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  • googler
    googler Posts: 16,103 Forumite
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    diable wrote: »
    Its computer....

    If you're going to pick on someone's slang for a 'pooter', you could at least do so with correct grammar.....

    "It's computer" (It is ...)
  • esuhl
    esuhl Posts: 9,409 Forumite
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    Just a total stab in the dark... but could it be a fault with ACPI incorrectly causing the graphics card output to be "put to sleep"?

    Is ACPI enabled in the BIOS? Is there an option to "always enable" the display? Are the correct ACPI (motherboard) drivers and graphics drivers installed?

    I'm not using Windows at the moment, but I think there might be an ACPI-related option in Device Manager or on the screensaver or Display Properties settings applets...
  • puppypants
    puppypants Posts: 1,033 Forumite
    diable wrote: »
    Its computer....
    Flippin' pedants!! :mad:
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