no response from computer after windows98 turns off monitor (update)

[mikeinfwa]

I have 3 computers all running win98 SE.

2 of the three will randomly quit responding after windows shutdowns the monitor and hard drive. I have the monitor set to turn off after 15 minutes and the hard drive after 60 minutes. I have the standby mode set to "never".

The only choice i have is to push the reset button or power button.
These 2 are the computers setup below

ABIT KT7
Duron 600@900
96 mb ram
8.4 hard drive
ess sound card
Stb 4400 TNT
dlink pci NIC


ASUS P34vx
P3 600@800
128 mb ram
20.5 hard drive
ATI Radeon 32mb DDR
SBlive value
netgear NIC
dlink NIC



THis computer behaves normally

ABIT BH6
celeron 366@550
Matrox G200 Marvel TV
128 mb ram
20.5 hard drive
sblive value
dlink NIC

mike

 

[Bennett]

Mike,
I am having a similar problem with p3v4x/256mb733@760/ibm15gbhd/v770064mb/sblivegamer/cdrom/cdrwscsi.
All was well until I added a scanner and then win98se stopped recovering. I ran scandisk and defrag then reloaded win98 over itself and reset power settings. I can recover now from monitor/hd off but system drops scsi cdrw.
Let me know if you find other ways.
Bennett

 

[Smith]

I beleive you must set your power saving to off in BOTH your BIOS and in Win98SE. This is a bug and not a feature I think. Try it and see.

 

[AMDfreak]

I have had this problem as well and believe it's a bug with the KT7 line's implementation of ACPI. I keep prying for a BIOS release that will just let me disable it completely. I have had success just disabling the video off option in the power management. The button to get there can be found at the bottom of your screen saver properties just in case ya didn't know. Hope this helps! 🙂

EDIT- heh, just noticed it happened on an P3 ASUS too, can't say for sure, but maybe this is a bug with ACPI and Win98 and not just the KT7's, hopefully the same fix will apply. Good luck!

 

[mikeinfwa]

I think i found the cause of this problem as well as another problem.

My KT7 box had a 235w power supply (power man). Normally it took 2 attempts to start computer.
The first attempt the fan would start, cdrom light would illiluminate but the monitor would not come on(just a blinking green light and bank screen). I would then have to hold the power button in for 4 seconds to turn off computer. I would then try the power button again with the computer starting normally. (note...this is the same power supply & computer that had the standby mode problem as posted in the first post)

I swapped out the 235W power supply with a 300W power man and the the KT7 would not even turn on!!! The fan would make one spin and quit while the green power light would just flash and stay off. I know this 300W works because i had taken it out of my P3V4x P3600@800 box. (btw the 300w is back in my p3v4x and still working)

I then put the 235W power man back in the KT7 box and it would not work at all.
I then put a 300W DTK in the kt7 box and it works. However, the KT7 behaves the same as before. eg.. it takes 2 or 3 attempts to power up the box. Also, after i make any changes to the bios and save, the computer will not continue to boot. It hangs at the fan on, green cdrom light, cpu green power light on. But the monitor light just sits there flashing green (black screen)

I also tried a 250W supply (generic) and it didn't work with the KT7. no power up at all.


SO i'm thinking this might just be a weak power supply problem causeing all these headaches.
any recommendations on a decent power supply??

thanks,

mike