OSVITIVR - VIDEO CORRUPTION WITH OS/2 WARP FULLPACK AND ATI
           VIDEO ADAPTERS
01/05/96

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    Video Corruption with OS/2 Warp Fullpack and ATI Video Adapters
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Please Read Entire Document for Full Explanation of Procedure
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DESCRIPTION

Under OS/2 Warp Fullpack, the ATI video adapters, Graphics Pro Turbo 
and Win Turbo, which use VRAM and a Mach 64 chip set, cause video 
corruption in WIN-OS/2 Full Screen sessions. This corruption appears 
leaves ghost-like images of icons and, sometimes, duplicates of 
WIN-OS/2 desktops.

RESOLUTION

Add BLOCKWRITE=OFF to the SYSTEM.INI files:

1. Open an OS/2 Window
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2. Change to the OS2\MDOS\WINOS2 subdirectory.                             
3. Type E SYSTEM.INI to edit the file.                               
4. Add BLOCKWRITE=OFF under the [MACX] section.                 
5. Save and exit the file.                                                 
6. Shut down and restart the WIN-OS/2 Full Screen session.

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