Hi.
        On a Linux I tried time ago on an HX based Biostar mobo with AMI
bios, I observed that with power savings on bios X wouldn't start (monitor
remained black). But that didn't happen with the previous (different) mobo.
The workaround was have the turbo switch plugged into the mobo power savings
switch, and pressing it while in (blank) X, X Window appeared. No problem
at all with power disabled in bios. This has not anything to do with your
problem, but shows that the bios or Linux or X implementation was buggy
with respect to power savings.
        BTW, I have an Asus TX97 mobo, and observe that pressing the turbo
switch connected as above, the system stops completely (hourly clock stops).
Strange implementation.

>
> I posted a couple of weeks ago concerning my trials and success getting a
> dual headed VGA/mono setup working on my Linux box.  It worked excellently,
> though the mono card was a bit slow.  However, as of last week, the monitor
> was fried when trying to bring it up from a presumed sleep mode.  I want to
> find out what gives before trying to install a replacement!  A student of
> mine with an interest in electronics thinks the trouble is a burned dual pin
> IC near where the main cathode ray tube plugs in.  There was smoke, but this
> is all we (he) could find.
>
> My apologies for wasting the bandwidth for this discussion of a subject with
> of fairly limited general interest.

        Let me tell you I find it very interesting.

>  This might be a linux specific problem,
> but I'd like to ask members of this list, who might know, if there is
> something inherently strange about trying to plug in a mono monitor to a
> modern motherboard (ASUS P55 T2P4 w/ Award bios).
>
> An electronics teacher at our school indicates there is a possible problem
> with sleep mode in conjunction with those old monitors.  Checking the bios,
> I found that power management was diabled (but does anyone know if linux
> does something on its own?---I'll check this elsewhere).  Virtually every
> possible power management mode is disabled.
>

        Take into account that your configuration will have been tested by
very, very few people in the world, and perhaps you are debugging it.
Personally, I would think that it is a casual death, and try to substitute
the IC, or risk another monitor. Can you measure the IC temperature, or put
the finger on it? (Try above trick to force power savings).

> I had left both monitors on overnight.  I normally turn off the SVGA monitor
> (energy star capable Mag Innovision), as well as, recently, the mono
> monitor.  The SVGA monitor seems to go into some kind of sleep mode after a
> fairly short period of inactivity; this hasn't been the case with the mono
> monitor, but it has at least once gone blank and come back to life after
> mouse motion or keyboard activity.
>
> Thanks for the help and interest, previous to this; I'd appreciate any
> pointers.
>
>
>
> Alan Davis
>

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