Monitor does not come back from StandBy.. help

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Chaos Master

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Hello people.

I have a Vitech monitor (DX-1564, made in Brazil) connected to a S3 video card
in my PC.

Today, I went away from my computer for a lot of time (~1 hour) and this
"triggered" Stand-By.

BUT, when I returned, nothing would make my monitor get back from stand-by!
The LED which shows if the monitor is turned on (orange color)/on standby
(flashing orange/green) was flashing very quickly.

I could listen to the Windows' standard sounds when I "blindly" launched a
program via a keyboard shortcut. Resetting the machine made the monitor turn on
again.

The monitor works correctly after I reset the system.

Tested it with another video card in another PC and the problem still exists so
the idea of a software config error is "killed".

What can be causing this problem?

Thanks!
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Ken Weitzel posted in sci.electronics.repair , in article
<4047F96E.70901@shaw.ca>, at Fri, 05 Mar 2004 03:50:24 GMT:

We have lots in common, considering that we're on
different sides of the equator :)
Click to expand...
Hehehehe. :)

This problem is usually caused by letting both bios
and windows do your power management at the same time.
Click to expand...
I've reset BIOS to "BIOS Defaults" which resets power settings (all to Disabled)
and the problem seems to be less frequent, but it still exists!

What else can I try?

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Chaos Master wrote:
Hello people.

I have a Vitech monitor (DX-1564, made in Brazil) connected to a S3 video card
in my PC.

Today, I went away from my computer for a lot of time (~1 hour) and this
"triggered" Stand-By.

BUT, when I returned, nothing would make my monitor get back from stand-by!
The LED which shows if the monitor is turned on (orange color)/on standby
(flashing orange/green) was flashing very quickly.

I could listen to the Windows' standard sounds when I "blindly" launched a
program via a keyboard shortcut. Resetting the machine made the monitor turn on
again.

The monitor works correctly after I reset the system.

Tested it with another video card in another PC and the problem still exists so
the idea of a software config error is "killed".

What can be causing this problem?

Thanks!
Click to expand...
We have lots in common, considering that we're on
different sides of the equator :)

This problem is usually caused by letting both bios
and windows do your power management at the same time.

Choose one or the other; hopefully it will stop.

Take care.

Ken
 
Chaos Master wrote:
Ken Weitzel posted in sci.electronics.repair , in article
4047F96E.70901@shaw.ca>, at Fri, 05 Mar 2004 03:50:24 GMT:


We have lots in common, considering that we're on
different sides of the equator :)


Hehehehe. :)


This problem is usually caused by letting both bios
and windows do your power management at the same time.


I've reset BIOS to "BIOS Defaults" which resets power settings (all to Disabled)
and the problem seems to be less frequent, but it still exists!

What else can I try?
Click to expand...
Hi...

Don't have any more ideas. That fixed it up for me.

Hopefully someone wiser than I will pop in with a
suggestion, but a temp workaround might be to
disable apm in windows until then.

Is hydro expensive down there? In US dollars,
I'm in Canada, but guessing we both know US
exchange rates from our own monies.

Take care.

Ken
 
On Fri, 5 Mar 2004 00:33:38 -0200 Chaos Master
<wizard_of_yendorIHATESPAM@hotmail.com> wrote in Message id:
<MPG.1ab1a44a8b25cd29896de@NEWS.INDIVIDUAL.NET>:

Hello people.

I have a Vitech monitor (DX-1564, made in Brazil) connected to a S3 video card
in my PC.

Today, I went away from my computer for a lot of time (~1 hour) and this
"triggered" Stand-By.

BUT, when I returned, nothing would make my monitor get back from stand-by!
The LED which shows if the monitor is turned on (orange color)/on standby
(flashing orange/green) was flashing very quickly.

I could listen to the Windows' standard sounds when I "blindly" launched a
program via a keyboard shortcut. Resetting the machine made the monitor turn on
again.

The monitor works correctly after I reset the system.
Click to expand...
If you are sure that your computer is coming back from standby OK, how
about powering off the monitor? Does the display come back then?
 
well one thing i do when that happens it go into display settings and turn
the refresh rate down to 60hz, but that doesnt always solve it. does it
come on in safe mode when its have a bad day?
wolf

"JW" <none@dev.nul> wrote in message
news:jb2h40diev1ssckjloof0rvbcmk97goa6e@4ax.com...
On Fri, 5 Mar 2004 00:33:38 -0200 Chaos Master
wizard_of_yendorIHATESPAM@hotmail.com> wrote in Message id:
MPG.1ab1a44a8b25cd29896de@NEWS.INDIVIDUAL.NET>:

Hello people.

I have a Vitech monitor (DX-1564, made in Brazil) connected to a S3 video
card
in my PC.

Today, I went away from my computer for a lot of time (~1 hour) and this
"triggered" Stand-By.

BUT, when I returned, nothing would make my monitor get back from
stand-by!
The LED which shows if the monitor is turned on (orange color)/on standby
(flashing orange/green) was flashing very quickly.

I could listen to the Windows' standard sounds when I "blindly" launched
a
program via a keyboard shortcut. Resetting the machine made the monitor
turn on
again.

The monitor works correctly after I reset the system.

If you are sure that your computer is coming back from standby OK, how
about powering off the monitor? Does the display come back then?
Click to expand...
 
JW posted in sci.electronics.repair , in article
<jb2h40diev1ssckjloof0rvbcmk97goa6e@4ax.com>, at Fri, 05 Mar 2004 09:07:46 -
0500:

If you are sure that your computer is coming back from standby OK, how
about powering off the monitor? Does the display come back then?
Click to expand...
Yes, if I manually turn off the monitor it works OK!
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Ken Weitzel posted in sci.electronics.repair , in article
<40480DBE.2090108@shaw.ca>, at Fri, 05 Mar 2004 05:17:03 GMT:

Hi...

Don't have any more ideas. That fixed it up for me.

Hopefully someone wiser than I will pop in with a
suggestion, but a temp workaround might be to
disable apm in windows until then.
Click to expand...
Thanks for all that helped.

Is hydro expensive down there? In US dollars,
I'm in Canada, but guessing we both know US
exchange rates from our own monies.
Click to expand...
It is somewhat expensive (like almost everything here).

--
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IRC #XLinuxNews or #POA of irc.brasnet.org , nick Wizard_of_Yendor .
Powered by NetHack (www.nethack.org) , Slackware 9.1 (Linux User #327480 - at
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CygWin, GnuWin32, and so on..
 
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