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I've been struggling with my G200 Marvel TV for almost a year now. The problem is that I get a 1" square on the screen and the PC freezes. The card was replaced once by the vendor, and a second time by Matrox. It is obvious by now that the problem is not defective cards, but some sort clash between it and the ASUS P2B-S I'm using.
I understand that there are some known issues
regarding this problem, but I haven't been able to find a clear-cut answer. I have tried every possible BIOS upgrade on both the video and motherboard. I've also ensured that the OS (Win 98) and all drivers are the most current. My biggest concern is that the last failure left me with a dead card, which is what happened with the original adapter. The reason for this failure appears to be that the BIOS is being 'clobbered'.
Is there any reason why this is happening?
Is there a solution to this problem?
Matrox Technical Support replaced the second card on spec after re-flashing the BIOS did not work, but offered no explanation when I asked them why this was happening.
I also suspected a motherboard problem but the fact is that an ATI Xpert98 works flawlessly.
Any information and suggestions regarding this problem will be very much appreciated.
My system is configured as follows:
ASUS P2B-S / BIOS v.1011 / Celeron 300A (running @ 300 MHz)
128 MB PC100 RAM
Quantum EX 6.3 GB IDE hard disk
Creative 36X IDE CD-ROM
Creative SoundBlaster Live! Value
3Com 3C905B-TX
Matrox Marvel G200-TV (AGP)
Device Manager shows no resource conflicts.
PNP enabled in BIOS. Video and NIC cards sharing IRQ 11.
[This message has been edited by Denis Harrison (edited 27 December 1999).]
[This message has been edited by Denis Harrison (edited 27 December 1999).]
[This message has been edited by Denis Harrison (edited 28 December 1999).]
I've been struggling with my G200 Marvel TV for almost a year now. The problem is that I get a 1" square on the screen and the PC freezes. The card was replaced once by the vendor, and a second time by Matrox. It is obvious by now that the problem is not defective cards, but some sort clash between it and the ASUS P2B-S I'm using.
I understand that there are some known issues
regarding this problem, but I haven't been able to find a clear-cut answer. I have tried every possible BIOS upgrade on both the video and motherboard. I've also ensured that the OS (Win 98) and all drivers are the most current. My biggest concern is that the last failure left me with a dead card, which is what happened with the original adapter. The reason for this failure appears to be that the BIOS is being 'clobbered'.
Is there any reason why this is happening?
Is there a solution to this problem?
Matrox Technical Support replaced the second card on spec after re-flashing the BIOS did not work, but offered no explanation when I asked them why this was happening.
I also suspected a motherboard problem but the fact is that an ATI Xpert98 works flawlessly.
Any information and suggestions regarding this problem will be very much appreciated.
My system is configured as follows:
ASUS P2B-S / BIOS v.1011 / Celeron 300A (running @ 300 MHz)
128 MB PC100 RAM
Quantum EX 6.3 GB IDE hard disk
Creative 36X IDE CD-ROM
Creative SoundBlaster Live! Value
3Com 3C905B-TX
Matrox Marvel G200-TV (AGP)
Device Manager shows no resource conflicts.
PNP enabled in BIOS. Video and NIC cards sharing IRQ 11.
[This message has been edited by Denis Harrison (edited 27 December 1999).]
[This message has been edited by Denis Harrison (edited 27 December 1999).]
[This message has been edited by Denis Harrison (edited 28 December 1999).]
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