Monitor won't return from power save mode

Hi,

XP Home Edition, SP2. Dual Core 64 bit processors. 500 gig disks.

When I leave my machine, the automatic power save mode kicks in and turns
off my monitor. This is great but sometimes when I need to get the monitor
back on, moving the mouse and pressing keys will not do this for me - the
monitor will not turn on again even if I turn the power to it on/off - and I
have to do a hard re-boot.

Any ideas on how I fix this?

Regards,

Steve.

Steve- Did you ever figure out how to fix this? I have the same problem and
have not gotten any feedback that worked. (A friend suggested to replace the
power supply- I did, but the problem still exists.) Thanks!

Beck,

"Steve Wright" wrote:

Hi,

XP Home Edition, SP2. Dual Core 64 bit processors. 500 gig disks.

When I leave my machine, the automatic power save mode kicks in and turns
off my monitor. This is great but sometimes when I need to get the monitor
back on, moving the mouse and pressing keys will not do this for me - the
monitor will not turn on again even if I turn the power to it on/off - and I
have to do a hard re-boot.

Any ideas on how I fix this?

Regards,

Steve.

I need the answer as well. I have replaced powersupply and monitor. This is
my 2nd PC to do this on this desk. I was thinking it was something with the
electrical outlet; I now have a cord ran from down the hall. The 1st machine
I have the problem with will not even come up now. The 2nd one will still
come back after a cold boot.
-jackie

"Beck" wrote:

Steve- Did you ever figure out how to fix this? I have the same problem and
have not gotten any feedback that worked. (A friend suggested to replace the
power supply- I did, but the problem still exists.) Thanks!

Beck,

"Steve Wright" wrote:

Hi,

XP Home Edition, SP2. Dual Core 64 bit processors. 500 gig disks.

When I leave my machine, the automatic power save mode kicks in and turns
off my monitor. This is great but sometimes when I need to get the monitor
back on, moving the mouse and pressing keys will not do this for me - the
monitor will not turn on again even if I turn the power to it on/off - and I
have to do a hard re-boot.

Any ideas on how I fix this?

Regards,

Steve.

On Nov 13, 1:03 pm, Jackie wrote:
I need the answer as well. I have replaced powersupply and monitor. This is
my 2nd PC to do this on this desk. I was thinking it was something with the
electrical outlet; I now have a cord ran from down the hall. The 1st machine
I have the problem with will not even come up now. The 2nd one will still
come back after a cold boot.
-jackie



"Beck" wrote:
Steve- Did you ever figure out how to fix this? I have the same problem and
have not gotten any feedback that worked. (A friend suggested to replace the
power supply- I did, but the problem still exists.) Thanks!

Beck,

"Steve Wright" wrote:

Hi,

XP Home Edition, SP2. Dual Core 64 bit processors. 500 gig disks.

When I leave my machine, the automatic power save mode kicks in and turns
off my monitor. This is great but sometimes when I need to get the monitor
back on, moving the mouse and pressing keys will not do this for me - the
monitor will not turn on again even if I turn the power to it on/off - and I
have to do a hard re-boot.

Any ideas on how I fix this?

Regards,

Steve.- Hide quoted text -

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Has anyone found a solutions to this? I'm having the same problem....I
have three displays which won't return from power-saving mode until I
reboot. I tried switching off the power-saving mode and wrote a little
utility which interfaces with the Windows API to turn the monitors
off. Playing with this utility revealed that only when the monitors
remained off for more than a couple of hours do they fail to come
back. Switching them off and attempting to bring them back under 2
hours seems to work. No idea what is going on....video drivers are
updated. Any info at all is appreciated.