Windows 2000 and G400 problem???

[GT98]

Well I've been running Windows 2000 on my system for the past couple weeks and everyonce in awhile without any warning my monitor shuts itself off and my computer locks up hard. I try the three finger salute and try tapping the num lock key to see if the light lights up but nothing. Only thing I can do is hit the reset button to restart the computer. I never had this problem before with the system in Windows 98. Any suggestions?

Scott


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Abit BH6 with a Celeron 2-566@877mhz,128mb RAM,G400 MAX,SB Live!, Optiquest V95 19in montor, Asus 40x CD-ROM, Aopen 5x DVD-ROM,HP9110i 8x4x32 CD-RW,SupraMax 56k modem, Win2000 on a WD 13 GB HDD, Win98 SE on Western Digital 30.7GB DOA....

[dZeus]

I don't think it is the G400 driver.... I never experienced that problem, and I have been running Win2k for quite some time now (6 months)

[HomerJSimpson]

I get the same with my G200.

some questions.

Does it lock after being left for a while? (mine does)

Do you have any openGL screensavers selected? (I did).

turning the screensaver off fixed my problem, I am using the 5.03 G200 driver.

[HomerJSimpson]

I get the same with my G200.

some questions.

Does it lock after being left for a while? (mine does)

Do you have any openGL screensavers selected? (I did).

turning the screensaver off fixed my problem, I am using the 5.03 G200 driver.

[DentyCracker]

Your mobo may not be fully ACPI compliant. Check whether you can go into standby mode reliably. If you can't then ensure that your power options don't try to enter standby mode.

[HomerJSimpson]

My systen is fully ACPI complaint, and goes into standby and hibernation with no trouble.

the problem described ONLY happens with teh Microsoft OpenGL screensavers, so I suspect a problem with the Matrox driver locking after a finite amount of time. as I said, disabling the screensaver, or even changing it to "flying windows" is enough to fix the problem.....

Anyone know if there will be new Win2k drivers for G200 owners soon? G400 owners have had several driver updates recently....

[The PIT]

Mmm overclocking that could be the suspect. Win2000 is more picky than 98. Does it happen after a period of time? If so how hot is proc getting.

[HomerJSimpson]

I will say it again. This is NOT a hardware problem, I can hammer my PC all day, Q3 will run TIMEDEMOs for hours on end, no problems, as soon as the PC is left idle and the OpenGL screensavers kick in for at least 30minutes, the system locks solid (the same as GT98's symptom).

[GT98]

I downloaded the new BH6 rev 1.0 QN BIOS earlier today and so far no problems. But then again the problem I have had has been pretty much hit and miss...no ryme or reason for it happening.

Scott


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Abit BH6 with a Celeron 2-566@877mhz,128mb RAM,G400 MAX,SB Live!, Optiquest V95 19in montor, Asus 40x CD-ROM, Aopen 5x DVD-ROM,HP9110i 8x4x32 CD-RW,SupraMax 56k modem, Win2000 on a WD 13 GB HDD, Win98 SE on Western Digital 30.7GB DOA....

[Brian R.]

I would try not using the OGl screensaver.

[The PIT]

Homer I wasn't refering to you. Anyway since you found the solution why go on about it. GT98 is overclocking close to celerons limit. He's now downloaded a newer Bios and this may improve stability it's looking good so far.