RJT> Anyhow,  when I fire this box up,  before the MB splash screen
 RJT> with the memory test,  etc. that shows up there,  something
 RJT> pops up on the screen about it detecting a PnP monitor.  WTF?
 RJT> The monitor in question that's plugged into that system at the
 RJT> moment is a mono vga,  says "Compaq" on the front of it,  but
 RJT> is otherwise unremarkable.  How can it be PnP?  And what is
 RJT> it,  the video card that's telling me this?

yes, its that video card attempting to detect if the monitor is PnP...

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