Re: Screen save and power mangement not working

TripleEight wrote:
> "kurttrail" <dontemailme@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> message news:OJihMn7WFHA.2768@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> 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.
>
> Resetting the BIOS usually doesn't harm the system unless your system
> was ran under special settings. The worst that could happen is that
> some features are disabled or processor underclocked. Default
> settings are usually the most stable settings too.

Did I say that it would do harm? NO!

The worst thing that can happen is they can slow down their computers,
and not get it working as optimized as possible. While not harmful, it
would suck to have a modern computer working at a much slower speed than
it was capable of.

I know that I wouldn't want to purposefully cut off the balls of my
computer!

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