Using The Dome Board With An Existing Vga Board; Enabling And Disabling Vga Mode - Planar DOME Md4/PCI Installation Manual

Installing the Md4/PCI Board in a Digital UNIX Workstation

Using the DOME board with an existing VGA board

If you want to use another board as the VGA console,
you must disable VGA mode on the Md4/PCI board. See
"To disable VGA mode" on page 128.

Enabling and disabling VGA mode

This table shows the setting options for switch S1. You can
change these settings to enable or disable VGA mode.
DIP Switch
* Indicates factory setting
To enable VGA mode
You must enable VGA if you are using the Md4/PCI board
to support VGA. To use this port, you must install the
Md4/PCI board in a 64-bit slot that has been configured for
a DOME PCI board. See "Supporting VGA with the
Md4/PCI board" on page 125.
DIP Switch Settings for Switch S1
Closed/On
1 VGA enabled*
2 EPROM disabled
3 Sync on RGB enabled Sync on RGB disabled*
4 Select low BIOS*
Open/Off
VGA disabled
EPROM enabled*
Select high BIOS
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