Guest Bill Posted August 29, 2007 Posted August 29, 2007 After my desktop has been in Sleep mode for more than a few minutes, pressing the Sleep button wakes the PC, but the monitor does not come on. Sometimes pressing the Sleep button twice in rapid succession will work; other times the monitor never comes on - the PC must be forced off and rebooted. Anyone have a solution for this? I am not certain, but this may have started after I installed an Acer LCD monitor in place of a Sony CRT. Bill.
Guest Unknown Posted August 29, 2007 Posted August 29, 2007 Re: Return from Sleep Mode Did you change/update the video driver when you changed the monitor? "Bill" <Bill@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:359CD9CA-4520-4D9F-ACD2-8DB0084941B1@microsoft.com... > After my desktop has been in Sleep mode for more than a few minutes, > pressing > the Sleep button wakes the PC, but the monitor does not come on. Sometimes > pressing the Sleep button twice in rapid succession will work; other times > the monitor never comes on - the PC must be forced off and rebooted. > Anyone > have a solution for this? I am not certain, but this may have started > after I > installed an Acer LCD monitor in place of a Sony CRT. Bill.
Guest Bill Posted August 30, 2007 Posted August 30, 2007 Re: Return from Sleep Mode Well, most probably not. The instructions (meager as they were) did not mention anything about this. I simply disconnected the old monitor, connected the new one, the PC found it, and the expected things appeared on the screen. So I proceeded, thinking everything was okay. How do I change/update the video driver? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Unknown" wrote: > Did you change/update the video driver when you changed the monitor? > "Bill" <Bill@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:359CD9CA-4520-4D9F-ACD2-8DB0084941B1@microsoft.com... > > After my desktop has been in Sleep mode for more than a few minutes, > > pressing > > the Sleep button wakes the PC, but the monitor does not come on. Sometimes > > pressing the Sleep button twice in rapid succession will work; other times > > the monitor never comes on - the PC must be forced off and rebooted. > > Anyone > > have a solution for this? I am not certain, but this may have started > > after I > > installed an Acer LCD monitor in place of a Sony CRT. Bill. > > >
Guest Bill Posted August 30, 2007 Posted August 30, 2007 Re: Return from Sleep Mode One other thing I forgot to mention about this problem. I notice that the optical mouse also behaves like the monitor. IF the light in the optical mouse comes on, then the monitor will come on. If the light in the mouse does not come on, neither does the monitor. Does this help guide the diagnosis? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Unknown" wrote: > Did you change/update the video driver when you changed the monitor? > "Bill" <Bill@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:359CD9CA-4520-4D9F-ACD2-8DB0084941B1@microsoft.com... > > After my desktop has been in Sleep mode for more than a few minutes, > > pressing > > the Sleep button wakes the PC, but the monitor does not come on. Sometimes > > pressing the Sleep button twice in rapid succession will work; other times > > the monitor never comes on - the PC must be forced off and rebooted. > > Anyone > > have a solution for this? I am not certain, but this may have started > > after I > > installed an Acer LCD monitor in place of a Sony CRT. Bill. > > >
Guest Unknown Posted August 30, 2007 Posted August 30, 2007 Re: Return from Sleep Mode Both connect to the USB, however, I think you have a problem with the video driver. You might check with Sony to see if you have the latest video driver. "Bill" <Bill@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:AE9C49D2-EDA9-462B-85BF-80593E055A27@microsoft.com... > One other thing I forgot to mention about this problem. I notice that the > optical mouse also behaves like the monitor. IF the light in the optical > mouse comes on, then the monitor will come on. If the light in the mouse > does > not come on, neither does the monitor. Does this help guide the diagnosis? > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > "Unknown" wrote: > >> Did you change/update the video driver when you changed the monitor? >> "Bill" <Bill@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:359CD9CA-4520-4D9F-ACD2-8DB0084941B1@microsoft.com... >> > After my desktop has been in Sleep mode for more than a few minutes, >> > pressing >> > the Sleep button wakes the PC, but the monitor does not come on. >> > Sometimes >> > pressing the Sleep button twice in rapid succession will work; other >> > times >> > the monitor never comes on - the PC must be forced off and rebooted. >> > Anyone >> > have a solution for this? I am not certain, but this may have started >> > after I >> > installed an Acer LCD monitor in place of a Sony CRT. Bill. >> >> >>
Guest Don in San Antonio Posted September 1, 2007 Posted September 1, 2007 Re: Return from Sleep Mode Unknown said the following on 8/30/2007 9:59 AM: >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> "Unknown" wrote: >> >>> Did you change/update the video driver when you changed the monitor? >>> "Bill" <Bill@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >>> news:359CD9CA-4520-4D9F-ACD2-8DB0084941B1@microsoft.com... >>>> After my desktop has been in Sleep mode for more than a few minutes, >>>> pressing >>>> the Sleep button wakes the PC, but the monitor does not come on. >>>> Sometimes >>>> pressing the Sleep button twice in rapid succession will work; other >>>> times >>>> the monitor never comes on - the PC must be forced off and rebooted. >>>> Anyone >>>> have a solution for this? I am not certain, but this may have started >>>> after I >>>> installed an Acer LCD monitor in place of a Sony CRT. Bill. >>> >>> I had similar problem that was caused by changing my video memory setting in BIOS from 32 to 128 Meg.
Guest Unknown Posted September 1, 2007 Posted September 1, 2007 Re: Return from Sleep Mode Very possible. I don't know of anyone that went from a CRT monitor to an LCD without a driver change. And possibly the video card also. "Don in San Antonio" <don@sa.com> wrote in message news:uO6vfAJ7HHA.484@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > Unknown said the following on 8/30/2007 9:59 AM: >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> "Unknown" wrote: >>> >>>> Did you change/update the video driver when you changed the monitor? >>>> "Bill" <Bill@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >>>> news:359CD9CA-4520-4D9F-ACD2-8DB0084941B1@microsoft.com... >>>>> After my desktop has been in Sleep mode for more than a few minutes, >>>>> pressing >>>>> the Sleep button wakes the PC, but the monitor does not come on. >>>>> Sometimes >>>>> pressing the Sleep button twice in rapid succession will work; other >>>>> times >>>>> the monitor never comes on - the PC must be forced off and rebooted. >>>>> Anyone >>>>> have a solution for this? I am not certain, but this may have started >>>>> after I >>>>> installed an Acer LCD monitor in place of a Sony CRT. Bill. >>>> >>>> > > I had similar problem that was caused by changing my video memory setting > in BIOS from 32 to 128 Meg.
Guest Bill Posted September 3, 2007 Posted September 3, 2007 Re: Return from Sleep Mode "Unknown" wrote: > Did you change/update the video driver when you changed the monitor? > "Bill" <Bill@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:359CD9CA-4520-4D9F-ACD2-8DB0084941B1@microsoft.com... > > After my desktop has been in Sleep mode for more than a few minutes, > > pressing > > the Sleep button wakes the PC, but the monitor does not come on. Sometimes > > pressing the Sleep button twice in rapid succession will work; other times > > the monitor never comes on - the PC must be forced off and rebooted. > > Anyone > > have a solution for this? I am not certain, but this may have started > > after I > > installed an Acer LCD monitor in place of a Sony CRT. Bill. =====> Thanks <===== I went to my PC mfgr, Sony, and found ALL updates for my PC. There were none identified specifically as relating to the video driver, but I accepted, downloaded, and installed all listed on the Sony website. MY experience over the past 4 days is that the problem has been resolved. In addition, I have arranged for automatic checking for updates from Sony, which I assume would have prevented this issue. Thanks for both the fix to the immediate issue and the reminder to stay updated at all times. Bill.
Guest Unknown Posted September 3, 2007 Posted September 3, 2007 Re: Return from Sleep Mode Happy you got it resolved. "Bill" <Bill@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E0CFDF56-205C-4C15-A2EC-979DA2EED4F2@microsoft.com... > > > "Unknown" wrote: > >> Did you change/update the video driver when you changed the monitor? >> "Bill" <Bill@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:359CD9CA-4520-4D9F-ACD2-8DB0084941B1@microsoft.com... >> > After my desktop has been in Sleep mode for more than a few minutes, >> > pressing >> > the Sleep button wakes the PC, but the monitor does not come on. >> > Sometimes >> > pressing the Sleep button twice in rapid succession will work; other >> > times >> > the monitor never comes on - the PC must be forced off and rebooted. >> > Anyone >> > have a solution for this? I am not certain, but this may have started >> > after I >> > installed an Acer LCD monitor in place of a Sony CRT. Bill. > =====> Thanks <===== > I went to my PC mfgr, Sony, and found ALL updates for my PC. There were > none identified specifically as relating to the video driver, but I > accepted, > downloaded, and installed all listed on the Sony website. MY experience > over > the past 4 days is that the problem has been resolved. In addition, I have > arranged for automatic checking for updates from Sony, which I assume > would > have prevented this issue. Thanks for both the fix to the immediate issue > and > the reminder to stay updated at all times. Bill.
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