Monitor not coming out of Power Save

[Bob]

Windows XP Home SP2
IE-7
Intermediate Knowledge

I had posted this in Windows XP Configuration and Management but wasn't
having any luck with a response, so I'll try it here.


I have the monitor set to go to Screen Saver after 10 min of inactivity and
to turn monitor off after 15 mins. Everything worked fine for 3 yrs. Approx
8 weeks ago I couldn't get the monitor to come back on line without having to
reboot, sometimes 2-3 times. HP support suggested I uninstall and reinstall
the ACPI Fixed Feature Button and update BIOS. After doing this everything
worked great until today. I've repeated the same procedure, but this time
it's not helping. Any other suggestions?


Bob

 

[Elmo]

Windows XP Home SP2
IE-7
Intermediate Knowledge

I had posted this in Windows XP Configuration and Management but wasn't
having any luck with a response, so I'll try it here.


I have the monitor set to go to Screen Saver after 10 min of inactivity and
to turn monitor off after 15 mins. Everything worked fine for 3 yrs. Approx
8 weeks ago I couldn't get the monitor to come back on line without having to
reboot, sometimes 2-3 times. HP support suggested I uninstall and reinstall
the ACPI Fixed Feature Button and update BIOS. After doing this everything
worked great until today. I've repeated the same procedure, but this time
it's not helping. Any other suggestions?

If the monitor is the problem, turn it off for awhile, then restart it.
If the problem is with the graphics card, you might try changing its
power settings, though I'm not sure how that's done.. you might try an
XP hardware group.

Replace the monitor as a test to see if the original is failing. Or try
it on a different machine.