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Old June 17th 04, 10:32 PM
Brian A.
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Can you now boot to Safe Mode without the problem of the monitor shutting off?
Try pressing and holding down the F5 key just after the mem count during POST boot,
it should go straight to Safe Mode.

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Brian A.

Jack of all trades, Master of none.
One can never truly be a master as there is always more to learn.


wrote in message
...
Well now it has been more than a week of rebooting and
restarting and trying anything i could. I finally got the
thing to stay on long enough for me to reinstall windows
but i cannot get it to stay on longer than about four
minutes at a time but at least now i can get to a screen.
I have been trying to do a disk clean up but it keeps
telling me there is an error found and i cannot continue.
I've tried defragmenting but that doesnt get very far
before it all turns off again. I just cant understand what
to do. I remember you asking what kind of drivers i have
but i dont know how to find that out or what to do after i
do figure that out.
Elaine
-----Original Message-----
wrote in message
...
How would i go about doing a C:scanreg/restore?


Boot the computer to DOS by holding down the CTRL key

just after the memory count
during POST before the Windows screen appears. Release

the key after you see the
Startup menu, select DOS Command Prompt.
At the prompt type below and press Enter:

scanreg /restore **note the space between scanreg and /.

Select a date prior to when your problem began. If you

have booted on more than 5
succesive days then you will not have a registry backup

old enough. Windows creates a
new reg backup each new day the machine is started. If

you are able to restore an
older registry, when completed at the prompt type: win

and press Enter to reboot to
Windows.

How did
you do so if your monitor is blank?


Because it is a Windows problem, not DOS.

I am still at a loss
here. All my cables are in, no pins are bent, i cannot
figure it out. I have only had the computer for three
years its not old enough to be dying on me yet!


Not true, all new autos don't last their life expetency

either. Had you tried any of
the suggestions I posted other than checking the cables?

If so, what happens when you
do?


--
Brian A.

Jack of all trades, Master of none.
One can never truly be a master as there is always more

to learn.

Elaine
-----Original Message-----
Hi, I had this happen to me a few weeks ago I booted up
one morning and just
a windows started to load the monitor switched of as if
in standby mode.
Anyway I done a c: scanreg /restore and restored the
registry to a previous
date before the fault occurred and that cured it
Still don`t no what
caused it though.
Kim

"Brian A." GoneFishn@aFarAwayLake wrote in message
...
Check the cables and connections to make sure none
have become loose and
they are
fully seated. If you have access to another monitor,
try it to see if you
have the
same problem.
See if holding down the F5 key after the mem count
during POST gets you
to Safe
Mode.

--
Brian A.

Jack of all trades, Master of none.
One can never truly be a master as there is always
more to learn.


"Elaine" wrote
in message
...
I cannot figure out if i am having a software
problem or
a hardware problem. Whenever i startup, i cannot

get
to
my desktop before my monitor turns itself off, all

by
itself, even if i havent touched a key or my

mouse. I
have tried everything i can think of, i have ran a
reinstall of windows but the monitor wont stay on
long
enough for me to see if it has worked. the monitor
will
stay on as long as i am running the reinstall but

the
moment it is finished it turns itself off again and
the
LED light goes from green to amber, as if its in
standby
mode. I am really not sure what to do here,

thinking
of
just throwing it away but i would really hate to
have to
do that if i can fix it. any help is welcome. Thank
you.



.


.


  #12  
Old June 18th 04, 04:22 PM
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Default Confused

I can get into safe mode but still the monitor wont stay
on very long. It just turns right off after about three
or four minutes, as if someone has put it into standby
mode. if its a windows problem then how do i fix it? or
can i?
Elaine
-----Original Message-----
Can you now boot to Safe Mode without the problem of

the monitor shutting off?
Try pressing and holding down the F5 key just after the

mem count during POST boot,
it should go straight to Safe Mode.

--
Brian A.

Jack of all trades, Master of none.
One can never truly be a master as there is always more

to learn.


wrote in message
...
Well now it has been more than a week of rebooting and
restarting and trying anything i could. I finally got

the
thing to stay on long enough for me to reinstall

windows
but i cannot get it to stay on longer than about four
minutes at a time but at least now i can get to a

screen.
I have been trying to do a disk clean up but it keeps
telling me there is an error found and i cannot

continue.
I've tried defragmenting but that doesnt get very far
before it all turns off again. I just cant understand

what
to do. I remember you asking what kind of drivers i

have
but i dont know how to find that out or what to do

after i
do figure that out.
Elaine
-----Original Message-----
wrote in message
...
How would i go about doing a C:scanreg/restore?

Boot the computer to DOS by holding down the CTRL key

just after the memory count
during POST before the Windows screen appears. Release

the key after you see the
Startup menu, select DOS Command Prompt.
At the prompt type below and press Enter:

scanreg /restore **note the space between scanreg

and /.

Select a date prior to when your problem began. If you

have booted on more than 5
succesive days then you will not have a registry

backup
old enough. Windows creates a
new reg backup each new day the machine is started. If

you are able to restore an
older registry, when completed at the prompt type:

win
and press Enter to reboot to
Windows.

How did
you do so if your monitor is blank?

Because it is a Windows problem, not DOS.

I am still at a loss
here. All my cables are in, no pins are bent, i

cannot
figure it out. I have only had the computer for

three
years its not old enough to be dying on me yet!

Not true, all new autos don't last their life

expetency
either. Had you tried any of
the suggestions I posted other than checking the

cables?
If so, what happens when you
do?


--
Brian A.

Jack of all trades, Master of none.
One can never truly be a master as there is always

more
to learn.

Elaine
-----Original Message-----
Hi, I had this happen to me a few weeks ago I

booted up
one morning and just
a windows started to load the monitor switched of

as if
in standby mode.
Anyway I done a c: scanreg /restore and restored

the
registry to a previous
date before the fault occurred and that cured it
Still don`t no what
caused it though.
Kim

"Brian A." GoneFishn@aFarAwayLake wrote in

message
...
Check the cables and connections to make sure

none
have become loose and
they are
fully seated. If you have access to another

monitor,
try it to see if you
have the
same problem.
See if holding down the F5 key after the mem

count
during POST gets you
to Safe
Mode.

--
Brian A.

Jack of all trades, Master of none.
One can never truly be a master as there is

always
more to learn.


"Elaine"

wrote
in message
...
I cannot figure out if i am having a software
problem or
a hardware problem. Whenever i startup, i

cannot
get
to
my desktop before my monitor turns itself off,

all
by
itself, even if i havent touched a key or my

mouse. I
have tried everything i can think of, i have

ran a
reinstall of windows but the monitor wont stay

on
long
enough for me to see if it has worked. the

monitor
will
stay on as long as i am running the reinstall

but
the
moment it is finished it turns itself off

again and
the
LED light goes from green to amber, as if its

in
standby
mode. I am really not sure what to do here,

thinking
of
just throwing it away but i would really hate

to
have to
do that if i can fix it. any help is welcome.

Thank
you.



.


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