Rupert Bear wrote:
>Hello Chris
>
>I didn't think you were being critical, my fault, I was just being facetious :(
>
>Your point is well made and I hope it is indeed something simple like that.
>It is just that the
>symptoms are typical of power management problems, which are notorious with
>w98. By leaving it on
>all night it will at some stage , according the settings, will go into standby
>mode to save power
>consumption etc. A movement of the mouse or hitting a key 'should' restore it
>but more often than
>not it doesn't and the screen remains blank, no mouse, no keyboard. The only
>option is a re-boot.
>It is simple to change the PM settings, easier than changing the monitor so
>best to try this first I
>would think. To be honest, there is no way I would leave my computer switched
>on all night and the
>problem could probably be resolved by turning it off when Matt goes off to bed
>and turning it back
>on the morning.
>
>Your own problem seems unusual but not a lot to go on really unless you wish
>to elaborate
>
>Sorry for the confusion :(
>
>Rupert
>
I remember having that problem with Win98. That is one reason, why, I
have XP Pro, now. Tweaking the software settings first, is what someone
should do first, before they start fiddling with hardware.
Christopher
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