TH2G Digital - Single Screen Gaming Thread

JKeefe · Post by **JKeefe** » 14 Aug 2007, 16:41

Man do I feel like a tosser :oops:
When it said TH2G digital edition only supports 3840x1024 on GFX cards that support dual DVI

Not dual DVI. Dual-link DVI. Big difference.

fizban · Post by **fizban** » 21 Aug 2007, 11:11

Hello all,
I have just got my TH2G digital yesterday and encountered the exact left monitor as defualt problem. its a good thing i have found this forum with this thread becauset his problem seems so stupid that i cant believe Matrox did'nt pay attention what their default output screen was before releaseing the digital version.

I was wondering if anyone else has installed the firmware update without any problems since i see Mach1.9pants had a problem with the upgrade.

Thanks

physix · Post by **physix** » 23 Aug 2007, 00:24

What's life without a little risk? I just ran it:
Before:

After:

notice the serial number after the flash got all borked up. And the model is some stupid symbol. But other than that, all went well. It seemed to work and when I resized to 1280x1024 the middle monitor fired up. hell yea!

my bios still stretches across all three screens though which i never remembered happening on my old th2g-A. Anyone else have this prob?

Thanks again! Good find!

-p6

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This was on Vista32bit with an 8800gts and an nvidia 680i board.
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fizban · Post by **fizban** » 23 Aug 2007, 16:31

I got the fix yesterday, same file as posted here.
installed it and it worked fine for me too. Now my neck doesnt hurt anymore.

I too get the bios and windows xp loading screen streched up accross the screen, till windows is up.

refugee_x · Post by **refugee_x** » 24 Aug 2007, 03:23

well my first post and not very happy one either :P

would anyone be a sport and upload a working backedup firmware,
as you can tell my flash didnt go to well, 3 blank screens

Post by **Mach1.9pants** » 24 Aug 2007, 06:20

well my first post and not very happy one either :P

would anyone be a sport and upload a working backedup firmware,
as you can tell my flash didnt go to well, 3 blank screens

Yep same as me, in reply to your PM (and for other peoples info) my backups are only 1KB in size. I did two but obviously neither worked. I would suggest that if you do a backup of the firmware first, check the size of the file and if it is 1KB or not the same size as the new one- Your update will probably stuff your TH2G! Just what I think.
For everyone out there a techie from Matrox has been in constant touch with me trying to solve it including remote controlling my PC for 4.5 hours (pity it was 1100 til 0230 local!) -so kudos for all the help from Matrox. But mine is still stuffed and I am awaiting the next step from Matrox
Cheers
M1.9P

refugee_x · Post by **refugee_x** » 25 Aug 2007, 02:42

im suprised you havent RMA'd it yet to matrox, seems like its been over 2 weeks for you now since ur incident
as for me, i dont know what to do as of yet ,either to send it back to my online reseller or RMA it to matrox. frig, what a mind job,

:?

Post by **Mach1.9pants** » 26 Aug 2007, 02:12

Yeah, I have received an email today advsing me "that during the update of the firmware the unit somehow got corrupted and is no longer able to function correctly"
Exactly what I said at the start but it was worth a try to see if they can get it going without RMAing it to Canada.
So I am sending it off now...
I got mine from shop matrox so I am sending it back to them. If Matrox will accept it back from you you might as well send it to them. They are the ones who can fix it/replace it anyway- just cuts out the middle man. However most companies don't normally accept direct RMAs, you have to go via the retailer.

havs · Post by **havs** » 30 Aug 2007, 16:19

Everything worked just great here. Just make sure you get a successful backup before. The backup should take ~1 minute and should be > 500k.

JKeefe · Post by **JKeefe** » 31 Aug 2007, 02:13

I got new firmware directly from Matrox support, updated per their instructions, and everything's working great for me.

Post by **Mach1.9pants** » 31 Aug 2007, 02:25

I got new firmware directly from Matrox support, updated per their instructions, and everything's working great for me.

Lucky bugger :wink: and you too havs!
I wish I had thought to check the size of my backups BEFORE I flashed and not after. Oh well, just gotta wait for it to get back from the HK fixit shop.....
I didn't have it for long before I tried the flash but the difference between the TH2Go and my 24" monitor is massive..... and I miss it :cry:

Rantam · Post by **Rantam** » 13 Sep 2007, 12:55

I received the firmware from Matrox support yesterday. I installed it without further problems. Problem solved ;)

Just be sure you close Matrox PowerDesk (no need to stop Matrox PowerDesk service) before doing the update.

Thanks guys for this useful thread (and forum)

Kindest regards

Post by **Paddy the Wak** » 13 Sep 2007, 14:09

Hey ... welcome to the forum ... 8)
Glad yours worked out OK ... thanks for the tips.

dkmsaber · Post by **dkmsaber** » 15 Sep 2007, 15:28

I've updated my th2go digital. But in singelescreen (resolution 16:10 1680x1050 ) it splits the view over the right and center screen.... how do i get the single screen to run only on my center screen?

Magic Man · Post by **Magic Man** » 18 Sep 2007, 13:02

Does the updated BIOS change anything other than the left to middle screen issue...?

Post by **skipclarke** » 22 Sep 2007, 20:37

I've updated my th2go digital. But in single screen (resolution 16:10 1680x1050 ) it splits the view over the right and center screen.... how do i get the single screen to run only on my center screen?

What monitors are you using, and what are their resolutions? Is it centering he image across the center and right screen, or is it starting the image on the center screen and carrying it past the "break"?

JKeefe · Post by **JKeefe** » 24 Sep 2007, 16:01

Does the updated BIOS change anything other than the left to middle screen issue...?

I don't think so.

Post by **Mach1.9pants** » 25 Sep 2007, 01:09

Well my TH2Go is back from being fixed in HK! Yippee :D
BUT they have loaded the original firmware :roll: so I will have to try another flash, wish me luck LOL....

M03IUS · Post by **M03IUS** » 05 Oct 2007, 16:55

Ok.... got everything hooked up...

I spoke with Matrox and the only way to get the firmware update seems to be to register and then request it.

The tech support guy did it for me and I got it.

Here is a link for people that need it and don't want to wait for Matrox:

http://www.mediafire.com/?9nbsgxe1ebi

I installed it and it works perfectly.... even during BIOS boot-up.

Make sure to shut down PowerDesktop before installing the upgrade per Matrox.

Wazoo

I just updated my digital TH2GO's firmware it works for the games now they show up in my middle display. The only problem is my BIOS boot-up screen and windows loading bar are still stretched across my monitors. I have a ASUS P5NE-SLI motherboard does anyone know how to fix this?

JKeefe · Post by **JKeefe** » 05 Oct 2007, 17:06

Don't think you can. That's just the way the hardware works.

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