3 long beeps when booting

[GanglyLamb]

gaming aint importantits rather a test comp because if imess around with an expensive comp that would be foolish messing around with a ****ty comp is fun
(it even crossed mymind this day to throw the compof my balconysince it was a free comp)
ijustneed a videocard so that the frequency of display is high enough else my eyes will hurt after a while

[Travis Dane]

Originally posted by GanglyLamb
ijustneed a videocard so that the frequency of display is high enough else my eyes will hurt after a while

Wow, you must seriously have an old videocard if you're having
refresh rate problems

[GanglyLamb]

indeed check for ET4000/W32I From Tseng Labs

[RoD]

And i quote!

Tseng Labs, Inc.

ET4000 well-established non-accelerated chipset. W32 series accelerated.
ET4000/W32i and W32p support smart 32-bit interleaved memory interface
with 2Mb DRAM installed, yielding 85% of the video memory bandwidth of a
64-bit interface.

ET4000AX Old ISA chipset, VLB OK (16-bit host interface,
good response).

W32 series

ET4000/W32 Accelerated, 32-bit host interface. 32-bit memory
interface. Fair performance, comparable to
Cirrus 5426.
ET4000/W32i Improved acceleration, supports interleaved memory
with 2Mb. Very fast blits.
ET4000/W32p Improved acceleration, better host bus interface
support (incl. PCI). Special video support.

Verdict

Performance: W32: Mediocre, comparable to Cirrus 5426.
W32i/p with 1Mb: Fair.
W32i/p with 2Mb: Good, very fast blits.
DOS perf: Very good, but depends on card design.
Max. resolutions depend on RAMDAC.
Max. res 8bpp: 1280x1024 @ 72 Hz
Max. res 16bpp: 1024x768 @ 72 Hz (W32p)
Max. res 24bpp: 800x600 @ 72 Hz (24-bit pixels).
Unknown (32-bit pixels).
BIOS: VESA BIOS support built-in, not all. Unknown.
Picture: Unknown.

Pricing

Generic ET4000/W32p $100, with 2Mb $150.
Brand-name: Diamond Stealth 32 2Mb $170.

Notes

ET4000/W32i and W32p take big advantage of second Mb of memory.
Reputation for good DOS performance, but varies a bit between
card designs.

[GanglyLamb]

Guess what im going to have a NEW ISA video card (wich one i dont know ) BUT its still in the original packingaccompanied with the driverz :-) and all that for just 2 dollars.....

[Travis Dane]

Originally posted by RoD
And i quote!

Hehe, it has alot of 'good,well,smart,accelerated,big,advantage'