backtothe80s
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Hi all! I'm a longtime (guest) lurker and finally decided to create an account. I hope I'm posting this in the right place.
I recently acquired a Hyundai 8088 PC. It appears to be complete. It powers on and I can hear it counting RAM. I also hear the hard drive and floppy drive being accessed with the appropriate LEDs lighting up.
I can't get it to display. It appears to have an ATI CGA card. While I knew this was a longshot, I purchased a 9-pin D-SUB to VGA adapter to connect it to my older 19" Envision flatscreen monitor. No display. I wasn't that surprised. I fiddled with the dip switches on the motherboard using this for reference:
https://stason.org/TULARC/pc/motherboards/H/HYUNDAI-ELECTRONICS-INC-8088-SUPER-16T.html
I also tried different DIP switch settings on the original card:
https://stason.org/TULARC/pc/graphi...LOGIES-INC-Monochrome-CGA-EGA-GRAPHICS-S.html
No go. My monitor can accept digital and analog input. Changing that didn't help either. I then purchased a known-good EGA card with composite output. It's a Paradise PEGA1A card. I still can't get a display on my monitor on an old 32" CRT.
Also tried different settings on the EGA card:
https://stason.org/TULARC/pc/graphi...GITAL-CORPORATION-EGA-CGA-PARADISE-AUTOS.html
For both cards, I also tried different ISA slots.
At this point, I'm out of ideas and hope I could get some help. Will I have to find a 9-pin CRT to get a display? Is there another converter I need to make this work? Could there be something wrong with the system board itself? I appreciate any suggestions!
I recently acquired a Hyundai 8088 PC. It appears to be complete. It powers on and I can hear it counting RAM. I also hear the hard drive and floppy drive being accessed with the appropriate LEDs lighting up.
I can't get it to display. It appears to have an ATI CGA card. While I knew this was a longshot, I purchased a 9-pin D-SUB to VGA adapter to connect it to my older 19" Envision flatscreen monitor. No display. I wasn't that surprised. I fiddled with the dip switches on the motherboard using this for reference:
https://stason.org/TULARC/pc/motherboards/H/HYUNDAI-ELECTRONICS-INC-8088-SUPER-16T.html
I also tried different DIP switch settings on the original card:
https://stason.org/TULARC/pc/graphi...LOGIES-INC-Monochrome-CGA-EGA-GRAPHICS-S.html
No go. My monitor can accept digital and analog input. Changing that didn't help either. I then purchased a known-good EGA card with composite output. It's a Paradise PEGA1A card. I still can't get a display on my monitor on an old 32" CRT.
Also tried different settings on the EGA card:
https://stason.org/TULARC/pc/graphi...GITAL-CORPORATION-EGA-CGA-PARADISE-AUTOS.html
For both cards, I also tried different ISA slots.
At this point, I'm out of ideas and hope I could get some help. Will I have to find a 9-pin CRT to get a display? Is there another converter I need to make this work? Could there be something wrong with the system board itself? I appreciate any suggestions!