Re: Screen save and power mangement not working
- From: "kurttrail" <dontemailme@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 10:56:34 -0400
TripleEight wrote:
> "BillW" <xxx@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:486dnWzVgP3dzBbfRVn-vg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> I have XP SP2. Within the last few days, my screen saver stopped
>> working. I have reset its start time and have restarted my computer
>> several times. Once, after a restart, it worked as it should. Now,
>> it doesn't seem to work at all. In addition, the monitor power
>> management feature does not work either. None of the screen
>> saver/power management features work. Does anyone have a
>> suggestion? Thanks
>
> Windows power management (power options) relies on your motherboard's
> BIOS power settings to work properly. Try to get into it and see what
> you could do. Best to set it to default - or even reset the BIOS!
> That's only a suggestion :)
If you don't know the level of expertise of someone, you should not
suggest resetting the BIOS.
And as far as I know there is no setting in the BIOS that affects a
screen saver, as it is not a power saver. Hell, many screen savers eat
up more power than most people use normally when working on their
computer.
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