Guest sjcinnamond Posted September 21, 2008 Posted September 21, 2008 I have Windows XP Home SP3 on a P4 1.7GHz, 1GB RAM computer. Graphics card is a legacy ATI Rage 128 PRO AGP 4X TMDS with the drivers provided by Windows. I did not download anything from ATI's site when XP was clean-installed. All has worked smoothly since the installation of SP3. After the latest Microsoft updates, however, my monitor no longer turns off despite me settings for it to do so. All was well with power management before the updates. Has anyone else had this trouble after the updates? Any ideas how to remedy this?
Guest Unknown Posted September 21, 2008 Posted September 21, 2008 Re: monotor does not turn off after 9/9/08 updates Have you checked in Task Manager for anything running?? "sjcinnamond" <sjcinnamond@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:7D7FAFB2-BF9F-4D47-B928-9DAC23C30A54@microsoft.com... >I have Windows XP Home SP3 on a P4 1.7GHz, 1GB RAM computer. Graphics card > is a legacy ATI Rage 128 PRO AGP 4X TMDS with the drivers provided by > Windows. I did not download anything from ATI's site when XP was > clean-installed. > > All has worked smoothly since the installation of SP3. After the latest > Microsoft updates, however, my monitor no longer turns off despite me > settings for it to do so. All was well with power management before the > updates. > > Has anyone else had this trouble after the updates? Any ideas how to > remedy > this?
Guest sjcinnamond Posted September 21, 2008 Posted September 21, 2008 Re: monotor does not turn off after 9/9/08 updates Thanks for your reply. I will double-check when I'm back on the computer but, as I wrote, everything has been fine until this point. I did change the power scheme from "always on" with the monitor going off after 5 minutes to "home/home office" with the monitor going off after 10 minutes last night. After two hours without the monitor turning off when idle for 10 minutes it suddenly did without any further action on my part. (Go figure, right?) I'll see what happens later tonight when I'm on that computer again. It would be nice to pinpoint what's going on. I'll run some Windows utilities while I'm at it to cover all bases. "Unknown" wrote: > Have you checked in Task Manager for anything running?? > "sjcinnamond" <sjcinnamond@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:7D7FAFB2-BF9F-4D47-B928-9DAC23C30A54@microsoft.com... > >I have Windows XP Home SP3 on a P4 1.7GHz, 1GB RAM computer. Graphics card > > is a legacy ATI Rage 128 PRO AGP 4X TMDS with the drivers provided by > > Windows. I did not download anything from ATI's site when XP was > > clean-installed. > > > > All has worked smoothly since the installation of SP3. After the latest > > Microsoft updates, however, my monitor no longer turns off despite me > > settings for it to do so. All was well with power management before the > > updates. > > > > Has anyone else had this trouble after the updates? Any ideas how to > > remedy > > this? > > >
Guest elallen60 Posted October 1, 2008 Posted October 1, 2008 Re: monotor does not turn off after 9/9/08 updates Had similar problem. My monitor off settings got lost every time I rebooted. After searching, found this solution that worked for me. Set the monitor off time to the value you want, then do a 'save as' and save settings under a new scheme e.g. "My Power Scheme 2", then click apply. "sjcinnamond" wrote: > Thanks for your reply. > > I will double-check when I'm back on the computer but, as I wrote, > everything has been fine until this point. I did change the power scheme > from "always on" with the monitor going off after 5 minutes to "home/home > office" with the monitor going off after 10 minutes last night. After two > hours without the monitor turning off when idle for 10 minutes it suddenly > did without any further action on my part. (Go figure, right?) > > I'll see what happens later tonight when I'm on that computer again. It > would be nice to pinpoint what's going on. I'll run some Windows utilities > while I'm at it to cover all bases. > > > > "Unknown" wrote: > > > Have you checked in Task Manager for anything running?? > > "sjcinnamond" <sjcinnamond@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > > news:7D7FAFB2-BF9F-4D47-B928-9DAC23C30A54@microsoft.com... > > >I have Windows XP Home SP3 on a P4 1.7GHz, 1GB RAM computer. Graphics card > > > is a legacy ATI Rage 128 PRO AGP 4X TMDS with the drivers provided by > > > Windows. I did not download anything from ATI's site when XP was > > > clean-installed. > > > > > > All has worked smoothly since the installation of SP3. After the latest > > > Microsoft updates, however, my monitor no longer turns off despite me > > > settings for it to do so. All was well with power management before the > > > updates. > > > > > > Has anyone else had this trouble after the updates? Any ideas how to > > > remedy > > > this? > > > > > >
Guest sjcinnamond Posted October 2, 2008 Posted October 2, 2008 Re: monotor does not turn off after 9/9/08 updates Thanks to all for your replies. Just as mysteriously as the problem began it ended though no further action on my own. I'll keep the power scheme in mind should it happen again. "elallen60" wrote: > Had similar problem. My monitor off settings got lost every time I rebooted. > After searching, found this solution that worked for me. Set the monitor off > time to the value you want, then do a 'save as' and save settings under a new > scheme e.g. "My Power Scheme 2", then click apply. > > "sjcinnamond" wrote: > > > Thanks for your reply. > > > > I will double-check when I'm back on the computer but, as I wrote, > > everything has been fine until this point. I did change the power scheme > > from "always on" with the monitor going off after 5 minutes to "home/home > > office" with the monitor going off after 10 minutes last night. After two > > hours without the monitor turning off when idle for 10 minutes it suddenly > > did without any further action on my part. (Go figure, right?) > > > > I'll see what happens later tonight when I'm on that computer again. It > > would be nice to pinpoint what's going on. I'll run some Windows utilities > > while I'm at it to cover all bases. > > > > > > > > "Unknown" wrote: > > > > > Have you checked in Task Manager for anything running?? > > > "sjcinnamond" <sjcinnamond@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > > > news:7D7FAFB2-BF9F-4D47-B928-9DAC23C30A54@microsoft.com... > > > >I have Windows XP Home SP3 on a P4 1.7GHz, 1GB RAM computer. Graphics card > > > > is a legacy ATI Rage 128 PRO AGP 4X TMDS with the drivers provided by > > > > Windows. I did not download anything from ATI's site when XP was > > > > clean-installed. > > > > > > > > All has worked smoothly since the installation of SP3. After the latest > > > > Microsoft updates, however, my monitor no longer turns off despite me > > > > settings for it to do so. All was well with power management before the > > > > updates. > > > > > > > > Has anyone else had this trouble after the updates? Any ideas how to > > > > remedy > > > > this? > > > > > > > > >
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