[GRLUG] Monitor Sleeping, Sorry, My first Post...Ever

[john-thomas richards]

On Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 08:59:45AM -0500, Adam M. Erickson wrote:
> Well actually my second, my first time it was in RTF on accident,
> really sorry for the mess that posted.
> 
> THis is going to sound like a low tech solution but somethimes that is
> the best fix. You mentioned that the monitor dims on serveral of the
> same type of machine running Knoppix and/or XP. With/without NVIDIA
> and changes to all bios settiengs you can think of.
> 
> The only other solution I can think of is that your monitor is either
> shot or has a messed up energy setting. Have you tried replacing the
> monitor and did it dim when you started the memtest?

I am wondering if the monitor is the cause.  That seems to be the most
logical at this point, though I did have the same result with an LCD on
one of the attempts to install [XP|Knoppix] (I do not remember which).
I am not sure if I have another CRT around!  When I bought my house a
year and a half ago I got rid of a *bunch* of stuff, including old 15"
CRT's.  I may have one in the garage.  May.  :-|
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john-thomas
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