jiggles
04-10-2001, 08:32 PM
Ok here the situation i have, i'm running a Asus CUSL2-C MB, brand new, the video card is an ati radeon 32mb ddr card. The monitor is a brand new Viewsonic 17" PF775. Now to the problem:
I'm running windows2000 pro sp1, under the power management area, i have the "always on" and everything else off except the option for the monitor to shut down or suspend 5mins after no activity. So what happens is this, if i don't touch the pc for 5mins the monitor shuts off, but the pc still runs. When i tap the mouse/keyboard the screen comes back up. NOW this the MAIN PROBLEM --> when i leave the computer alone for 5+ hours, i come back, touch/tap the mouse/keyboard to get the screen back up, IT DOESN'T COME BACK UP, the monitor is on, but blank screen, the indicator lights on the monitor are orange flashing. So the first thing i did was try reseating the video card, that didn't work, added the new drivers for the card, that didn't work same problem occurs, so its not the video card (i could be wrong) Another thing i did was turn the monitor off and back on, the llights on the monitor turn green then go back to orange flashing, same problem, Pull out he monitor cable, plug it back in, still same thing. Grabbed another monitor and plugged that in - same problem. take the viewsonic monitor and hook it up to another pc, it turns on automatically NO PROBLEMS, so its not the monitor.
Next step was to go look into the bios, NOW this is where i'm not sure about. In the bios it the default settings for all the things that might affect this are the following defaults:
1 Power Management: default = User Define (other option is diabled)
2 Video Off Option: default = Suspend -> Off (other option "Always On)
now i decided to go with option 2, but i'm sure if what i'm thinking sounds correct but in the asus manual it states the following for what this option does:
"Video Off Option: This field determins when to activate the video off feature for monitor power management. Configuration options: [Always On][Suspend -> Off]"
Does this mean that even though i have the windows power management for the monitor to shut off every 5 mins of no activity that since i don't touch the pc for a couple hours this option of "suspend -> off" in the bios means that if the pc goes into a suspend mode, the video card will turn off?...does that make sense? and if i were to switch the setting for that video off option to "Always On" will it still send a signal to the monitor even though windows has told the monitor to shut off after 5mins of no activity?...will this solve the problem?...i know i'll have to wait another 5+ hours but thats too damn long...or is my other option as in option "1" to just disable the bios power management option and let windows handle the power management?...but i'm more interested in my option "2" to know if that makes sense or will work or is that the cause of the problem
THANKS - I KNOW ITS A LONG MESSAGE BUT IF YOU TOOK YOUR TIME TO READ IT PLEASE HELP http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/smile.gif
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Jiggly Jiggly
I'm running windows2000 pro sp1, under the power management area, i have the "always on" and everything else off except the option for the monitor to shut down or suspend 5mins after no activity. So what happens is this, if i don't touch the pc for 5mins the monitor shuts off, but the pc still runs. When i tap the mouse/keyboard the screen comes back up. NOW this the MAIN PROBLEM --> when i leave the computer alone for 5+ hours, i come back, touch/tap the mouse/keyboard to get the screen back up, IT DOESN'T COME BACK UP, the monitor is on, but blank screen, the indicator lights on the monitor are orange flashing. So the first thing i did was try reseating the video card, that didn't work, added the new drivers for the card, that didn't work same problem occurs, so its not the video card (i could be wrong) Another thing i did was turn the monitor off and back on, the llights on the monitor turn green then go back to orange flashing, same problem, Pull out he monitor cable, plug it back in, still same thing. Grabbed another monitor and plugged that in - same problem. take the viewsonic monitor and hook it up to another pc, it turns on automatically NO PROBLEMS, so its not the monitor.
Next step was to go look into the bios, NOW this is where i'm not sure about. In the bios it the default settings for all the things that might affect this are the following defaults:
1 Power Management: default = User Define (other option is diabled)
2 Video Off Option: default = Suspend -> Off (other option "Always On)
now i decided to go with option 2, but i'm sure if what i'm thinking sounds correct but in the asus manual it states the following for what this option does:
"Video Off Option: This field determins when to activate the video off feature for monitor power management. Configuration options: [Always On][Suspend -> Off]"
Does this mean that even though i have the windows power management for the monitor to shut off every 5 mins of no activity that since i don't touch the pc for a couple hours this option of "suspend -> off" in the bios means that if the pc goes into a suspend mode, the video card will turn off?...does that make sense? and if i were to switch the setting for that video off option to "Always On" will it still send a signal to the monitor even though windows has told the monitor to shut off after 5mins of no activity?...will this solve the problem?...i know i'll have to wait another 5+ hours but thats too damn long...or is my other option as in option "1" to just disable the bios power management option and let windows handle the power management?...but i'm more interested in my option "2" to know if that makes sense or will work or is that the cause of the problem
THANKS - I KNOW ITS A LONG MESSAGE BUT IF YOU TOOK YOUR TIME TO READ IT PLEASE HELP http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/smile.gif
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Jiggly Jiggly