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Conference giadev::decstation

Title:DECstation PC Conference
Notice:register note 2, see notes 3 & 4
Moderator:TARKIN::LININD
Created:Tue Jan 10 1989
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:7470
Total number of notes:34994

7365.0. "celebris gl 120" by NETRIX::"[email protected]" (Rafael VIDAL) Wed Feb 26 1997 08:39

I got a customer with three celebris gl 120 with pcxcv-va monitors.  When they
change from one screen to another the monitor goes blank for one or two
seconds.  It is as if you disconnect the video cable for a couple of seconds
and then connect it again.  I have replaced the main board, power suply, hard
disk, monitor and upgraded the bios to 1.03.  The customer installed Win95 in
one of the pc's and the problem was resolved, but the customer needs W3.11in
two of the pc's.  
Your inputs will be greatly appreciated.  Thanks









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7365.1TARKIN::LINBill LinWed Feb 26 1997 11:4315
    re: NETRIX::"[email protected]"
    
    Hi,
    
    Would you please be more specific about what you mean by switching from
    one screen to the next?  Does video mode change?  If so, then one would
    expect the monitor to spend some time resynching to the new mode.
    
    >> The customer installed Win95 in one of the pc's and the problem was
    >> resolved,...
    
    Again, it would help to understand what applications the customer is
    running when "changing screens."
    
    /Bill
7365.2celebris gl videoNETRIX::"[email protected]"RAFAEL VIDALMon Mar 03 1997 10:0512
Hi, the customer i running internet explorer v3.0, kea term, oracle, MS
office, validates thru NT server, and connects to as400 using MSsna(token
ring).
Lets say the customer is running excell, he has a book open in the screen, and
opens internet explorer and starts to move the mouse through the screen, once
the internet opens, the video goes and comes back again. It is just one
second.  Almost every time he moves the mouse or changes from one page to
another the video blinks for one or two seconds.  Don't think that this
happens only under this setting-programs or applications open- no matter what
is open after win 311 is up, if the customer moves the mouse or clicks the
keyboard he will get the problem.
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7365.3Think about it?!!PCBUOA::MCQUADEst*rs = 1x4x9Mon Mar 03 1997 17:446
    
    	Wouldn't you think after loading 95..., that this was a software
    issue?
    
    
    McQ
7365.4TARKIN::LINBill LinMon Mar 03 1997 17:5720
    re: .2 by NETRIX::"[email protected]"
    
    Hi Rafael,
    
    Thanks for the added description of the software that the customer is
    running and "paging" through or "switching" between.  So... they're
    running Internet Explorer on Windows 3.11.  Wonderful.  Is it safe to
    say that if IE is not running, then there are no problems?  Please
    check.  If that is the case, you should advise the customer not to run
    IE under Windows 3.11, or if they must, what they see is what they get. 
    I don't think this is something that anyone other than Microsoft can
    possibly support, and if they did, it would be reluctantly.  I think
    Microsoft wishes it could forget Windows 3.11.
    
    I offer these as my opinion.  If you want any official statement,
    you'll have to escalate the case via corporate IPMT.
    
    Regards,
    
    /Bill
7365.5celebris glNETRIX::"[email protected]"Rafael VidalTue Mar 04 1997 08:188
Hi bill, thanks for your reply. The customer says he is running some kind of
software that does not run on win95.  The first thing I did when the customer
put the call was to replce the monitor with the same model but nothing
happened.  I transfer the call to C1 but got no answer.  So, I wrote this
note.  Browsing Notes yesterday I read one about the Sony monitors and I
replaced the monitor with another brand and screen size.  It seems that the
problem is gone.    
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7365.6TARKIN::LINBill LinTue Mar 04 1997 08:4115
    re: NETRIX::"[email protected]"
    
    Hi Rafael,
    
    Wow, what a strange case.  This makes me think that possibly the
    original monitor is more susceptible to signal levels than the new
    monitor you put in.  I had thought in my earlier reply that the
    software was switching video modes.  Maybe that's not so.
    
    I hope this kind of situation doesn't come up very often.  I also
    hope your customer is satisfied.
    
    Cheers,
    
    /Bill