Monitor goes black and won't wake up
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Posted by mm on April 5, 2008, 12:07 pm
Please log in for more thread options black, the LED on it goes from green to dark yellow, and sometimes nothing I do will make it wake up again. I have to Reset, which isn't so bad, but I'd like the thing to wake up normally. It's a CRT-based NEC Multisync XE15 monitor and I'm running win98SE. System standby is set for "never" and turn off monitor is set for 15 minutes. Usually moving the mouse is enough to wake it up, the LED changes back to green, and it warms up and is fine. If the mouse doesn't work, the keyboard won't work either. I've found that pressing cntl-alt-delete sometimes brings up that box and after that the monitor is ok, but sometimes that doesn't work. Any suggestions? Thanks If you are inclined to email me for some reason, remove NOPSAM :-) | |||||||||||||
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Posted by kony on April 5, 2008, 7:14 pm
Please log in for more thread options This usually indicates an old/buggy hardware driver that can't resume from a sleep state. Try updating the drivers, especially video driver. >
>Usually moving the mouse is enough to wake it up, the LED changes back >to green, and it warms up and is fine. If the mouse doesn't work, the >keyboard won't work either. I've found that pressing cntl-alt-delete >sometimes brings up that box and after that the monitor is ok, but >sometimes that doesn't work. > > >Any suggestions? Given the potential age of a system running Win98, it might also be time to do routine maintenance like checking cards and cables, cleaning out dust - and while you're inside, check for failed fans and capacitors. A weak or failing power supply can also cause instability when going from a sleep to higher powered state, if you had a spare PSU lying around I'd suggest trying it, though trying newer drivers and OS power management settings changes first. | |||||||||||||
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Posted by mm on April 9, 2008, 10:04 pm
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>On Sat, 05 Apr 2008 12:07:04 -0400, mm
> >>If I leave my computer alone for too long, my monitor screen goes
>>black, the LED on it goes from green to dark yellow, and sometimes >>nothing I do will make it wake up again. I have to Reset, which >>isn't so bad, but I'd like the thing to wake up normally. >> >>It's a CRT-based NEC Multisync XE15 monitor and I'm running win98SE. >>System standby is set for "never" and turn off monitor is set for 15 >>minutes. >
>This usually indicates an old/buggy hardware driver that >can't resume from a sleep state. Try updating the drivers, >especially video driver. I will do that. Thanks. >Given the potential age of a system running Win98, it might
>also be time to do routine maintenance like checking cards >and cables, cleaning out dust - and while you're inside, >check for failed fans and capacitors. A weak or failing >power supply can also cause instability when going from a >sleep to higher powered state, if you had a spare PSU lying >around I'd suggest trying it, though trying newer drivers >and OS power management settings changes first. The computer is a lot newer than the OS. I just move the HD to the new computer. I finally bought XP a week ago, because too many things wouldn't run on Win98. If you are inclined to email me for some reason, remove NOPSAM :-) | |||||||||||||
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>black, the LED on it goes from green to dark yellow, and sometimes
>nothing I do will make it wake up again. I have to Reset, which
>isn't so bad, but I'd like the thing to wake up normally.
>
>It's a CRT-based NEC Multisync XE15 monitor and I'm running win98SE.
>System standby is set for "never" and turn off monitor is set for 15
>minutes.