Blank mainboard video: will PCI work?

[clavigne]

Hi all,

On my recently resurected (with a WarpEngine) A4000D, the native video went blank. I can hear the usual disk accesses while the machine boots up, but no video.

I found a corroded U350 (8520), cleaned it up best i could, but still no video.

So instead of replacing the motherboard, i was thinking of upgrading it with Mediator:

Are those PCI videocards able to pass through the native video modes? If not, how is that set-up used, for example when one wants to play old games? With a 2nd monitor?

Any advice welcome,
Claude

[clavigne]

clavigne wrote:
If not, how is that set-up used, for example when one wants to play old games? With a 2nd monitor?

Yes, or with a graphics card which supports passthrough, like the CV64, or with a scandoubler with a VGA switch. If you think the video output is dead then you could try a video slot scandoubler.
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Ok, thanx for the clear answer.

Now i shall find out if there still *is* a native video mode left to pass through.