RE: filmscanners: Matrox and Monitor standby

["LAURIE SOLOMON" <LAURIE@advancenet.net>]

It seems that some motherboards have energy saving features in their BIOS
which sometimes fight with those of their operating system; the fight can
turn into an all out war when certain devices are used.  You might try to
disable alternately the energy saving features of the motherboard using only
those of the OS and, if that does not work, than disable those of the OS
using only those of the motherboard's BIOS.  I would also suggest checking
the Matrox web site to see if this is a problem with your BIOS or OS or
contacting them.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
[mailto:owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk]On Behalf Of Rob Geraghty
Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2001 1:53 AM
To: filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
Subject: Re: filmscanners: Matrox and Monitor standby


"Colin Maddock" <cmaddock@clear.net.nz> wrote:
> Slightly off topic here, sorry about that. Recently installed a Matrox
G450
> on my W98 (not SE) machine, and now I can't wake the computer/monitor
> up after the monitor only has gone into Standby after x minutes of
idleness.
> It hangs, and has to be re-booted.

I had a similar problem on my computer.  I had to disable the power saving
features.  I think the problem was caused by PNP insisting on putting the
SCSI
card and video card on the same IRQ.  It would caue hangs when power saving
occurred while writing a CDR on the SCSI CDR drive.

Rob