Tom Berger wrote:
>
> Ok, I made some further investigations. Looks like I've chosen one of the
> worst VGA/mainboard combinations possible...
> The Epox guys told me to update the BIOS of the Matrox, and the Matrox
> guys told me to do the same with the mainboard's BIOS. So I did flash them
> both... Now let's see what happens next *sigh*. Anyway, does someone
> know of/have a cool mainboard, maybe a dual one? Uh, and while I am at
> it, I am also looking for good SCSI adapter that's not to expensive.
> Anyone?
> What occured to me doing this: How do people with Linux only
> machines update BIOS'es? The whole process is DOS based and if you happen
> to don't have any DOS around you are pi... bad off.
Windows boot disks can be easily found, that's what I do. I wonder if
DOSemu would work? Anyone tried?
I can tell you that the latest Matrox BIOS and Award BIOS from FIC fixed
my AGP problems under my previous Windows installation. Prior to those
two upgrades, I was unable to turn on Bus Mastering on the Matrox
Windows driver without suffering from screen distortion and random
lockups and inopportune moments (of course, IS there a good time for a
lockup?)
Give the new BIOSes a try and see if it helps. I can't say that I've
ever had Linux problems with the boards though...
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Steve Philp
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