• Monitor sees no signal after PC on for hours

    From Access Denied@VERT/PHARCYDE to Nightfox on Saturday, May 07, 2011 20:39:33
    Re: Monitor sees no signal after PC on for hours
    By: Nightfox to All on Sat May 07 2011 09:11 am

    There's an annoying issue with my PC that I've noticed since I bought it abo 2 years ago - Sometimes I'll leave it on for a while (while it's downloading something or performing some other long task) and turn the monitor off if I' not around, and after doing this, sometimes when I come back after some hour and turn the monitor back on, the monitor doesn't see a signal from the PC, even after I move the mouse or press a key on the keyboard (in case the scre saver was activated). If I reset the PC, the picture shows up on the screen normal. This has happened with 2 different monitors now (I upgraded the monitor recently). Since the picture comes back after I reboot the PC, it suggests to me that it's caused by an OS/software issue. I thought Windows might be set to turn off the monitor after some time, but I checked Windows' power settings, and I have it set to not turn the monitor off. I'm not sure yet what would cause this, and I don't like having to hard-reset my PC to ge the picture back. And, it only happens sometimes.. I've left this PC on wi the monitor off for hours at a time many times, and most of the time, the vi signal is fine after I come back and turn the monitor back on.

    I've had that happen before. As long as you turn your monitor off when you're not using your computer (I always do).. turn off all your power management stuff. No screen saver, or blank screen after a certain amount of time. No hibernation, no nothing. Have your computer run normally when running, but not in use. If you're snagging a torrent or something, and it hibernates.. things go haywire for some reason. This happens on Linux too, so I just stay away from screen savers and hibernation and whatever else. Set your performance settings to high and keep the computer running normal at all times. That's how I got over this problem anyways.

    axisd

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