Bizarre catch 22 problem with Cybervision 64/3D

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Hi all, hope you can help with this one.

Just installed one of the Cybervision 64/3D boards Software Hut got, and now I'm in a real bind.

My setup is A3000D, 3640, and 8 meg fast ram.

I set the settings at 24bit resolution, which are causing problems. All I have to do is open any window, and the computer crashes which I need to do so I can change the monitor prefs. I plug the monitor into the VGA plug on the 3000 and the screen is just white because the monitor can't handle the mhz at the current setting.

What to do??  :shocked:

edit: what would be a better setting? My LCD monitor brings up a little screen that says the scan rate is 31.81 mhz.

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Any ideas before I smash my head through the monitor?  :-D  :help:

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This is the first time I've dealt with RTG cards in the 13 years I've owned Amigas. I hope your suggestion works.

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I'm just using the programs that came with the CV64 board. I'm not sure what I have with all this crashing.

Is there a link for a non-technical reference on the difference between CGX and P96 or a product review?

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adolescent wrote:
You can try booting without startup-sequence, and deleting screenmode.prefs from SYS:Prefs/ENV-Archive/Sys.

Well...

I moved the drawer out of Prefs, and it booted up fine in regular hires mode. Thanks.

Changed the settings, and viola! the CGX card works, somewhat.

I can load AWeb and IBrowse, but most everything else ImageFX, Imagine3d, etc crashes. Looks great, just can't use it!  :lol:

Are these cards supposed to be such a memory hog??  :-o It uses 2-3megs of fast ram upon booting! Ciminy.

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Oh my word!  :-o

Its the damn 07-Buster chip. What a rip-off! I want my money back. Where's Gould and Ali? How dare they sell computers with buggy chips?!  :madashell: :admonish:

*sigh* I guess Softhut will be getting a check from me soon. Might as well fill out the rest of the ZIP banks while I'm at it.  :rtfm:

Kind of reminds me of the old saying, "A boat is a hole in the water into which one pours money"