G450 Flashing Monitor

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.videocards.matrox (More info?)

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!

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.videocards.matrox (More info?)

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

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>> 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.
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