You didn't give us enough information to do anything but suggest that you check the power settings. If it responds to activity like that in my examples below, it is just the power settings. If it does not respond then we would need to talk about maintenance and hardware.
Hours, sometimes days after my computer has gone into hibernate mode, I move the mouse and it starts up where it left off. I have the screen set to turn off after 10 minutes of non use. Moving the mouse or touching the keypad turns the monitor back on. DragonFly On 6/17/2012 4:01 AM, PeterS wrote: > > > Have been using XP - home edition version 2002 SP 3 - for a few years on > this home-built and essentially has been pretty stable. Usually all I do > is turn it on and it boots up and away we go. > > Have a couple of fans to monitor the cpu temp which runs at 30.3C. > Sometimes it gets pretty warm here in the basement. What are chances of > the power supply or cpu overheating and shutting down. Also how would > this effect the HD. All these components have been used steadily for > maybe 2-3 years now. > > I believe there is an max setting for the CPU in the BIOS. Will check > out the settings as you suggested. > > So far I have a video signal going to monitor and it is still holding up > for now. Thank you! PS > > --- In A-1-Computer_Tech@yahoogroups.com > <mailto:A-1-Computer_Tech%40yahoogroups.com>, Donk <d.knieriem@...> wrote: > > > > Sounds like the prob isn't related to any monitor - but is likely > > software related. Something is telling windows to turn the monitor off > > maybe. Which version of windows are you using? I would go into windows > > power settings from the control panel and make sure none of the settings > > are telling windows to shut the monitor off. Disable hibernate and sleep > > mode. > > Next I would enter the system BIOS and look for the power settings > > section (sometimes called ACPI or APM). Disable any and all power > > management in the BIOS, so that the settings won't conflict with windows > > own settings. Save the changes and exit the BIOS to reboot. Hopefully > > that will fix it. > > If you need help entering BIOS or changing the windows settings repost > > with the brand/model of the machine, and the version of windows you are > > using. > > > > Good luck, > > Donk > > > > > > On 6/16/2012 9:49 PM, PeterS wrote: > > > Started about 2 months ago. Upon startup (XP) computer will bootup > normally, however, after an interval of 5 minutes, a couple days, to a > week or so the monitor shuts off? > > > > > > I originally had a an older crt type monitor that the problem > started. I connected an LCD monitor will the same results. I'm now on my > third monitor (LCD) and that has been OK now for a couple of days. But..... > > > > > > When the LCD monitor shuts down I get a No Signal on the screen > that shows up after the monitor goes blank. I have a video card and also > a video connection on the motherboard that I switch back an forth, then > restart with the same results. Just when you think that you may have > found the problem if will reoccur. Hope this helps! > > > > > > Your suggestions& assistance would be very much appreciated. Thank > you very much! PS ------------------------------------ If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly bi...@optonline.net Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com 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: a-1-computer_tech-dig...@yahoogroups.com a-1-computer_tech-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: a-1-computer_tech-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
