Would you consider this a defect?

[JCKC]

Have a new rig build with the following specs:

Motherboard: EPoX EP-9NPA+Ultra Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Dual Core Processor Model ADA3800BVBOX
Video: AOpen 91.05210.66U Geforce 6600 256MB DDR PCI Express x16 Video Card
RAM: Crucial 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered System Memory Model CT12864Z40B.M16FD (2 each)
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST3160812AS 160GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive (2 each configured for non-RAID)
DVD: PLEXTOR Black IDE DVD Burner Model PX-740A/SW-BL
PS: Seasonic 450 watts
Operating System: Windows XP Pro, SP2

When the computer power saving mode has kicked in, turning off the monitor after 20 minutes, the video sometimes fails to come out of stand by when I "wake" the computer up. The display simply shows a series of diagonal blue lines. Turning off the display and back on again does not resolve the problem, the display continues to show the blue lines. Rebooting the computer seems to take care of the issue. I have since disabled all power saving on the computer/operating system.

The video card driver is the latest available off the AOpen website (I'm at work right now so can readily provide a version number).

Would you consider this a defect in the card, a bug in the video card driver, or something else? Should I return the card for a replacement of the same model, or should I get a refund and choose another brand?

Thanks all.

 

[rise]

have you tried switching input from dvi to vga or viceversa? if applicable of course.

i had a similar problem with my monitor but it would only display a greyish/black screen when coming out of standby. after some tips from a friend, it turned out to be my kvm switch.

 

[Rage187]

It's more likely a problem with Windows if anything. Sleep/Hibernate are all jacked up.

 

[JCKC]

No, I haven't tried hooking up the VGA cable. I'm only using the DVI cable at this point. When I get home tonight, I plan on opening the case and seeing how hot the GPU passive heat sink feels; I don't know, maybe the card is over heating, but I could be wrong. (I'm running at 1680 x 1050 resolution, 32-bit.)

Is there a freeware utility or something that I can use to monitor the GPU temperature?

Can anyone else think of anything I might check or take a look at?

Is it possible to update the VGA Card BIOS or am I mistaken?

 

[JCKC]

Thanks Rage,

Is the problem with the Windows Hibernate/Sleep mode addressed with any kind of OS updates? I haven't got my Internet Security software installed yet so I haven't hooked it up to the Internet to download all the latest "hot fixes" from Microsoft.

 

[rise]

i don't think theres any windows fix for that although i don't think its a windows problem either try setting the "power off" to a different time out.

for your temps, they should be right in the nvidia control panel you get when you install the drivers. which drivers are you using anyway?

 

[JCKC]

I'm using the GeForce drivers downloaded direct from the AOpen website, version 76.44, released on 06/23/2005.

 

[JCKC]

Well, I went to the NVidia website and downloaded / installed version 81.85 of the ForceWare drivers. I guess I'll run with that for a few days and see if the problem is eliminated.