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# 1  
Old 08-22-2004
Question Creator 3D Video Adapter

Hi everyone, it's me the Solaris novice once again. Here's my situation.

- I bought a Sun Ultra 10 Creator 3D Workstation and Sony 19" SVGA Monitor package deal.
- The system has the Creator 3D Video Adapter installed but I could not use it because the adapter has a 13w3 connection and my monitor has an SVGA 15-pin connection.
- So far I've been using the onboard video just fine.
- I bought what I thought was the correct adapter to attach the monitor to the workstation but it doesn't work.
- When I turn the computer on with the monitor plugged into the 13w3 connection the monitor power lite comes on and the computer boots but I get no display.

- Did I buy the wrong adapter?
- Do I need to change settings somewhere?
- What is the correct adapter for a standard SVGA monitor to an Ultra 10 Creator 3D video card?

Thanks for any help...
# 2  
Old 08-22-2004
i may be wrong and hate to post when i dont know, but i thought that you had to use only a moniter that supports 3d inputs, and standard vga crt moniters cant be used...
# 3  
Old 08-22-2004
It sounds like you need a sync on green adaptor. SVGA monitors have distinct channels for vsync and hsync but older Sun boxes use sync on green (AFAIK). You need an adaptor that will sort this out for you.
# 4  
Old 08-22-2004
Thanks for the info... Is there another video card that I could use in this box to enable the 3D features or should I just not worry about it?

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Originally posted by Tux
It sounds like you need a sync on green adaptor. SVGA monitors have distinct channels for vsync and hsync but older Sun boxes use sync on green (AFAIK). You need an adaptor that will sort this out for you.
# 5  
Old 08-27-2004
Your Creator3D is a UPA (Ultra Port Architecture) Adapter. (You think about it like AGP). This UPA Bus offers triple the speed of the other "normal" PCI Slots (Ultra10 = PCI 33MHZ -> UPA 99MHz). You can use also PCI Adapters like Sun Raptor GFX , or the newer XVR Series. But every Ultra10 offers an Onboard VGA Adapter too, which has an 15 pin D-Sub Connector , this will work with nearly every Monitor.
# 6  
Old 08-29-2004
You don't need another video card, you need another monitor cable. Take that one back, tell them exactly what you have, and if they can't make up a cable that works go to another vendor.
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