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From: Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com>
To: Robert Morell <rmorell@nvidia.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	DRI mailing list <dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org>
Subject: Re: "EDID checksum is invalid"
Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2015 22:42:57 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <86zj9vqefi.fsf@hiro.keithp.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150107062109.GA32123@morell.nvidia.com>


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Robert Morell <rmorell@nvidia.com> writes:

> FWIW, I've seen that exact symptom on some monitors when the +5V pin on
> the DVI or HDMI cable from the GPU isn't enabled (or isn't providing
> enough current).  Some monitors power the i2c/edid/DDC logic from that
> +5V either exclusively or when in the DPMS off state, and the i2c chip
> will just stop responding after a few cycles if not provided sufficient
> power.

Makes sense -- the chip will power itself from the i2c when not
transmitting, and can talk until whatever energy is stored in various
capacitors on the Vcc rail discharge.

-- 
-keith

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  reply	other threads:[~2015-01-07  6:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-01-07  2:01 "EDID checksum is invalid" Linus Torvalds
2015-01-07  6:07 ` Keith Packard
2015-01-07  6:21   ` Robert Morell
2015-01-07  6:42     ` Keith Packard [this message]
2015-01-07 17:07     ` Linus Torvalds
2015-01-07 17:51       ` Daniel Vetter
2015-01-07 18:03         ` Linus Torvalds
2015-01-08  7:05       ` Keith Packard
2015-01-07  7:32 ` Daniel Vetter
2015-01-07 17:51   ` Linus Torvalds
2015-01-07 20:06     ` Daniel Vetter

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