Well, Compaq is definitely a word that throws any discussion of "normal"
into the winds, s.

You're saying that your monitor connection is *not* in the area of
PCI/ISA slots? If so, then its onboard video. Another indicator is to
look at your RAM count on the General tab of System Properties. Onboard
video usually steals part of the system RAM. Is your RAM count not a
round number that one would expect for RAM? (Most RAM counts for your
era machine will be multiples of 32.)

Hey, all I can say is that on every machine I've seen, "Integrated
Video" simply refers to whether to use Onboard video or not. It may very
well be, though, that the setting is irrelevant, that if you plug in a
monitor there, it will work.

I still seriously doubt that the setting will affect video behavior
while in DOS, but the only real answers, if available, will be found in
the motherboard documentation.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User
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"Greg R" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 11:08:59 -0800, "Gary S. Terhune"
wrote:

As Haggis indicates, the situation you describe does not compute. If
"Integrated Video" is not already enabled, and you have no additional
graphics card, you have no video at all. One of those conditions must
not be as you describe. Either Integrated Video is already enabled or
you have an additional graphics card.

Nothing in all this is going to particularly affect the way DOS
behaves.

Then this Compaq is strange. I am getting video or I would not be
typing it on here. Next time I open that case, to put a hard drive
in on I am waiting on. I will look to see if this is one big combo
card that plugins to the mother board.

On the back of the tower at the top it has (Not in necessarily order)
Power supply plug-in
Two usb 1.1 slots
Two serial ports
A ps2 port for the Mouse
A ps2 port for the keyboard
A monitor plug-in
mic, line in, earphone, misc jack.
Printer Port


At the bottom
Other pci /isa slots


I think I ended up getting a Compaq computer sold to major company.
Which was donated to the local hospital. Which then the donated to a
place where my mother works and they gave it me. (I help out with at
her workplace as a volunteer)


Greg R