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  1. December 10th, 2003, 11:44 AM #1
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    mainboard MDA resources

    What is MDA resources ??? Should I turn them on in resouces ???

    It's Asus K8V Deluxe MainBoard with a AMD64 3200+ Radeon9700 Pro 1024 MB 400Mhz Ram 2X Raptor 36G 10K Drives.... When Running Need for speed Underground the Video messes up ... you can see the 3d but no text some times ? Bu only in menus ?? Got me and the other two techs stumped
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    Quote Originally Posted by Escape_Driver
    What is MDA resources ??? Should I turn them on in resouces ???

    It's Asus K8V Deluxe MainBoard with a AMD64 3200+ Radeon9700 Pro 1024 MB 400Mhz Ram 2X Raptor 36G 10K Drives.... When Running Need for speed Underground the Video messes up ... you can see the 3d but no text some times ? Bu only in menus ?? Got me and the other two techs stumped
    I don't see how MDA (Model Driven Architecture) could help with your problem as it has nothing to do with video rendering:
    http://www.omg.org/mda/faq_mda.htm
    Tried new drivers?
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    MDA is in the Video options window in Bios... It didn't make any sense to me why it was in the video menu. but video is where i'm having problems.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Escape_Driver
    MDA is in the Video options window in Bios... It didn't make any sense to me why it was in the video menu. but video is where i'm having problems.
    Yeah, I just looked at a screen shot of the manual and saw it, and their manual or their site says nothing about it!!
    Perhaps you should email Asus as this may be something proprietary to them, and let us know what they say.
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  5. December 10th, 2003, 02:13 PM #5
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    It isn't proprietary
    (1 beep) Test MDA/CGA video memory unless EGA/VGA adapter is found

    Talk about backwards compatibility....
    Historically, the video BIOS has been around since the first IBM PC. The motherboard ROM BIOS contained a set offunctions for screen I/O on both the Color Graphics Adapter (CGA) and the Monochrome Display Adapter (MDA). Withthe introduction of the Enhanced Graphics Adapter (EGA) in 1985, and then the Video Graphics Array (VGA) in 1987,more functions were added to handle the new capabilities of each adapter.
    from here
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  6. December 10th, 2003, 02:19 PM #6
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    MDA as in model driven architecture..not as in monochrome display adapter..is a feature some graphics cards support if they are designed explicitly for CAD programs
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    Quote Originally Posted by NooNoo
    It isn't proprietary
    (1 beep) Test MDA/CGA video memory unless EGA/VGA adapter is found

    Talk about backwards compatibility....
    from here
    MDA - Monochrome Display Adapter (TTL), DB9 Male Connector or RCA Jack 9", Green or Yellow phosphour

    Edit
    Ah, just noticed your edit.
    I can't see how it could be that, though.
    We need to ask Asus.
    After this post I'll check your link.
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