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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!garlic.com!news.scruz.net!noos.hooked.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!howland.erols.net!newsserver.jvnc.net!princeton!cnn.Princeton.EDU!phoenix.princeton.edu!rdnelson From: rdnelson@phoenix.princeton.edu (Roger D. Nelson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.windows.x.i386unix Subject: MAG MX17F monitor and ATI Mach64 Date: 10 Sep 1996 05:46:18 GMT Organization: Princeton University Lines: 28 Message-ID: <512vba$qo6@cnn.Princeton.EDU> References: <5087uf$dpv@usenet10.interramp.com> <nycG1LR@quack.kfu.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: phoenix.princeton.edu Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:27116 comp.windows.x.i386unix:20988 I am using a MAG MX17F temporarily while a MAG DX17F is being repaired. I had expected the MX would run with the XF86Config file I use for the DX, but it comes up in 640 by 480, and nothing else. One possible culprit is the intelligence of the MX, which has a bunch of preset or user programmable modes where Horiz and Vert frequencies are set. It has an LED display that allows selection among eight modes, most of which appear presently to be the same: H=39.25 KHz, V=74Hz. Possibly these overide the values in the XF86Config file. The MX has specs of Bandwidth = 120, V-scan of 50-120, and H-scan of 30-68. The DX17F works fine with the ATI Mach64 (2 Meg) so the board and the Device section of the Config file are fine. In any case, I hope someone may have some familiarity with the MAG MX17F and may be able to help with some explanations and suggestions for getting it to respond to other modes, and possibly even some Config models for 1024x768, 1280x1024, 1152x900 or other modes. Roger PS: Although I will check the newsgroup, I would appreciate email too. -- Roger D. Nelson, Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research (PEAR) C-131 E-Quad, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544 rdnelson@princeton.edu tel: 609 258-5370 fax: 609 258-1993 http://www.princeton.edu/~rdnelson/pear.html