Vista - lock computer + screensaver = crash.

hi im running dual monitor off one graphics card.

ive set vista to disable monitors after about 10 mins. this works fine and they re-enable when i move the mouse.

however when i lock the pc, and leave it 10 mins, the screens turn off as normal, but moving the mouse or pressing any keys does not return them to working. its not a monitor problem as turning them off and on doesnt help and they work all the time apart from this. i have to cold reset the machine.

any ideas?

thanks in advance.

> however when i lock the pc, and leave it 10 mins, the screens turn off
> as normal, but moving the mouse or pressing any keys does not return
> them to working. its not a monitor problem as turning them off and on
> doesnt help and they work all the time apart from this. i have to cold
> reset the machine.

Have you tried pressing and releasing the CPU's power button quickly?
That works for us.

Tom Lake

Sounds like your Vista PC is entering Sleep mode (see your Power settings).
I've had problems getting my two Dell PC's to properly return from Sleep
mode. One of them will work OK with Hibernate, the other doesn't work with
either mode.

Stuart.
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"Tom Lake" wrote:

> > however when i lock the pc, and leave it 10 mins, the screens turn off
> > as normal, but moving the mouse or pressing any keys does not return
> > them to working. its not a monitor problem as turning them off and on
> > doesnt help and they work all the time apart from this. i have to cold
> > reset the machine.
>
> Have you tried pressing and releasing the CPU's power button quickly?
> That works for us.
>
> Tom Lake
>
>
>

thanks for the replies.

its not set to enter sleep mode (i keep checking) and pressing the power button for any length of time shorter than the turn off period results in nothing.

What video card and/or driver are you using?

Are you using the latest for that card?

"total_ass" wrote:

>
> thanks for the replies.
>
> its not set to enter sleep mode (i keep checking) and pressing the
> power button for any length of time shorter than the turn off period
> results in nothing.
>
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I have the exact same issue with RTM and Beta drivers for Radeon 9600. I
haven't tried the power button trick but I did disable sleep, thinking that
was the issue. Cold reboot is the only known solution for me at the moment.

Same Issue here. I cannot awake the machine fronm sleep mode without
completely powering down. Also the Power LED does not indicate sleep mode as
it did by blinking in RC1. This issue is new to RTM for me.

"Mick" wrote:

> I have the exact same issue with RTM and Beta drivers for Radeon 9600. I
> haven't tried the power button trick but I did disable sleep, thinking that
> was the issue. Cold reboot is the only known solution for me at the moment.