OT Monitor MicroProcessor

I know this is off-topic, but since there are really smart folks here, perhaps
someone can lead me in the right direction.
Yesterday I dl and installed (using TotalUninstall) PowerStrip3.7 to see how
well it worked.
Somehow it caused a problem while trying to reboot to finish the install and
when I rebooted (Win2000Pro), my monitor (CRT 19" Envision) would only stay a
60Hz, regardless at what I set it at.
I know that this is a Win98 group.
Now, I have a dual boot system with Win98SE first and then Win2000Pro.
This even screwed up my monitor when booting into Win98SE.
I uninstalled PowerStrip3.7 and still no luck.
It seems as if the 'microprocessor' in the monitor got screwed up or perhaps its
info got erased.
Any ideas on how to restore the monitor (perhaps a .bin file) back to normal?
I will try the monitor mfg and also write to the PowerStrip website.(
http://entechtaiwan.net/util/ps.shtm )
Any other ideas?

PS:I uninstalled and reinstalled the monitor drivers (.inf). (both OSs)
I uninstalled and reinstalled the video adapter drivers (received a message
"Seve Zero Display Service") which, after checking in Google seems to
indicate the the monitor 'microprocessor' is causing the problem.
AMD 2200+
ATI Radeon 8500LE
1GB DDR ram
Win98SE-2000Pro dual boot
Envision EN-910e CRT 19" monitor

See if this helps out any Buffalo, I've seen a steady rash of this lately including one machine being my mothers XP Pro. At this point in time I have her machine back up and running although it's only using the standard VGA drivers for the video, any attempt at installing the manufacturers drivers put it back to the monitor not functioning. I've now pulled down every update there is for her mobo and devices and will commence once again at attempting to get it all straighten out as it should be.

Boot to Safe Mode Explorer and empty out the TEMP folder.
Go to Device Manager and remove/uninstall the Display device(s). This also removed her monitor.
Close out and reboot.
When prompted for a "new device found", Cancel the install, let Windows finish loading and reboot again. It took about 4-5 reboots before her display was back to normal.

That's all I can suggest for now until after I get back at my mothers machine for Round 2.


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"Buffalo" wrote in message . ..

I know this is off-topic, but since there are really smart folks here, perhaps
someone can lead me in the right direction.
Yesterday I dl and installed (using TotalUninstall) PowerStrip3.7 to see how
well it worked.
Somehow it caused a problem while trying to reboot to finish the install and
when I rebooted (Win2000Pro), my monitor (CRT 19" Envision) would only stay a
60Hz, regardless at what I set it at.
I know that this is a Win98 group.
Now, I have a dual boot system with Win98SE first and then Win2000Pro.
This even screwed up my monitor when booting into Win98SE.
I uninstalled PowerStrip3.7 and still no luck.
It seems as if the 'microprocessor' in the monitor got screwed up or perhaps its
info got erased.
Any ideas on how to restore the monitor (perhaps a .bin file) back to normal?
I will try the monitor mfg and also write to the PowerStrip website.(
http://entechtaiwan.net/util/ps.shtm )
Any other ideas?

PS:I uninstalled and reinstalled the monitor drivers (.inf). (both OSs)
I uninstalled and reinstalled the video adapter drivers (received a message
"Seve Zero Display Service") which, after checking in Google seems to
indicate the the monitor 'microprocessor' is causing the problem.
AMD 2200+
ATI Radeon 8500LE
1GB DDR ram
Win98SE-2000Pro dual boot
Envision EN-910e CRT 19" monitor

On Thu, 10 May 2007 09:34:03 -0600, "Buffalo"
put finger to keyboard and composed:

PS:I uninstalled and reinstalled the monitor drivers (.inf). (both OSs)
I uninstalled and reinstalled the video adapter drivers (received a message
"Seve Zero Display Service") which, after checking in Google seems to
indicate the the monitor 'microprocessor' is causing the problem.

Read this article:
http://www.hardwaregeeks.com/board/a...p/t-18076.html

The author had to revert to an old CRT monitor, install the drivers,
and *then* hook up his new monitor.

I suspect that your error message is due to an inability of the driver
or graphics card to communicate with the monitor's microprocessor or
serial EEPROM via its DDC pins.

See http://pinouts.ru/Video/VGA15_pinout.shtml
and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Display_Data_Channel

This article talks about the serial EEPROM in the monitor:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extende...ification_data

It includes an Envision example.

This software reads the monitor's EDID data:
http://john.fremlin.de/programs/linux/read-edid/
http://john.fremlin.de/programs/linu...t-edid-dos.zip

It might be worth noting that the author identifies the Envision 910e
and the AGP GeForce 2 or Diamond Stealth II graphics cards as
"specific problematic video card/monitor combinations". In these cases
his software is "unable to fetch EDID". I wonder if one item uses the
DDC1 standard and the other the newer DDC2 ???

- Franc Zabkar
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"Franc Zabkar" wrote in message
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On Thu, 10 May 2007 09:34:03 -0600, "Buffalo"
put finger to keyboard and composed:

PS:I uninstalled and reinstalled the monitor drivers (.inf). (both OSs)
I uninstalled and reinstalled the video adapter drivers (received a message
"Seve Zero Display Service") which, after checking in Google seems to
indicate the the monitor 'microprocessor' is causing the problem.

Read this article:
http://www.hardwaregeeks.com/board/a...p/t-18076.html

The author had to revert to an old CRT monitor, install the drivers,
and *then* hook up his new monitor.

I suspect that your error message is due to an inability of the driver
or graphics card to communicate with the monitor's microprocessor or
serial EEPROM via its DDC pins.

See http://pinouts.ru/Video/VGA15_pinout.shtml
and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Display_Data_Channel

This article talks about the serial EEPROM in the monitor:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extende...ification_data

It includes an Envision example.

This software reads the monitor's EDID data:
http://john.fremlin.de/programs/linux/read-edid/
http://john.fremlin.de/programs/linu...t-edid-dos.zip

It might be worth noting that the author identifies the Envision 910e
and the AGP GeForce 2 or Diamond Stealth II graphics cards as
"specific problematic video card/monitor combinations". In these cases
his software is "unable to fetch EDID". I wonder if one item uses the
DDC1 standard and the other the newer DDC2 ???

- Franc Zabkar
Frank,
Thank you very much for the time and the excellent reply.
I will definately check out the links.
The monitor had worked fine for years with the same video adapter, but I now
that the two cannot communicate with each other, it does sound like the
microprocessor is messed up.
You do a great job of answering questions on this board.
Thanks again.