[Info-vax] Failure of PWS433AU video card

[Chris Townley]

On 18/10/2020 12:12, Hans Bachner wrote:
> Hi Chris,
> 
> Chris Townley schrieb am 18.10.2020 um 08:07:
>> After a brief spell of the monitor repeatedly trying to autofit, or 
>> seems the video card in my PWS433AU
>>
>> [...]
>> Mine came with a Matrox, which worked well enough.
>>
>> Looking for a replacement, and see on the bay of E, 2MB Matrox 
>> MGA-MIL/2BI 576-06 REV: B PCI VGA Graphics Video Card
>>
>> This seems a slightly later version - will it work?
>>
>> Otherwise any other suggestions? Please bear in mind I cannot 
>> currently get access to the console to change any settings
> 
> Can't comment/guess on the Matrox card, but I'm pretty sure you can 
> switch the console to serial by connecting a terminal (emulator) to 
> COM1, switch on the PWS and repeatedly hit <enter> on the terminal until 
> the SRM prompt appears. Once you are there, you can make the setting 
> permanent with ">>> set console serial".
> 
> At least this approach works for several other Alphas I've come across.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> Hans.

Thanks, I might give that a try

Chris