Problems awaking from monitor off mode sometimes.

[Imaginer]

Specs and Hardware

i7 3770K (not overclocked yet)
ASUS Maximus V Gene
XFX Radeon HD7970 DD x 2
32 GB Corsair Dominator RAM
Viewsonic VP2365-LED
Logitech M570 Trackball and Logitech K520 Keyboard using one unifying receiver.
Intel mPCIe 6300 wireless card

Problem is, sometimes after Windows turns off the monitor and has it on standby after 10 minutes, it won't turn back on if I use the mouse or keyboard. When swapping receivers to my laptop, those same peripherals work with no problems.
Changing USB ports doesn't affect anything as it wouldn't turn the monitor back on.
Switching DVI ports on the graphics cards doesn't work.
Neither does turning on and off the monitor.

The only way to turn this around is do a hard reset of the system and then the monitor turns on as normal.

Is there a configuration that somehow prevents me of waking a PC in a monitor off only state? One thing I have yet to try is swapping monitors to see if my current monitor is the cause.

 

[VirtualLarry]

likely a video card driver problem.

 

[Imaginer]

I am running the latest non beta catalysts and windows 7 pro. This happens for sure when I do not use the computer for awhile.

 

[corkyg]

I don't rely on on such software controls. When I leave the room, I just turn the monitor off with its contact button. What happens when you take control of your system? When I go to bed at night, same thing - monitor off, computer on. The OS thinks the monitor is ON and it never gets confused. I just don't trust software switches.

Set your software control (power) for monitor as ALWAYS ON and you run the show.

 

[Imaginer]

I don't rely on on such software controls. When I leave the room, I just turn the monitor off with its contact button. What happens when you take control of your system? When I go to bed at night, same thing - monitor off, computer on. The OS thinks the monitor is ON and it never gets confused. I just don't trust software switches.

Set your software control (power) for monitor as ALWAYS ON and you run the show.

I could do that, or try and take advantage of the software feature that was given to me. Sometimes I switch back and forth between machines and to constantly remembering to turn it off without any clue of when I would switch back to it is annoying. And there is the whole waiting for monitor to "boot" into the actual computer.

 

[mfenn]

Does it happen if you disable Crossfire?

 

[Imaginer]

Disabling Crossfire fixed it. I wonder if this happens if I had two monitors?

 

[Slugbait]

Disabling Crossfire fixed it. I wonder if this happens if I had two monitors?

Yeah, it probably will happen with two monitors as well.

Try going into your BIOS and disabling PLL Overvoltage. Then enable Crossfire again, see if it works.

 

[Slugbait]

...I mean, see if awakening the monitor works

 

[mfenn]

Disabling Crossfire fixed it. I wonder if this happens if I had two monitors?

Did you try the ports on both cards (the OP is somewhat unclear). Sometimes it isn't obvious which card is primary and which isn't.

 

[Imaginer]

Did you try the ports on both cards (the OP is somewhat unclear). Sometimes it isn't obvious which card is primary and which isn't.

I did, that is when I noticed I cannot awake the monitor, I swapped the monitor with the other card's DVI port.

It really does not make any difference now. I returned the second card as I figured crossfire at the time being is not needed. Money better put elsewhere as I no longer be getting a second monitor.

 

[mfenn]

It really does not make any difference now. I returned the second card as I figured crossfire at the time being is not needed. Money better put elsewhere as I no longer be getting a second monitor.

:thumbsup::thumbsup: Great choice.

 

[Northern Lawn]

I have to make sure windows hibernate is always off, I also turn off it's ability to shut down monitors. It will fubar my internet then I have to turn off my computer and push the cmos reset. I just turn off all those power saver features and not have a problem.

 

[Imaginer]

Ok, the problem still happens even with a single card. The motherboard status indicator shows A0 during it's "I can't wake monitor back on" mode. This happens again after I let the monitor sleep for an extended period of time.

Really, if this is a software issue, this should be fixed. It is ridiculous that a feature I want to make use of is broken.

 

[Slugbait]

Did you try going into your BIOS and disabling PLL Overvoltage?

 

[Imaginer]

Did you try going into your BIOS and disabling PLL Overvoltage?

I have not tried that yet. But if I am not overclocking right now, does turning this off effect anything?

I am starting to think now it is something with the motherboard as even remote desktoping to the machine results in it recognizing it on the network and trying to connect but not doing so. I had music constantly playing on the headset and when I came back to it, the music isn't playing anymore. Again, it needed a hard reset.

This only happens every now and then if I leave the computer for an extended period of time, ~ 4 hours or more.

 

[mfenn]

I have not tried that yet. But if I am not overclocking right now, does turning this off effect anything?

I am starting to think now it is something with the motherboard as even remote desktoping to the machine results in it recognizing it on the network and trying to connect but not doing so. I had music constantly playing on the headset and when I came back to it, the music isn't playing anymore. Again, it needed a hard reset.

This only happens every now and then if I leave the computer for an extended period of time, ~ 4 hours or more.

Nice troubleshooting idea! This may be a silly question, but is the PC simply going into sleep state (aka S3, STR)? "Tweaker" mobos like the Maximus and Rampage lines are notorious for failing to wake from sleep.

 

[Imaginer]

It shouldn't go into the sleep state. I have not set anything that would tell it to.

 

[mfenn]

It shouldn't go into the sleep state. I have not set anything that would tell it to.

Windows will go to sleep by default unless you specifically disable it in Power Options.