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Old 01-17-2008   #4 (permalink)
bigvee_nh


 
 

Re: EXTERNAL MONITOR KILLS POWER PLAN ON HP NOTEBOOK

On Jan 16, 8:59 pm, bigvee_nh <vern.chartr...@xxxxxx> wrote:
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> For years I have had an external monitor connected to my HP notebook
> running XP Pro. I just purchased a new HP Pavilion with Vista
> Ultimate. Suddenly, the same external monitor disables my power saving
> settings. Without the external monitor physically connected to the
> notebook, the power settings work fine. The external monitor is using
> a generic PnP driver. Does anyone have any ideas?
Apparently, the problem is intermittent. At the moment, the external
monitor goes to sleep according to the power plan in effect.
Yesterday, I was unable to get it to work while working with Tech
Support. I will continue testing.
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