Right. The USB ports are on the PC. This is a computer that an idiot built for me two years ago. I had it a month or two and had to replace the power supply myself. I'm not home, but I think I got a 400w. Eventually he discovered the problem was the power cord shorting out and replaced it. No problems since. I used to have this same USB problem back then too, but I don't remember what the cause was. I guess he fixed it. At that time however, it didn't put the monitor into sleep mode, it powered off the computer.
Just before Christmas I installed a new video card and another memory stick. I have two USB ports in the front of the box. These are the ones I plug my camera, etc. into (that caused the problem). I have the following USB things plugged into ports in the back: keyboard, mouse, scanner, HP printer, and external hard drive. Does any of this help? I'll check the BIOS settings when I get home today. Thx, D. --- In [email protected], Donk <d.knier...@...> wrote: > > 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/
