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Matrox Parhelia and STR (Suspend-to-RAM)
Hello All,
Three days ago i became a proud owner of Matrox Parhelia card!
Unfortunately, i encountered with an issue related to awaking from STR, which i will describe below.
I have following config:
AGP: Matrox Parhelia-128 OEM
PSU: Antec PP-412XF 400Watt
CPU: AMD Athlon XP 1600+ (1.4GHz)
MOBO: EPoX EP-8KHA+ (VIA KT266A + VIA VT8233, latest BIOS)
RAM: 512MB Mushkin DDR SDRAM PC2400 (two DIMMs)
SOUND: Creative SoundBlaster Live! Value
NIC: 3Com 3C980C-TX-M
OS: Windows XP SP1 (with all latest updates)
When i awake PC from stand-by (after STR'ed), i get blank screen instead regular Windows welcome screen. Sometimes i get a valid screen for 1-2 seconds and cropped sound of welcome music and then screen goes off again.
As for the hardware, i see (thru POST led indicators) that MOBO resumes from STR correctly, then both keyboard and mouse initialize and monitor goes on (green led) -- but there is no picture on monitor or only a blinking keyboard cursor (such as in Command Prompt), or that 1-2 second boolshit i described above.
I have to mention that entire config with Matrox Millenium G550 DualHead instead Parhelia worked just fine for about 10 months.
I also have to mention that except STR problem everything works superb, including games.
A word of wisdom from YOU Guru's would be highly appreciated! I would like to hear from other Parhelia owners regards the issue before submitting this over Matrox's Tech Forum.
Thanks for your time and answers,
-Michael.
PS: The monitor is Sony GDM-FW900 with 5-BNC-to-D-Sub cable and 1.03.00.043 drivers for Parhelia
Three days ago i became a proud owner of Matrox Parhelia card!
Unfortunately, i encountered with an issue related to awaking from STR, which i will describe below.
I have following config:
AGP: Matrox Parhelia-128 OEM
PSU: Antec PP-412XF 400Watt
CPU: AMD Athlon XP 1600+ (1.4GHz)
MOBO: EPoX EP-8KHA+ (VIA KT266A + VIA VT8233, latest BIOS)
RAM: 512MB Mushkin DDR SDRAM PC2400 (two DIMMs)
SOUND: Creative SoundBlaster Live! Value
NIC: 3Com 3C980C-TX-M
OS: Windows XP SP1 (with all latest updates)
When i awake PC from stand-by (after STR'ed), i get blank screen instead regular Windows welcome screen. Sometimes i get a valid screen for 1-2 seconds and cropped sound of welcome music and then screen goes off again.
As for the hardware, i see (thru POST led indicators) that MOBO resumes from STR correctly, then both keyboard and mouse initialize and monitor goes on (green led) -- but there is no picture on monitor or only a blinking keyboard cursor (such as in Command Prompt), or that 1-2 second boolshit i described above.
I have to mention that entire config with Matrox Millenium G550 DualHead instead Parhelia worked just fine for about 10 months.
I also have to mention that except STR problem everything works superb, including games.
A word of wisdom from YOU Guru's would be highly appreciated! I would like to hear from other Parhelia owners regards the issue before submitting this over Matrox's Tech Forum.
Thanks for your time and answers,
-Michael.
PS: The monitor is Sony GDM-FW900 with 5-BNC-to-D-Sub cable and 1.03.00.043 drivers for Parhelia
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