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post #1 of 7
5/27/06 at 1:00am
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Hi,
My fx7 seems to be working well (apart from the dead ram I had to send bac).
My display turns itself off after 15 mins of no use.
I can't seem to work out how to turn it back on again.
Pressing of all keys etc won't do it.
Only way so far is to close the screen, forcing the whole machine to sleep then opening it back up again.

Anyone know of the real what to turn it on again?
Cheers,
Sean.
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post #2 of 7
5/27/06 at 8:31pm
check the bios settings .....check the power settings and screen saver settings...On my machines when I do use the sleep option all I have to do is press any key and it wakes up...do some searching on the net..I have read where some pc's and os's have had problems commin out of sleep....I try not to use the sleep feature...laptop will go to screen saver after 10 minutes of no use.........if I am gonna be away for awhile I just shut the system down

here is a great group on MSN Groups to join..its run by a few techs and the free help they offer is tops..I recomend this site for everyone,,,,you should check it out


http://groups.msn.com/HardwareJunkies/general.msnw
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post #3 of 7
5/28/06 at 7:23pm

same monitor issue

In reference to "motionid" 's post...I have a Thunderbox MX8 and a Hypersoinic FX7 Turbo. The Tbox is a little older, but both have the same "problem" you describe. If I leave them on and in the open position, the screen will go blank after a certain amount of time and nothing gets them back on unless I hold down the power key (shuting the whole thing down) or closing the laptop, forcing it to go to sleep and then re-opeining it. I now just close it if I know I may be away weather it's for 5 minutes or 5 hours, thereby putting them into sleep mode. Other than that, they both perform admirably, the FX7 a notch above.

I know that dosent help, but you're not the only one to encounter this...
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post #4 of 7
5/28/06 at 9:43pm
I have read many people having this problem with both laptops and desktops..I would try another power setting..both in windows and in the bios.
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post #5 of 7
5/30/06 at 7:55am
Check the following:

- Right click on desktop and select properties
- Click on the Screen Saver tab
- Click on the Power... button

I suspect that this is where your issues are coming from. There are several different options here, to include suspend/sleep mode - which I believe is happening to your system if you have to push a power key or similar. If the screen was just blanking - then you could simply move your mouse to turn it back on. However - notebooks seem to default to certain settings in power management and this is where you can fix it.

On my systems, the first thing I do is set the Power Scheme to Always On. This way, only the screen sleeps. I do this because all six of my machines run 24x7. I access hard drives over the network and the sort, so it just saves me time to leave them up and awake.

Let me know if this fixes your problem
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post #6 of 7
5/30/06 at 6:11pm
some bios have similar settings like that in them also....I keep the setting in the bios turned off and just use the oines in the OS.......my desktop is set to basicaly turn off after 2 hours of no use...it goes thru steps..scrn svr.....monitor off....system standby..then hard drives shut down...it will look as if I shut it off using the power button..but all I do is click any key on the keyboard and it comes to life again..moving mouse wont do anything after hard drives shut down....but again check in the bios for either power setting....speep settings..or standby settings..some call it one of the above.....again I disable the bios from being able to control any of this and let the OS do it
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post #7 of 7
5/30/06 at 6:19pm
I just checked the bios on my current desktop and those settings are listed under power management....I believe like rat said a laptop has a few more options than desktop ..specialy in the bios to preserve battery..I never use hybernate either..I have read where many people have had problems with Hybernate..specialy with Windows XP for some reason...
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