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G450 Flashing Monitor
Hello everyone,
I've had an interesting issue arise. I've got a G450 running both Optiquest V775 & NEC-95F. The Optiquest is the #2 Monitor and the NEC is my main. I can turn on my optiquest and it will work fine for a while - then it will begin to flicker and eventually I will have no display what so ever. Once this happens, I can turn the monitor off, and then power it back up and it will be fine for a little bit. Times do vary greatly - occasionally the "flickering" will begin within 2 minutes - other times we are talking 2 hours - no rhyme or reason. I've tried changing monitors around, tried changing display settings, tried installing older version of PDesk - nothing helps. Any suggestions? Running WinXP SP2 PIII 2x800 512 Ram Multiple hard drives. Thanks! |
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"news.shaw.ca" wrote in message news:rV8id.105803$nl.81591@pd7tw3no... I've had an interesting issue arise. I've got a G450 running both Optiquest V775 & NEC-95F. The Optiquest is the #2 Monitor and the NEC is my main. I can turn on my optiquest and it will work fine for a while - then it will begin to flicker and eventually I will have no display what so ever. I've tried changing monitors around, tried changing display settings, tried installing older version of PDesk - nothing helps. Any suggestions? Eh? Are you saying that it's the #2 output on your G450 that is suffering this issue, or that it's the Optiquest that suffers, no matter whether it's connected to the #1 or #2 output? It sounds like you're describing the second scenario, and in that case, it seems as though there's a dry joint, or a similar intermittent fault, in that particular monitor and nothing to do with the graphics card, its drivers, software or the PC itself. -- Richard Hopkins Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom (replace .nospam with .com in reply address) The UK's leading technology reseller www.dabs.com Get the most out of your digital photos www.dabsxpose.com |
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Hello there Richard,
Nope, sorry, I didn't make myself clear on that aspect. It doesn't matter which of my monitors I have on the #2 output - they will both do the same "flashing". I've tried both, I've tried lowering the resolution, I've tried just about everything that I can think of - remove & re-install Matrox software - roll back to older version of drivers and nothing seems to work or fix the "flashing" issue. I thought that maybe it could be MS Office XP, as typically I have Outlook in my #2 display - but that doesn't make any difference either. Suggestions?? Thanks for your responce. Dario "Richard Hopkins" wrote in message ... "news.shaw.ca" wrote in message news:rV8id.105803$nl.81591@pd7tw3no... I've had an interesting issue arise. I've got a G450 running both Optiquest V775 & NEC-95F. The Optiquest is the #2 Monitor and the NEC is my main. I can turn on my optiquest and it will work fine for a while - then it will begin to flicker and eventually I will have no display what so ever. I've tried changing monitors around, tried changing display settings, tried installing older version of PDesk - nothing helps. Any suggestions? Eh? Are you saying that it's the #2 output on your G450 that is suffering this issue, or that it's the Optiquest that suffers, no matter whether it's connected to the #1 or #2 output? It sounds like you're describing the second scenario, and in that case, it seems as though there's a dry joint, or a similar intermittent fault, in that particular monitor and nothing to do with the graphics card, its drivers, software or the PC itself. -- Richard Hopkins Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom (replace .nospam with .com in reply address) The UK's leading technology reseller www.dabs.com Get the most out of your digital photos www.dabsxpose.com |
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Well, gentlemen, I have the same problem with a Matrox G450 Dual Head 32MB:
The monitors I connect to it are flickering when I move the mouse around the screen, or when a program runs. For instance, if I play a movie in Media Player, the screen is flickering like hell. Now, this effect is more visible on my monitor at home, which is pretty old and tired, but it also happens on other monitors which I tested, to a lesser extent, but IT DOES HAPPEN. At first I thought maybe it's about some bad contact at the video connector, but it's not about that. So, if someone could point out a clue in this nasty issue, I'd be grateful to him / her Thank you very much |
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