SUMMARY: Installing a SVGA PBXGB-AA in an AlphaSerer 800

From: Juan Carlos Cruz (jccruz_at_mazda.ec)
Date: 02/03/05

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    The solution to my problem this in the manual AlphaServer 800 Users Guide,
    that disabled the S3 Trio that this absorbed in the main board.

    AlphaServer's 800 Users Guide Manual
        If you are using other than the standard onboard VGA controller, the
    onboard S3 TRIO64 VGA options must be set to disabled by grounding (GND) the
    VGA jumper (J27) on the right side of the system board, and the console
    environment variable set to graphics. Combining multiple VGA controllers
    produces unpredictable results.

    Thanks.
    Regards.
    Juan Carlos Cruz

    Thanks to the following people for their replies:

    --John Lanier

            I found your problem in the FW Release Notes for the AS800/AS1000:

            WWW Reference:
            http://ftp.digital.com/pub/DEC/Alpha/firmware/readmes/archive/doc/alpha1000a_v57_fw_relnote.txt

            ...............

            2.4.5.1 PBXGB-AA - Blank Screen on Tru64 Unix

            The switch setting for the PBXGB-AA PowerStorm graphics card should
    be set to position six (1024x768 at 72Mhz) instead of default position
    zero (1280x1024 at 72Mhz). Tru64 Unix does not support (1280x1024 at 72Mhz)
    on this card.

            2.4.5.2 PBXGB-AA Revision F03 is not Supported on AlphaServer 800

            PBXGB-AA revision FO3 is not supported on AlphaServer 800 and
    Digital Server 3300 System. Support revisions are E03 or earlier for these
    systems.

    --Benjamin C. Ingwersen

            Did you disable the console port?

    -- Blake Brehl
            Did you set the SRM console variable to graphics? Try "show
    console" at
            the SRM >>> prompt. We have an AS1200, with a PB2GA-JD card. I
    seem to
            remember it being fussy about being in the 1st PCI slot. The AS1200
    is
            the same generation as the AS800, around 1997. There may be another
    SRM
            setting. It's been too long to remember.

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