computer wakeup

[Harlan A. Bentzinger]

When I do not use my computer for some time, the monitor
shuts down. Clicking a key on keyboard wakes up computer
and desktop appears. After a longer period of time, hard
drive shuts down as well, start button glows red, a
Gateway computer. Clicking a key will start hard drive,
but monitor remains blank, desk top does not appear,
except for a blinking cursor in upper left hand corner.
Computer must be stopped and then restarted. Have tried
changing settings, but no luck.

What must be done to allow me to wake up computer and get
desktop to reappear?

 

[dude]

Not sure what it is you want done but any ways go to the
following right click your desktop screen ( a empty area )then
click properties , click screen saver tab , then click power .
... Now you will see turn off monitor and also hard drive just
make the changes that you like

 

[Harlan A. Bentzinger]

What I want is for the desktop to come on the monitor when
the hard drive starts. I can change the settings, but
what I want is for the desktop to come on the monitor when
the hard drive starts. Why does the hard drive start and
nothing happens?

 

[Frank Jelenko]

You might try Gateway tech support.

What I want is for the desktop to come on the monitor when
the hard drive starts. I can change the settings, but
what I want is for the desktop to come on the monitor when
the hard drive starts. Why does the hard drive start and
nothing happens?

 

[Malke]

You might try Gateway tech support.

This very much sounds like a hardware problem. You could have a failing
power supply, bad RAM, bad video card, bad motherboard. It's not
possible to tell without more information about your computer. Here are
generic hardware troubleshooting steps:

1) open the computer and run it open, cleaning out all dust bunnies and
observing all fans (overheating will cause system freezing); 2) test
the RAM - I like Memtest86 from www.memtest86.com - let the test run
for an extended (like overnight) period of time - unless errors are
seen immediately; 3) test the hard drive with a diagnostic utility from
the mftr.; 4) the power supply may be going bad or be inadequate for
the devices you have in the system; 5) test the motherboard with
something like TuffTest from www.tufftest.com. Testing hardware
failures often involves swapping out suspected parts with known-good
parts. If you can't do the testing yourself and/or are uncomfortable
opening your computer, take the machine to a good local computer repair
shop (not a CompUSA or Best Buy type of store).

Malke