Is sleep mode bad for your monitor?

[MWink]

I know that having your hard disk powerdown a lot is bad for it, but how about your monitor? I noticed that the Windows default for monitor power down is only 10min. I currently leave my system on all the time but turn off my monitor at night. Would it be better if I just had it go into sleep mode? How bad is it for a monitor to go into/come out of sleep mode? Thanks for any info.

 

[Ulysses]

I don't think it's any worse for the monitor than it is for you, MWink. 🙂

 

[squirrel dog]

I put the settings for h/d and monitor as never shut down.I cut the monitor off with its swiych when I am not in front of it.The cpu will stay on,untill I shut it down also(days).

 

[Shudder]

I always turn mine off. Lately though I have it shut itself off after 10 minutes. The surge of power isn't that bad that way.

I used to turn off my monitor all the time when I was younger, and after about 7 years of doing that it worked just fine.

 

[larrymoencurly]

Many technicians in sci.electronics.repair have expressed concerned about monitors frequently turning on and off or switching video modes, and one person there recently mentioned a manufacturer's test where it was found that switching the video mode three times a minute for thirty minutes would blow out a big transistor. Maybe that's why my Panasonic takes so long to switch modes, so long that when I shut down Windows, I don't even see the closing splash screen, just the final message.

 

[jinsonxu]

If that's so, then i just put my monitor through pure torture then. I got nostalgic and installed 3D Winbench 98. It ran 102 tests of which my monitor had to switch video modes twice for each test. How many transistors have i blown?

I did that cause i wanted to see the nice scores that the ancient version of 3D Mark would yield on my system. Wish i had a GeForce2 GTS though.

 

[jinsonxu]

I'm having some problems, using TNT2 Vanta. I found that the detonator drivers whether it's 6.18 or 5.22 all don't have the option to turn on hardware anti-aliasing anymore. And i double checked with 3d Winbench, it's definitely not enabled.

 

[jamarno]

Switching the mode or powering up is rough on the monitor because it requires the high voltage and sweep sections to suddenly charge or discharge capacitors, and that's why monitors contain soft-start circuitry to make the transitions more gradual. Flyback transformer cores have even been known to fracture and make a loud bang when the power is turned on. If you can examine one that's not totally enclosed, you'll probably find its ferrite core wrapped with a steel spring; that's the anti-fracture spring.