For some reason, my system goes into a Sleep, Suspend, OR Standby mode after about 15 minutes (never actually timed it, but it is either 10 or 15 minutes). I don't know which "mode" it's going into, but the result is a blank monitor screen (black), and it appears as if the hard drives might be spinning down. I say appears, because when I bring the computer back out of this mode (btw, it ALWAYS comes back without a problem - simply by touching the mouse), it sounds as though the drives are spinning up, but they are IBM Deskstar drives, and are VERY quiet in this case [i.e. not the raspy, distinct sounds of say, a Maxtor].
At first, I thought I must have Power Management in Windows set to turn off the monitor and/or drives after X time. After checking this, I saw that they were set to NEVER. I also went into each scheme, and made sure all of them said NEVER for all options. I also even selected 1 hour, just to see if it would take longer for my unattended system to go into this mode, but it had no effect - still like 15 minutes and bam!
I then checked the BIOS. I turned off Power Management. Still the same problem. I turned Power Management on, chose just about every combination of options, just TRYING to get SOMETHING to change, no luck. Still blanked out on me at the same time.
This is driving me absolutely crazy! If somesone can help me with this, it would be greatly appreciated!
Here is the info on my setup:
Clean install of Windows 98...
Intel P4 1.7GHZ
Asus P4T Mobo (BIOS 1004)
256MB Samsung RDRAM
Geforce 3 Visiontek
Windows 98 ("First Edition"
Samsung 19" "MicronPC" monitor
If more information is needed, please just ask.
Thank you.
At first, I thought I must have Power Management in Windows set to turn off the monitor and/or drives after X time. After checking this, I saw that they were set to NEVER. I also went into each scheme, and made sure all of them said NEVER for all options. I also even selected 1 hour, just to see if it would take longer for my unattended system to go into this mode, but it had no effect - still like 15 minutes and bam!
I then checked the BIOS. I turned off Power Management. Still the same problem. I turned Power Management on, chose just about every combination of options, just TRYING to get SOMETHING to change, no luck. Still blanked out on me at the same time.
This is driving me absolutely crazy! If somesone can help me with this, it would be greatly appreciated!
Here is the info on my setup:
Clean install of Windows 98...
Intel P4 1.7GHZ
Asus P4T Mobo (BIOS 1004)
256MB Samsung RDRAM
Geforce 3 Visiontek
Windows 98 ("First Edition"
Samsung 19" "MicronPC" monitor
If more information is needed, please just ask.
Thank you.
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