Vista Tutorial - Monitor or Monitor Driver?

I am clueless about these things. Here goes. I left the computer on
overnight, and it was showing the log on screen. This morning, the computer
was on but the monitor would show nothing. I pressed on the keyboard and
moved the mouse, but the log on screen stayed black, save for the browser
pointer. Any ideas why?

The computer went to sleep, and like my motherboard yours can not awake the
computer. It is likely due to an older implementation of the ACPI specs used
by the M/B. Turn off the power and repower the computer. Disable the sleep
properties in your power configuration.

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Regards,

Richard Urban MVP
Microsoft Windows Shell/User


"flatlander" <flatlander@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5D3E4929-C45B-48F4-8D9D-C55849ADA66C@microsoft.com...
>I am clueless about these things. Here goes. I left the computer on
> overnight, and it was showing the log on screen. This morning, the
> computer
> was on but the monitor would show nothing. I pressed on the keyboard and
> moved the mouse, but the log on screen stayed black, save for the browser
> pointer. Any ideas why?

Thanks, Richard. Can you point me to the place where I disable the sleep
properties? I am not familiar with it.

"Richard Urban" wrote:

> The computer went to sleep, and like my motherboard yours can not awake the
> computer. It is likely due to an older implementation of the ACPI specs used
> by the M/B. Turn off the power and repower the computer. Disable the sleep
> properties in your power configuration.
>
> --
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban MVP
> Microsoft Windows Shell/User
>
>
> "flatlander" <flatlander@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:5D3E4929-C45B-48F4-8D9D-C55849ADA66C@microsoft.com...
> >I am clueless about these things. Here goes. I left the computer on
> > overnight, and it was showing the log on screen. This morning, the
> > computer
> > was on but the monitor would show nothing. I pressed on the keyboard and
> > moved the mouse, but the log on screen stayed black, save for the browser
> > pointer. Any ideas why?
>
>

Richard, I found the power configuration and it currently shows that my
computer never sleeps ...

"Richard Urban" wrote:

> The computer went to sleep, and like my motherboard yours can not awake the
> computer. It is likely due to an older implementation of the ACPI specs used
> by the M/B. Turn off the power and repower the computer. Disable the sleep
> properties in your power configuration.
>
> --
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban MVP
> Microsoft Windows Shell/User
>
>
> "flatlander" <flatlander@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:5D3E4929-C45B-48F4-8D9D-C55849ADA66C@microsoft.com...
> >I am clueless about these things. Here goes. I left the computer on
> > overnight, and it was showing the log on screen. This morning, the
> > computer
> > was on but the monitor would show nothing. I pressed on the keyboard and
> > moved the mouse, but the log on screen stayed black, save for the browser
> > pointer. Any ideas why?
>
>