Acer X203H LCD won't wake from hibernate

[John Gordon]

I just got an Acer X203H LCD monitor that won't wake up from hibernate. My screensaver is turned off as are power management functions. I have to reboot the PC to get it to wake up. I googled the problem and found nothing. I am using the DVI(corrected) cable and not the other one. Any advice?

Display X203H LCD 20" Monitor
PC HP a1310n
O/S Windows Xp Media Center Edition Service Pack 3
Video Card Sapphire Radeon X850XT
Video Mode 1600 x 900

Thanks for any help! I'm out of ideas.

 

[Qbah]

I'm guessing you're using a DVI->HDMI converter? Can you try and connect the monitor via DVI? Both of them are digital connections so there's no difference as far as quality goes. I have only had headaches from ATi and HDMI... though I did manage to resolve most issues in the end. Or find workarounds (most of them being not using HDMI )

As a side note, each time the DVI->HDMI ATi converter is plugged in and my HDTV connected to it, my passive HD4350 goes into max clocks... Even though it's idling on the desktop. Doesn't really concern your problem, just wanted to give an example Had the same with my HD4870... Let's bet the same is happening on the new HD5870s?

 

[John Gordon]

Sorry I misspoke, after looking again it is DVI in not HDMI. Got my terminology twisted. Not using any kind of converter. I can be using the monitor and turn it off and try and turn it back on and I get No Signal on it even though nothing has changed on the PC. Hibernate does the same thing.


I assumed the DVI would give me an improvement over the vga cable, but don't actually know enough about DVI to know if there is an appreciable difference.

 

[alyarb]

sounds like your video controller and not the monitor. did your previous monitor have any issues?

 

[John Gordon]

None at all, but it was a old CRT on the VGA connector, not using the DVI jack. I'm using driver version 8.591.0.0, which is from February of this year. I'll look for something newer......

The driver page wants to know if this is a 32 or 64 bit O/S? I'm guessing from reading the wiki on Windows XP that the MCE is 32 bit, even though my processor is an AMD Athlon 64 "3700+".