Display goes bad, seemingly randomly, during install of FC3

[Arthur Pemberton]

Bill Gradwohl wrote:

> Arthur Pemberton wrote:
>
>> I'm currently talking my friend through and FC3 install over the 
>> phone. Her video card and monitor seem to get properly detected. 
>> However, seemingly randomly, the display goes bad as what she 
>> describes as a "barcode with color" like display. THe first time this 
>> happened on Anaconda launch. The second time happened while she was 
>> choosign the timezone on the map. The third happened while she was 
>> customizing the packages. As I type she's rebooting and start fresh 
>> from memory of my instructions.
>>
>> Any ideas on what ould be causign this? I've never encountered such 
>> before.
>
>
> Try taking down the screen resolution a notch. Sounds like the monitor 
> can't take certain frequencies. By reducing your res, it MAY help. 
> This could be a bad/borderline monitor issue. See if X is configured 
> with the proper frequencies that the monitor can handle. Check the 
> actual spec for the monitor, and fix the config file manually if 
> necessary.

Forgive my ignorance, but which file(s) do I have to edit to 
check/correct this information?

>
> Alternatively, on some MOBO's, the video is built in. The BIOS is 
> usually set at some minimum RAM size for the video. I ALWAYS up that 
> to 32Meg. Even 64Meg if its available. If detection got the specs 
> wrong it can lead to what she's seeing.

To the best of my memory it is an embeded intel video card. I will take 
a look at that.

>
> Also, go thru the BIOS to make sure you have PLUG&PLAY set to yes 
> since FC3 can make use of additional BIOS input as part of the install 
> process. While in the BIOS, check all the settings for reasonableness, 
> and turn off stuff she'll never use like serial ports, parallel ports, 
> extra IDE channels, etc.
>