ViewSonic E70f+ ViewMeter Status: Over? 1

[maddog243]

Hi, I have had this PC and monitor for about a year and unfortunately had to format my C: drive after a virus attack. Now whenever I alt tab or close a game program My monitor shows me the "viewmeter", which gives me some numbers and at the bottom says Status: OVER. It then goes into standby mode and I am forced to restart the PC.

I have never had this problem before the format, anyone know what is wrong?

 

[Freestone]

When failing, the OSD is saying the monitor isn't receiving any horizontal scan (FH: 00.1). I suggest you try a different video card.

Support for your monitor is at

http://www.viewsonic.com/products/desktopdisplays/crtmonitors/e2series/e90fb/

from which I extracted the supported scan rates:

Fh:30~86kHz, Fv:50~180Hz

 

[Nidan1117]

Ok, Just to be clear on what is going on with my computer.

At first, I could turn my computer on. It would turn off and make a weird noise through my headset. (like a computer sounds when it crashes...high pitched sound) At first, it didnt say anything about the viewmeter status. It just turned off and crashed.

Then, My mouse would turn off just before my computer would crash. I really dont know what that has to do with this but it happened. I reformated my computer once and got at least two days of perfect computer. Nothing went wrong. At that same time I had changed the timing on the video card settings. I thought that that was what fixed it.

Now, My computer will not even get to where my keyboard turns on. So, it sits there for about 30 seconds and you can see the cpu thinking, but nothing happens.

I will try my old video card (the one that was dying to begin with...the video card thats in the comp now I have only had it for about a month and half)

The current video card in my computer:

Nvidia 6600GT OC (overclocked, it came that wat)

The older video card that seemed to be dying

Nvidia GE Force FX 5900 Ultra

Any more suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Im really stuck on this. I will try ALL suggestions mentioned. Thanks for helping me.

 

[felixc]

00.1KHz may instead mean 100.1KHz, as some OSD chips don't have enough digits.

At what resolutions are you using your system and game?

You don't know of anyone to try another monitor on your system.

If your system crashes otherwise atop of that, you will need to find a techie friend and start swapping things to isolate the problems. All at once you may get very frustrated.

 

[Nidan1117]

I switched my old video card and my computer still isnt working. I cant get to windows, so i couldnt uninstall the drivers for a new video card. Resolutions for all games/full screen programs is 1280x1024. That is also the resolution for my desktop. Its standard for my monitor (19 inch)

I think I might go get a new video card and test it out. Same video card model Nvidia 6600GT OC, just brand new.

I could also try another monitor from a friend, but im afraid I dont know a tech type friend to help switch out stuff.

 

[Freestone]

What wattage power supply are you using? Is it enough to properly power these newer graphics cards? At this point, since the computer doesn't boot at all with either video card, it may be time to remove some load from your supply. Try booting the system with only the CPU, RAM, and a video card powered, preferably a video card not so power-hungry.



felixc:
Your suggestion of an OSD not having enough digits makes sense, and in that case the horizontal maximum of 86Khz has been exceeded, hence the OVER message.

 

[Nidan1117]

Power supply is 400. Plenty for what Im running. You have to remember, this computer has ran for a year or more with everything as is. Its only seen two different video cards. The one I tried out and the one I just bought like a month ago.

Could it be the power supply going bad? If so, How would the over message be explained?

 

[Freestone]

I was basing my comments regarding the power supply on the fact that your post on 10 Mar 05 21:27 seems to indicate that your PC is not booting at all. Is this stil true?
What state is your PC in now?

 

[felixc]

I remember my NEC monitor telling 20Hz, where at the scope I was measuring 120Hz.

On my E790 monitor. 1280 x 1024 at 85Hz vertical gives 91KHz horizontal. This is above what yours could do, or at the very edge. It may just not be able to take it anymore. IF you reduce the vertical frequancy, the horizontal will also get lower. I know it may flicker, but give it a try at 75 or 70 Hz, to see if the problem is from the monitor being pushed over its limits.

 

[Nidan1117]

I would gladly try your suggstion Felixc, but I cannot boot my computer at all. It starts up, all fans running, the cpu thinks for about 15 or so seconds and then stops...nothing else happens. Monitor or keyboard dont even turn on.

 

[Nidan1117]

P.S. Ya know how the computer will beep when starting up? A single beep. My computer doesnt even give that single beep anymore.

Since nothing has changed with the two video cards, to me, that doesnt seem to be the problem. And since I really dont think its a driver problem, to me if it was a driver problem then i could at least start my computer up. Just me though, you guys would know more about it then i would.

Another thing that just came to mind, you know that sound when windows finds a new hardware? My computer would do that to what I thought was for the mouse...just before it crashed. Maybe took 15 seconds and then my computer would crash as usual. That doesnt make sense to me, but it might point you the right way as to whats wrong with my computer.

 

[felixc]

Not even a beep. So it does not even start executing the BIOS. Hmmm. Remove the battery and reinsert it after some time. On many mobos now, a CMOS RAM with bad data may prevent the system from starting. Could be one possibility.

That sound... like a peripheral that started going wrong, the system trying to recognize it, and then crash... Maybe one of your peripherals that failed and now prevents the system from booting. Disconnect every card and peripheral, leave only the mobo. Does it boot?

 

[Nidan1117]

Ok, be gentle Felix, Im not a computer nub, but im not an expert, need more info on the battery. How long would be some time? overnight? hour? thirty mins? I will try your suggestion in hopes I will at least be able to boot up. At least then I might could do some stuff on the comp until the big problem is fixed.

One more thing, I start my computer every now and then....just in case it decides to start. Started it just a few mins ago and heard some grinding noise. Grinded and then sounded normal. If its a fan, there would be 7 more to be around in the case. I looked at the cpu fan and the mobo chip fan and they both are runnning. So...Its not those Im thinking. We are close to fixing this...i can feel it. The computer is giving more clues as to what exactly is wrong. Thanks for helping, its appreciated greatly.

 

[Nidan1117]

Took the battery out for about 15 mins, reseated the sound card, video card, and ram. Still no go. Started the computer up and heard the grinding noise again. Thinking maybe, the hard drive? Could a hard drive make all this happen?

 

[Freestone]

As felixc has suggested, disconnect all peripherals from the motherboard, leaving only the CPU, RAM, and the video card. This includes removing all other cards, IDE cables, power cables from drives and DVD/CD-ROM devices. Try booting with this configuration. If it works, add things back one at a time until the failure reoccurs.

 

[Nidan1117]

ok, did as said and my computer beeped.

I cannot use any cdrom drives ( i have three on that computer) tried to check one at a time and none of them would let the computer start up and start BIOS.

I plugged everything in the back of the computer, and it went back to the usual...not starting up...so I took all my USB stuff off the back of the comp...it started and told me it didnt detect any keyboards. I then plugged the keyboard in and every USB except for the mouse. It then started and started giving me the STATUS: OVER message.

So, I can now start the computer put sometimes it will not go into BIOS, but it will give a STATUS: OVER message on the monitor.

So in short, no cdrom drives, no mouse, still giving status: over message.

 

[Freestone]

Now that the computer boots again, try putting in your older video card to see if you get the statusver message.

 

[Nidan1117]

Tried to put my old video card in and it wont boot at all. No status message, nothing. Tried putting the new card in and its still not giving anything anymore. :\

 

[felixc]

There are too many variables that don't seem to work in your system. You won't get anywhere, except if you're lucky, if you can't find a working machine and a good friend who is willing to let you try your suspect parts in his machine.

 

[Nidan1117]

 

[felixc]

Sorry to say that. I'm an engineer, I have many debugging tools (even a scope) and I help many people with their systems. When something gets wrong and it involves several components, it's a swap party with a "known good system". Otherwise one can spend lots and lots of frustrating time without finding what's wrong. Something looks wrong with your monitor, but your video card that may not work fine replaces another one that died, your mobo seems to work intermittently. Something is cheezy in your system. It may be as easy as a power supply voltage that is under or over range, but you'll need tools to do several basic checks.