Monitor won't wake up

My monitor won't awaken after my computer has been idle for an hour or so,
can someone how to fix this. I like having the energy savings and I don't
want to leave my monitor on for no reason. Thanks in advance. I have RC 1.

It might involve the video driver. If you know you are using the latest
remember that they all are beta drivers.
Just a thought.

"Sam" <wdbl@alltel.net> wrote in message
news:72122012-DCF4-4B03-9872-FABCC3FF0AD9@microsoft.com...
> My monitor won't awaken after my computer has been idle for an hour or so,
> can someone how to fix this. I like having the energy savings and I don't
> want to leave my monitor on for no reason. Thanks in advance. I have RC
> 1.

I have random issue like that on RTM with XT300 card running beta drivers.


"Sam" <wdbl@alltel.net> wrote in message
news:72122012-DCF4-4B03-9872-FABCC3FF0AD9@microsoft.com...
> My monitor won't awaken after my computer has been idle for an hour or so,
> can someone how to fix this. I like having the energy savings and I don't
> want to leave my monitor on for no reason. Thanks in advance. I have RC
> 1.

ahh dont worry i have the same problem with my Radeon x1650 beta
drivers....it's just the drivers crashing :/ so vista says... if u move ur
mouse and bash ur keyboard for a bit it will work then....i turned my screen
saver off and it dont seem to have the same prob now..
"Sam" <wdbl@alltel.net> wrote in message
news:72122012-DCF4-4B03-9872-FABCC3FF0AD9@microsoft.com...
> My monitor won't awaken after my computer has been idle for an hour or so,
> can someone how to fix this. I like having the energy savings and I don't
> want to leave my monitor on for no reason. Thanks in advance. I have RC
> 1.

Thanks for the tip, turning the screen saver off worked for me. Was going
nuts trying to figure out why the monitor wouldn't turn back on. Still not
sure why, the computer is awake and I can terminal into it, but the monitor
was stuck in sleep mode. Must be something to do with the video card not
sensing the mouse or keyboard activity...thanks again--

Dave

"Rob" wrote:

> ahh dont worry i have the same problem with my Radeon x1650 beta
> drivers....it's just the drivers crashing :/ so vista says... if u move ur
> mouse and bash ur keyboard for a bit it will work then....i turned my screen
> saver off and it dont seem to have the same prob now..
> "Sam" <wdbl@alltel.net> wrote in message
> news:72122012-DCF4-4B03-9872-FABCC3FF0AD9@microsoft.com...
> > My monitor won't awaken after my computer has been idle for an hour or so,
> > can someone how to fix this. I like having the energy savings and I don't
> > want to leave my monitor on for no reason. Thanks in advance. I have RC
> > 1.
>

I'm having an even more troubling issue: my monitor randomly goes to sleep
even when I'm actively using the computer (typing/moving the mouse, etc.)

"Sam" wrote:

> My monitor won't awaken after my computer has been idle for an hour or so,
> can someone how to fix this. I like having the energy savings and I don't
> want to leave my monitor on for no reason. Thanks in advance. I have RC 1.
>

I have the exact same issue with RTM and Beta drivers for a Radeon 9600. The
monitor will often not turn back on, usually after remote access. Cold reboot
or reboot from Remote Desktop is the only known solution for me at the moment.

ive had this problem since i started using vista, with the last 3 ati driver
updates for vista. what makes me mad is that i turn off sleep mode completly
and for some reason it resets back to the "shut off monitor after 20 min"
every hour or so. Anyone know how to make vista keep my power settings once
ive changed them?

"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:

> It might involve the video driver. If you know you are using the latest
> remember that they all are beta drivers.
> Just a thought.
>
> "Sam" <wdbl@alltel.net> wrote in message
> news:72122012-DCF4-4B03-9872-FABCC3FF0AD9@microsoft.com...
> > My monitor won't awaken after my computer has been idle for an hour or so,
> > can someone how to fix this. I like having the energy savings and I don't
> > want to leave my monitor on for no reason. Thanks in advance. I have RC
> > 1.
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