Random Monitor Shutdown

[9394]

My system randomly shuts down the monitor into powerdown mode. I cannot turn the monitor back on, and must hardware reboot the system. This seems to only happen when I am surfing the net. I've tried turning off the power saving features but to no avail. Could it be my monitor?

384MEG PC-133 RAM
A-Bit BM6 MB
Celeron 566 @ 850Mhz (100MHZ bus)
Promise UDMA66 IDE Controller
15.4GIG Maxtor 7200RPM IDE HD
8.4 Fujitsu IDE HD
Plextor 8432A CD-RW
NEC 8x DVD-ROM
Soundblaster Live! Value
InnoVision3D GeForce2MX (32MEG)
MAG DX-15T Monitor
Cambridge Soundworks DTT2500 Speakers

WinME, all the latest drivers...

 

[BadThad]

Does the monitor light stay green, go solid yellow or flash yellow?

Do you have power saving enabled in the BIOS? What are your power settings in control panel?

 

[mandatory]

I had a similar experience a while back. I plugged in another monitor and discovered it worked fine. There was something about the scan rate or video timings that the monitor in question didn't like. I changed the settings to 640x480 with the temp monitor and then plugged the original monitor back in. Then I set the video back to 1600x1200 with a different refresh rate than before, and voila! worked fine.

 

[9394]

The monitor light turns yellow.

BIOS :

ACPI Function - Enabled
Power Management - Min Saving
PM Control by APM - Y
Video Off Method - V/H Sync + Blank
Video Off After - Standby
CPU Fan Off Option Suspend - Off
Modem Use IRQ - NA
Doze Mode - 1 hour
Standby Mode - 1 hour
Suspend Mode - 1 hour
HDD Power Down - 15 min
Throttle Duty Cycle - 62.5%
Power Button Override - Disabled
Resume by LAN - Disabled
Power On by Ring - Disabled
Power On by alarm - Disabled

WinME:


Power Schemes - Home/Office Desk
Turn Off Monitor - Never
Turn Off HD - Never
System Standby - Never

 

[brinstar117]

Woah! I thought that only occurred with my computer. It used to happen at least twice a day (which was really annoying) after not finding any solutions (even after reformatting/new drivers) I gave up and plugged in a V5 I had laying around. I'm using the Radeon once again (using newest beta drivers)... so far no problems! Good luck! I hope you find a solution... cause I'd like to know how/why this happened!