Microsoft KB Archive/73738

= ATI Wondercard and MS-DOS Upgrade Setup =

Article ID: 73738

Article Last Modified on 5/12/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft MS-DOS 5.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 5.0a
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.2 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.21 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.22 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q73738



SUMMARY
The Microsoft MS-DOS Upgrade installation program may have problems with certain ROM BIOS, including the ATI Wondercard. Problems may include horizontally truncated lines, problems echoing characters to the screen, or certain portions of the screen may be missing.



MORE INFORMATION
The symptoms result from a problem in the video card's ROM BIOS. The workaround is to reconfigure the VGA card to work as an EGA card. To do this, insert the ATI disk in the floppy disk drive and type the following command before running Setup:

VS EGABIOS

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Additional query words: 6.22 5.00 5.00a 6.00 6.203rdparty Wonder Card

Keywords: KB73738

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