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I have another dedicated mini-itx system with a GMA3150 on board with the following PCI ID

Description: Video PC Compatible VGA
Vendor name: Intel Corporation
Product name: N10 Family Integrated Graphics Controller
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. : 0x83e6
VendorID: 0x8086
ProductID: 0xa001
RevisionID: 0x00
Class: 0x03

My monitor is attached to the external VGA output but this board also has an internal LVDS header. Using ForceGMA gives the following debug output;

[I2C] Init
[GMA] Attempting to detect connected monitor
[GMA] Probing GPIOA
[GMA] No I2C device found
[GMA] analog VGA connector Enabled
[GMA] InitMode 640x480x32 @ 59Hz
[GMA] LoadState 640x480x32

But I just get a black screen on boot and my monitor freezes and won't power down or switch input. I can VNC into the box and see that GMA modes are active in the Screenmode prefs.

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@jgideon600

Thanks, but that ID is already in the driver. Perhaps you needed FORCEGMA for an older version of the driver, but don't need it now.

The PCI IDs for the 2G Surf are as follows;

Description: Video PC Compatible VGA
Vendor name: Intel Corporation
Product name: Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. : 0x82d9
VendorID: 0x8086
ProductID: 0x2592
RevisionID: 0x04

@jgideon600

Please tell us the PCI IDs for your GMA graphics, so that FORCEGMA won't be necessary in future versions.

I've got Icaros 1.3.3 to boot from a usb flash drive on my eeepc 2g surf (700) by setting the grub command ATA=nopci,nolegacy to disable the onboard ATA. IntelGMA works with the ForceGMA tooltype set, and hdaudio & wireless both work perfectly.

I've been able to boot with ATA enabled by using ATA=nodma,nopoll,32bit and I've got as far as repartitioning the internal SSD to SFS. After a reboot this command doesn't work and the boot process stops at the ata_ResetBus(0) line.

If I try to edit and execute a command line directly from the grub menu the eeepc normally just reboots but on a few occasions the above line has worked.

Thanks for the tips, will try them and post the results here.
Thanks!!!

okay.

@_ThEcRoW

Try pressing E on the default VESA entry, and delete the VESA setting. When you press Ctrl-X, you should boot in VGA mode, where you'll at least get some text that might be useful. Also, remove all other USB devices.

@trekiej

Those tips don't apply to 32-bit AROS.

It shows the grub screen selection for the resolution, but selecting any of them, it always end in black screen.
You are referring to pressing the "e" key at grub, and editing the lines of the configs?.

At the Crow:
Can you get a grub screen?
Go into it and see if you can disable some of the ohci items.
I did that to get Aros 64 to run on my 64 bit machine.
I got rid of the last 4 lines and then worked my way up.
That is by replacing the ohci lines etc. until it worked.
You may have to even remove the usb line.
Then use the key combo. to boot.

I have had problems booting with a flash drive in the usb port.