[iyonix-support] Re: Pyjama effect - thoughts
- From: RJT <Richard.Torrens@xxxxxxx>
- To: iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 10:17:34 +0000 (GMT)
In article <1172133451.45dd564b33aa6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
<davehigton@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Quoting RJT <Richard.Torrens@xxxxxxx>:
> > There seems to be no known cure for the pyjama effect.
> Yes there is - buy a new video card (which will require you to upgrade
> to RO5.12).
But this is on a brand-new Iyonix X323c - purchased December 2006. So I
should expect it to be with the latest graphics card!
It has no hardware power switch.
It is of course still under guarantee, so I may have to send it back to
Castle for a fix or repacement.
> > But it seems to me it is a hardware/design fault.
> >
> > If it is cured by disconnecting from the mains - then the internal
> > power supply is not completely switching off, but is leaving a
> > residual voltage.
> It isn't cured in this way. If you think it is, I'd suggest that you
> are believing a false correlation.
It is - on my machine!
> > Is this design - or accident?
> It doesn't happen like that.
Are we talking about two separate effecrs I wonder.
I think I will take some digital photos of the screen during boot.
> > If design - what memory is it maintaining? This clearly needs to be
> > blanked at power up.
> >
> > If accident - maybe a trickle resistor to discharge it would effect a
> > cure. Or some other hardware method of disallowing an unwanted
> > residual.
> When the "soft power switch" is off, there is no power to the
> motherboard.
There must be - or unplugging the power lead would have no effect.
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