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Using a display adapter card – Epson 486SX User Manual

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Using a Display Adapter Card

If you are using a non-VGA monitor, you’ll need to install a

display adapter (video) card in one of the computer’s option

slots before you

can

connect the monitor. (Your dealer may

have already installed the video card for you.)

If the video card is not installed, follow the instructions in

Chapter 6 to install an option card. But first, check the

following table to make sure your display adapter card and

monitor are properly matched.

Monitor/video card compatibility

Monitor

Monochrome

Video card

Monochrome display adapter (MDA)
Multi-mode graphics adapter (MGA)
Enhanced graphics adapter (EGA)
Hercules’ graphics card

CGA

Color graphics adapter (CGA)

Multi-mode graphics adapter (MGA)
Enhanced graphics adapter (EGA)

EGA

Enhanced graphics adapter (EGA)

Monochrome or color VGA Video graphics array (VGA)

Extended VGA

Super VGA adapter

switches or jumpers on the card are set properly. For example,

you may need to change a setting to select color or

monochrome. See the documentation that came with your

monitor or video card for instructions.

If you install an EGA or VGA display adapter card or if you

install another type of card that you want to be the primary

display adapter, you must set jumper JP4 on the main system

board to disable the built-in VGA interface.

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