.75 megbytes/sec in 10 msec.  The result is 
very fast boots, very snappy performance.  I would recommend getting the 8 
megabytes supplied by Gateway, then buying 16 meg SIMMS (the new 36 bit type, 
not the old 9 bit type).

You only get 4 memory slots (either 1, 4, 16 meg simms), thus if you go for 16
megs, all slots are filled with 4 meg chips.  The IDE interface can handle 4
drives (I purchased the tower case thus I can fill it up with drives :-).  I'm
keeping my eyes open for a good bus card to run the mouse as the serial port 
is just a bit slow in a winos/2 session.  All in all, a solid machine with 
amazing performance at a decent price.
***end***
-- 

Melissa Woo

melissa@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu		(the address in the reader is broken)