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S3 VBE 2.0 not working on Savage 4

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First post, by Cursed Derp

Posted on 2024-08-27, 18:47

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Heyyyyyyyyyyyo,
I want to get proper VESA working on my pc equipped with a Stealth 3 s540 savage 4. When I try to run S3 vbe 2.0 it doesn't work. Is there a fix for this? Am I not understanding something? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

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Reply 1 of 7, by dominusprog

Posted on 2024-08-27, 21:48

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Try SciTech UNIVBE.

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Reply 2 of 7, by leileilol

Posted on 2024-08-27, 22:49

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UniVBE does not support the Savage4. Both programs were written before them.

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Reply 3 of 7, by Cursed Derp

Posted on 2024-08-27, 22:50

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Damn. Is there anything I can do to get VESA working to the max?

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Reply 4 of 7, by Shponglefan

Posted on 2024-08-27, 22:53

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I seem to recall running into the same issue when testing the S540 under DOS. No VESA drivers supported it.

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Reply 5 of 7, by Cursed Derp

Posted on 2024-08-27, 22:54

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Shponglefan wrote on 2024-08-27, 22:53:

I seem to recall running into the same issue when testing the S540 under DOS. No VESA drivers supported it.

That sucks. If anyone knows of any that would work, please let me know. Thanks

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Reply 6 of 7, by Rawit

Posted on 2024-08-28, 07:34

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Isn't the Savage4 VBE 2.0? What isn't working?

You can add some modes with this TSR: S3VBEFIX - PC\MS-DOS TSR fix for S3 VESA 2.0 video BIOS

If you are having issues VESA not being detected with games that have univbe integrated go to: https://gona.mactar.hu/DOS_TESTS/ and search for Rob Muller

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Reply 7 of 7, by Cursed Derp

Posted on 2024-08-28, 12:06

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Thanks man, I'll try it.

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