Somewhere on teh intarweb "Craig Shore" typed:
> On Sun, 18 May 2008 16:53:48 +1200, Nighthawk <>
> wrote:
>
>> I've been battling with a problem with an LCD monitor attached to
>> ASUS M2A-VM HDMI mobo (ATI 690G chipset - X1250 onboard video, where
>> the monitor keeps blacking out.
>>
>> The mobo went back and was replaced, but instantly resumed the
>> flashing the moment XP loaded. I suspected the 8.3 version of the
>> driver as there were some issues with that but when I booted up with
>> Puppy Linux on a CD and set the res to 1920x1200 for the Samsung 26"
>> monitor, it also started to black out, so that rules out OS / driver
>> issues.
>>
>> There is no problem when running at low resolutions. I ran SpeedFan
>> and noticed that the -12V was reading -16.97V. How significant is
>> that?
>
> I had the same problem when I tried to connect my 21inch Viewsonic
> monitor up to an older video card via HDMI. It worked fine on the
> mainboard's d-sub though. I gave up in the end thinking maybe the
> video card couldn't handle a screen that higher res via HDMI.
>
> As for the PSU, I got a 430w HighPower one recently. It seems pretty
> decent and it's a hell of a lot cheaper than some of the others.
HighPower are made by the same company which makes a lot of the Tt PSUs,
Sirtec.
I've found this list to be interesting as a guide. (AcBel doesn't have much
of a presence in the US markets so there is a dearth of information about
them. I suspect that they would be higher up the list with greater market
penetration and awareness.):
http://www.mepislovers.org/forums/sh...ad.php?t=12454
Cheers,
--
Shaun.
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