Sounds like there's a short somewhere in your PC (I'm assuming the problem USB ports are on your PC and not the monitor?). Just touching the outside of a USB port shouldn't cause anything to happen. Are you sure your power supply is of sufficient wattage to drive all the devices you have on your PC? Do you have a lot of USB devices plugged in? It might be that your Power Supply Unit is being overloaded and going into powersave mode avoid overheating. Some things you could also look at: Check out the Windows power settings - in Control Panel under Power Options - for any obviously problematic settings. Also, enter you BIOS setup utility and find the power management options (usually called ACPI or APM). It's usually best to disable all the BIOS power management settings and let Windows handle them. Otherwise sometimes there are conflicts that cause odd power problems.
Good luck, Donk pekoe4849 wrote: > Hello, Happy New Year to everyone. > > Here's my problem. Say I'm going to plug my camera's USB cord into my > PC. When I touch the cable to the port—not even plugged in yet, just > touched it to the metal—suddenly the monitor gets a black screen and a > message says it's going into Powersave mode. Then it cannot be > revived. I have to hold the power button in to shut down and then > restart. > > Also, one time only, it went into Powersave mode on it's own (no USB) > and could not be revived. > > I don't know if it has any bearing on the problem, but I have a new > Dell S199WFP flat panel monitor that I got in early December. I think > I've only tried to use the USB ports a couple, maybe three times since > then. > > Any ideas? > > TIA, ------------------------------------ If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [email protected] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [email protected] Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
