Monitors

TrishaM

Hope someone can help me. My mum has win98se on her computer, and has bought an LCD monitor but it won't work. Says something about power management, or not supported. Can anyone tell me what needs to be done? Is it something to do with the graphics card? and this needs updating?

MercilessKiller

TrishaM wrote:

Hope someone can help me. My mum has win98se on her computer, and has bought an LCD monitor but it won't work. Says something about power management, or not supported. Can anyone tell me what needs to be done? Is it something to do with the graphics card? and this needs updating?

As far as I am away the monitor should work fine!!!! This is rather strange. I would put it down to one of 2 things, the graphics card broke (try another monitor with it to test this) or, the monitor is fault (try it with another machine to test it). It sounds like one or the other

scheming_gypsy

also possible that the screen refresh rate is too high. Try going into safe mode (F8 on boot) then right click on the desktop, settings, advanced, monitor and dropping the scan rate to about 60 - 75hz

TrishaM

scheming gypsy it is windows98se cant find your directions/ also merciless killer have tried original monitor with computer it still works and this is a new monitor which works with another computer which has XP on it.

Mr_Skint_2

http://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?catalog=LCID%3D1033&spid=1139&mode=r&cat=false&query=monitors&srch=sup

Well I dunno

TrishaM

Neither do I

Nelli_2

You could try looking at the power management settings in the display properties if you can get in in safe mode.

It could be that the monitor is not recognised by the aging operating system and cannot apply whatever power saving settings are currently on the machine.

There is no real "need" to have a screensaver or to power down / hibernate your LCD monitor IMHO just turn it off when you walk away.

scheming_gypsy

TrishaM wrote:

scheming gypsy it is windows98se cant find your directions/ also merciless killer have tried original monitor with computer it still works and this is a new monitor which works with another computer which has XP on it.

if you play about in the advanced properties tab you should find it. Mine is different as the video card installed it's own properties tab and i'm on XP