Sir:

Bugz wrote:
> 1. When booting, the screen has a `waist', bowed in that the OSD
> adjustments can't get rid of.
>
> 2. When set to anything above 256x640 256 colors the screen shrinks to
> about 1/2, i can move the apps around fine but can't select the shutdown
> X til i get the panel in the center of the screen.
>
> 3. This started happening 2 weeks ago, now is constant.
>
> I have:
> run chkdsk, ok
> replaced the video card
> replaced the m/b
>
> to no avail.
>
> The monitor is fine on my Mac.
>
> suggestions, comments ?

Revert back to VGA gradd by running \os2\SETGRADD.CMD from the cmd
prompt that you get by (alt F1)-F2 from the OS/2 boot blob. Once you
reboot and get a desktop, install your video driver again.
--
Bill
Thanks a Million!

William L. Hartzell wrote:
> Sir:
>
> Bugz wrote:
>
>>1. When booting, the screen has a `waist', bowed in that the OSD
>>adjustments can't get rid of.
>>
>>2. When set to anything above 256x640 256 colors the screen shrinks to
>>about 1/2, i can move the apps around fine but can't select the shutdown
>>X til i get the panel in the center of the screen.
>>
>>3. This started happening 2 weeks ago, now is constant.
>>
>>I have:
>>run chkdsk, ok
>>replaced the video card
>>replaced the m/b
>>
>>to no avail.
>>
>>The monitor is fine on my Mac.
>>
>>suggestions, comments ?
>
>
> Revert back to VGA gradd by running \os2\SETGRADD.CMD from the cmd
> prompt that you get by (alt F1)-F2 from the OS/2 boot blob. Once you
> reboot and get a desktop, install your video driver again.

Well, I tried that, as they say `no joy'. same issue.
This is the weirdest thing I've seen ever...! 1st pc was a Z80 chipped
little item purchased in '82...
by the by I am running ecomstation 1.2, scitech snap 220 drivers.
also noticed that what looked like interference running down
whats left of the screen a little.
am writing this on my G4 and all is fine.

humm...tis a headscratcher i reckon...

Sir:

Bugz wrote:
> William L. Hartzell wrote:
>
>> Sir:
>>
>> Bugz wrote:
>>
>>> 1. When booting, the screen has a `waist', bowed in that the OSD
>>> adjustments can't get rid of.
>>>
>>> 2. When set to anything above 256x640 256 colors the screen shrinks to
>>> about 1/2, i can move the apps around fine but can't select the shutdown
>>> X til i get the panel in the center of the screen.
>>>
>>> 3. This started happening 2 weeks ago, now is constant.
>>>
>>> I have:
>>> run chkdsk, ok
>>> replaced the video card
>>> replaced the m/b
>>>
>>> to no avail.
>>>
>>> The monitor is fine on my Mac.
>>>
>>> suggestions, comments ?
>>
>>
>>
>> Revert back to VGA gradd by running \os2\SETGRADD.CMD from the cmd
>> prompt that you get by (alt F1)-F2 from the OS/2 boot blob. Once you
>> reboot and get a desktop, install your video driver again.
>
>
> Well, I tried that, as they say `no joy'. same issue.
> This is the weirdest thing I've seen ever...! 1st pc was a Z80 chipped
> little item purchased in '82...
> by the by I am running ecomstation 1.2, scitech snap 220 drivers.
> also noticed that what looked like interference running down
> whats left of the screen a little.
> am writing this on my G4 and all is fine.
>
> humm...tis a headscratcher i reckon...
The problem existed even with VGA gradd driver installed? If so, then
some thing is fubarred on your system (chkdsk ate one of your files).
Try an install-over the existing system. Would mean that you would have
to re-install the latest fixpacks. But after you drag ever thing back
from the previous desktop, you will not need to re-install all your
applications. Please back up your data, before starting, say from your
second maintenance copy of OS/2 (yes, I even have a spare partition
devoted to a spare copy of OS/2 so that I can use it to recover from
problems).
--
Bill
Thanks a Million!

On Sun, 17 Jul 2005 23:38:42 UTC in comp.os.os2.setup.misc, Bugz
wrote:

> 1. When booting, the screen has a `waist', bowed in that the OSD
> adjustments can't get rid of.

Does this include the BIOS messages? How about if you go into the BIOS setup -
are all those screens similarly affected? If so then you have something other
than a software problem...

--
Trevor Hemsley, Brighton, UK.
Trevor-Hemsley at dsl dot pipex dot com

Trevor Hemsley wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Jul 2005 23:38:42 UTC in comp.os.os2.setup.misc, Bugz
> wrote:
>
>
>>1. When booting, the screen has a `waist', bowed in that the OSD
>>adjustments can't get rid of.
>
>
> Does this include the BIOS messages? How about if you go into the BIOS setup -
> are all those screens similarly affected? If so then you have something other
> than a software problem...
>
the `bowed' issue is with ALL screens but when I get into the desktop
that is when the screen pretty much goes away
again, as I type this on my G4 all is ok.

On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 17:16:06 UTC, Bugz wrote:

> Trevor Hemsley wrote:
> > On Sun, 17 Jul 2005 23:38:42 UTC in comp.os.os2.setup.misc, Bugz
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> >>1. When booting, the screen has a `waist', bowed in that the OSD
> >>adjustments can't get rid of.
> >
> >
> > Does this include the BIOS messages? How about if you go into the BIOS setup -
> > are all those screens similarly affected? If so then you have something other
> > than a software problem...
> >
> the `bowed' issue is with ALL screens but when I get into the desktop
> that is when the screen pretty much goes away
> again, as I type this on my G4 all is ok.

it may be a monitor issue.

modern monitors store user adjustable settings for bowing & geometry on a per
resolution basis.

try adjusting your monitor settings...

eric w wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 17:16:06 UTC, Bugz wrote:
>
>
>>Trevor Hemsley wrote:
>>
>>>On Sun, 17 Jul 2005 23:38:42 UTC in comp.os.os2.setup.misc, Bugz
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>1. When booting, the screen has a `waist', bowed in that the OSD
>>>>adjustments can't get rid of.
>>>
>>>
>>>Does this include the BIOS messages? How about if you go into the BIOS setup -
>>>are all those screens similarly affected? If so then you have something other
>>>than a software problem...
>>>
>>
>>the `bowed' issue is with ALL screens but when I get into the desktop
>>that is when the screen pretty much goes away
>>again, as I type this on my G4 all is ok.
>
>
> it may be a monitor issue.
>
> modern monitors store user adjustable settings for bowing & geometry on a per
> resolution basis.
>
> try adjusting your monitor settings...

tried that a gazillion times. no luck.
i took the computer and the `bowed' screen went away, just the 1st issue
of the display losing 2/3 of the sceen going away at anything above 640x480.

Bugz wrote:
> eric w wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 17:16:06 UTC, Bugz wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Trevor Hemsley wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sun, 17 Jul 2005 23:38:42 UTC in comp.os.os2.setup.misc, Bugz
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> 1. When booting, the screen has a `waist', bowed in that the OSD
>>>>> adjustments can't get rid of.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Does this include the BIOS messages? How about if you go into the
>>>> BIOS setup - are all those screens similarly affected? If so then
>>>> you have something other than a software problem...
>>>>
>>>
>>> the `bowed' issue is with ALL screens but when I get into the desktop
>>> that is when the screen pretty much goes away
>>> again, as I type this on my G4 all is ok.
>>
>>
>>
>> it may be a monitor issue.
>>
>> modern monitors store user adjustable settings for bowing & geometry
>> on a per resolution basis.
>>
>> try adjusting your monitor settings...
>
>
> tried that a gazillion times. no luck.
> i took the computer and the `bowed' screen went away, just the 1st issue
> of the display losing 2/3 of the sceen going away at anything above
> 640x480.
to clarify; i took the machine to my friends and his monitor had no
`bowed' lines on boot.
whoops, brainfart......

video adapter...

On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 21:05:38 UTC, Bugz wrote:

> Bugz wrote:
> > eric w wrote:
> >
> >> On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 17:16:06 UTC, Bugz wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> Trevor Hemsley wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> On Sun, 17 Jul 2005 23:38:42 UTC in comp.os.os2.setup.misc, Bugz
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> 1. When booting, the screen has a `waist', bowed in that the OSD
> >>>>> adjustments can't get rid of.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Does this include the BIOS messages? How about if you go into the
> >>>> BIOS setup - are all those screens similarly affected? If so then
> >>>> you have something other than a software problem...
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> the `bowed' issue is with ALL screens but when I get into the desktop
> >>> that is when the screen pretty much goes away
> >>> again, as I type this on my G4 all is ok.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> it may be a monitor issue.
> >>
> >> modern monitors store user adjustable settings for bowing & geometry
> >> on a per resolution basis.
> >>
> >> try adjusting your monitor settings...
> >
> >
> > tried that a gazillion times. no luck.
> > i took the computer and the `bowed' screen went away, just the 1st issue
> > of the display losing 2/3 of the sceen going away at anything above
> > 640x480.
> to clarify; i took the machine to my friends and his monitor had no
> `bowed' lines on boot.
> whoops, brainfart......

eric w wrote:
> video adapter...
>
> On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 21:05:38 UTC, Bugz wrote:
>
>
>>Bugz wrote:
>>
>>>eric w wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 17:16:06 UTC, Bugz wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Trevor Hemsley wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>On Sun, 17 Jul 2005 23:38:42 UTC in comp.os.os2.setup.misc, Bugz
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>1. When booting, the screen has a `waist', bowed in that the OSD
>>>>>>>adjustments can't get rid of.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Does this include the BIOS messages? How about if you go into the
>>>>>>BIOS setup - are all those screens similarly affected? If so then
>>>>>>you have something other than a software problem...
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>the `bowed' issue is with ALL screens but when I get into the desktop
>>>>>that is when the screen pretty much goes away
>>>>>again, as I type this on my G4 all is ok.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>it may be a monitor issue.
>>>>
>>>>modern monitors store user adjustable settings for bowing & geometry
>>>>on a per resolution basis.
>>>>
>>>>try adjusting your monitor settings...
>>>
>>>
>>>tried that a gazillion times. no luck.
>>>i took the computer and the `bowed' screen went away, just the 1st issue
>>>of the display losing 2/3 of the sceen going away at anything above
>>>640x480.
>>
>>to clarify; i took the machine to my friends and his monitor had no
>>`bowed' lines on boot.
>>whoops, brainfart......
>
>
>
New Card, New Cable, New M/B....
I have been working on this for a week, still
haven't a clue...!

Sir:

Bugz wrote:

>>>> tried that a gazillion times. no luck.
>>>> i took the computer and the `bowed' screen went away, just the 1st
>>>> issue of the display losing 2/3 of the sceen going away at anything
>>>> above 640x480.
>>>
>>>
>>> to clarify; i took the machine to my friends and his monitor had no
>>> `bowed' lines on boot.
>>> whoops, brainfart......
>>
>>
>>
>>
> New Card, New Cable, New M/B....
> I have been working on this for a week, still
> haven't a clue...!
>
I saw something like this back thirty years ago when someone put a
magnet near the video feed. Instead of bowing the video image, the
video would not synch (FAA terminal-radar technician's monitor).
Monitor video uses a little different technology now days, but who
knows? Look around your workspace for something new that is made of
metal and move it away, like a pizza stick-on magnet (still got it).
--
Bill
Thanks a Million!

William L. Hartzell wrote:
> Sir:
>
> Bugz wrote:
>
>
>>>>>tried that a gazillion times. no luck.
>>>>>i took the computer and the `bowed' screen went away, just the 1st
>>>>>issue of the display losing 2/3 of the sceen going away at anything
>>>>>above 640x480.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>to clarify; i took the machine to my friends and his monitor had no
>>>>`bowed' lines on boot.
>>>>whoops, brainfart......
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>New Card, New Cable, New M/B....
>>I have been working on this for a week, still
>>haven't a clue...!
>>
>
> I saw something like this back thirty years ago when someone put a
> magnet near the video feed. Instead of bowing the video image, the
> video would not synch (FAA terminal-radar technician's monitor).
> Monitor video uses a little different technology now days, but who
> knows? Look around your workspace for something new that is made of
> metal and move it away, like a pizza stick-on magnet (still got it).

Well after a week or so of thowing parts at the problem I
wiped the drive, went back to OS/2 - FP15. No change.
At last I got a new display, Problem Solved.
I was thrown off by the fact that the Mac G4 was fine, great machine that!