Hibernate Weird Problem!

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Hello!

Windows 2000 Pro SP4 (all updates from MS)

I have a XFX PVT02ABR TNT2 M64 32MB AGP board (latest XFX 61.77 drivers) installed in my system with a Samsung LCD 171S Monitor (latest drivers from Samsung are installed).

My resolution is 1280*1024 32bpp @72Hz!
This is supported by Samsung.

The system works fine, except when I select Hibernate Mode.
Then the XFX AGP Video Board outputs a very low VGA resolution in my monitor (while storing the RAM contents in the Hard-disk, with the blue progress bar displaying).
How can I fix this??

Hibernation is correctly activated in Windows.
All drivers, MB BIOS, AV defs, etc, are the latest versions.

Thank you

[Spider]

@72Hz!
Have you tried crankin' that puppy up to 85Hz. 72 is a pretty low scan rate
for a 1280 1024 resolution.

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Thank you for your reply Spider, but as you know LCD TFT monitors always have a lower vertical frequency refresh rate, when compared to CRT monitors.

Not even the most modern LCD-TFT Samsung monitors support more than 75Hz!

In my case, 72Hz is the maximum value supported.

Thank You

Do you have more ideas, suggestions?

[Spider]

When going into hibernate are you experiencing a "snap"?

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Hello!

I'm not quite sure what you mean by "snap", but if you refer to some kind of sound click, or abrupt failure... I do not experience that!

Hibernate "seems" to work fine (except for the monitor resolution!) and the system is also correctly restored to normal operation after a Hibernate command.

It seems that Windows 2000 disregards my graphics driver, and activates a standard VGA driver(640*480) when entering in the Hibernate screen!
I've heard that Windows cannot go correctly in Hibernate mode if it can't recognize all hardware installed!
But I have all the latest drivers from my hardware manufacturers and Windows Device Manger (in control panel) does not signal ANY kind of problem with my hardware/drivers/system conflict!

More ideas Spider, anyone??

Thank you

[Spider]

By snapping I mean when the system goes into hibernate is
the transition smooth or does the screen scatter and/or scramble up
the screen while changing.

The reason I ask is your monitor is technology far beyond your TNT 32Mb card.
Your most likely having problems with hibernate because of the technology
mismatch between your machine and the monitor. Your monitor is an LCD
era device and your machine is a bit dated. Going into hibernate the jump
attempt to the low res screen mode is too much for the 32Mb card to handle
while it's talking to the monitor.

I would venture to say if you plugged that monitor into a more updated machine
then the hibernate transition (in and out) would be seamless.

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Hello!

"By snapping I mean when the system goes into hibernate is
the transition smooth or does the screen scatter and/or scramble up
the screen while changing."

The transition is smooth Spider.
At least I can't see any abrupt transition, weird color generation, etc, etc...

I forgot to mention that I had Windows XP Professional SP1 installed in the past, and I never had that problem with that OS.
And I must point out that Windows XP Professional SP1 is more Hardware demanding than Windows 2000 Pro SP4.

I contacted XFX tech support with this same exact question, and their response was (I quote):
"What do you mean exactly by that?
Please contact our Phone support."

I know that english is not my native tongue, but still.... :)

Thank you

[Spider]

About all that is left for you is to play with is the bios APM and toy with
different versions of your video driver.

Maybe even try disabling the memory shadowing for a test boot and
see if the hibernate transition shows any improvement
Wind the hardware acceleration down a notch or two

I'd would still say your still looking at a technology gap problem between
the monitor and the system hardware.