Northgate Elegance 386 Gets Garbled Video in Turbo Mode

ID: Q65439

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows versions 3.0, 3.0a

SYMPTOMS

You may experience garbled video output when you run Microsoft Windows version 3.0 in enhanced mode on a Northgate Elegance 386 with 64K RAM cache.

This only occurs when the Northgate is in Turbo mode.

RESOLUTION

To correct this problem, set dip switch #4 on the video card to OFF. This will prevent the video from buffering the image in Turbo mode and allow Windows to write directly to the screen.

MORE INFORMATION

The Northgate product included here is manufactured by a vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this product's performance or reliability.

Additional query words: 3.00 3.0 3.0a 3.00a KBHW 3rdparty

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Version : WINDOWS:3.0,3.0a
Platform : WINDOWS
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