Video Is Present But Is Distorted - Octagon Systems XE–700 Reference Manual

If a flat panel BIOS has been programmed into the XE–700 SBC that is
incorrect for the flat panel being used and an analog monitor is not present or
is not displaying the video data correctly, the system can be booted via the
serial console by doing the following:
1. Set the "S" and the "V" switches to Off.
2. Connect the COM port of a host computer running HyperTerminal or some
other terminal software to COM1 on the XE–700 SBC using a serial console
(see page 51.) The serial port settings on the host computer should be 38.4K
baud, 8, N, and none.
3. Power up the XE–700 SBC; it will boot using the serial console interface.
Once the system has successfully booted you can use the pgmvideo.exe
utility to either program the desired flat panel VIDEO BIOS into the XE–
700 SBC or program in the CRT.DAT file for analog monitor support to
recover the system.
4. Set the "S" and "V" switches to On and re-boot the system.

Video is present but is distorted

If video is present but is distorted, check the following:
Make sure all PC/104 expansion cards are removed from the XE–700 SBC. This
ensures that other cards are not interacting with the XE–700 SBC.
Turn the "S" switch Off.
If using a CRT monitor, check the cable and connections going from the J3
connector to the monitor.
If using a flat panel display, check the following:
1. Cable and connections going from the XE–700 SBC to the flat panel
display.
2. Power cable going to the flat panel display.
3. Power module for the flat panel. Make sure that the power module has
enough current capacity to power both the XE–700 SBC and the flat panel.
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