Monitor loses power after screen saver is invoked ..

Also when I tried to run Unreal Tournament, the same thing happens.

Could my old graphic card drivers be interfering ? I had a Nvidia Geforce 4, but the fan died on it, so I got this new card.

Check the Power settings the Screen Saver section.
Make sure that Hibernate is not enabled.

You should always remove your old video drivers when installing a new card. You can find some instructions to make sure you get all of the NVidia out on this page http://www.overclock.net/faqs/12466-info-nvidia-driver-cleaning-guide.html

@ David

Here are the power options I have set up:

Turn off monitor: After 1 hour

Hybernate is not enabled

Im not sure where to get the latest drivers from?

Here is info on the current graphic card drivers I have:

Date: 21/03/2006
Version: 8.241.0.0

@ austinspace:

I am running:

AMD Athlon XP 2500 Processor with heatsink and fan, KM400 Socket A Motherboard
1GB PC32000 RAM

I am running Windows XP and my monitor is GNR VL997 - display - CRT.

Do you need any more info?

As for my screensaver, it is just a standard windows one. [3D flower box, to be precise]. Also this is occuring when I try and run unreal tournament, so when ever my video card is being tested, I guess?

My nvidia card does not appear in "device manager" BUT I get two entries under "display adapters":

CONNECT 3D RADEON 9550
CONNECT 3D RADEON 9550 Secondary

Is that ^ correct ?

Also under "Otherdevices" I have a fat yellow question mark for the following:

VID_04E6 PID_80000040

I believe that is my onboard graphics, which, I was using for a couple of weeks. Is anything wrong there?

Cheers,

Hi Will,

I am not sure how to disable on-board video in the bios?

I have installed the latest drivers and removed the nvidia drivers [as far as I know].

Still no joy though.

I WILL ADD HOWEVER that the reason I changed my graphics card in the first place is because of this:

https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/21992492/Hardware-conflict.html

HELP!

Anyone around today! lol.

Also, when I first boot up the computer before windows starts the monitor turns off and the light goes to amber also. If I restart then it is fine.

Ive increased the points to 500, so hopefully some one can help me out here.

I would rather try and get my ATI card working properly.

So you think it is a driver conflict. How could I resolve this?

I would go to Add/Remove Programs and make sure both drivers have been unistalled.

I would then go to Divice manager and uninstall the ATI card from the Video Adapter section.

Also you may want to run a program to clean up any unwanted junk left over in the registry.

Something like this:  http://www.pctools.com/registry-mechanic/

And as a final make sure to remove all folders that have to do with ATI and nVidea.

Reboot.

Then install the latest ATI driver.

Hopefully that will remove anything left over causing a problem.

Let me know how it goes.

I will do. Ill try that when I get home.

ok when I go into the bios all I get it power management options and I cannot see specifically what I am looking for?

Something like "Integrated Devices or Perihpials" Onboard video.  Enable/Disable.

Yes, you can turn it off, it will be in something like ScottCha said... it is possible -- depending on your machine -- that you can't do it... but not likely.

ok, guys, I go to :

Integrated Peripherals

And I get:

VIA OnChip IDE Devices
VIA OnChip PCI Devices
Super IO Device
Init display first [PCI slot]

I cannot find onboard graphics in any of them there. Which one should it be in? I can see onboard audio and Lan but not graphics.

I have tried uninstalling and removing all ATI and Nvidia evidence and removing the ATI from the device manager, then the computer boots up and tries to install the onboard graphics or the Radeon card. When I quit windows from doing it automatically and use the latest drivers from ATI the exact same scenrio confronts me!

I am about to try again.
 

It might be the "Init display first" option...

Make sure it's looking at the slot that your ATI card is in.

I changed that to AGP and you know what ... I think all is well !

I am going to test again when I get home and then probably awards the points tomorrow.

Thanks guys !

ok, here is the latest:

- My computer now displays everything correctly
- I can play unreal tournament and the graphics are good
- My display is OK on first boot up [before the monitor was on amber]
- My screensaver PREVIEW works fine

BUT

- After a while of in-activity the monitor loses its power and I cannot activate the monitor by moving the mouse. The only way is to restart the machine!

Anyone have anymore suggestions, I think I have tried just about everything!

Check power saving setup (Screen Saver Seup Page) and Power Saving settings in BIOS.  You can simply disable power saving in XP to prevent monitor from blanking.  The most lokely culprit is either turning off hard disks or entering standby.  Try disabling those two first.  To help any further, will need to know all power saving settings.

control panel > power options:

Power schemes: always on;
Turn off monitor: Never;
Turn off harddisks: never;
System standby: never;

I will now check the bios settings ...

There were quite a few settings but here are the ones that may be of relevance:

HDD Power Down - [disabled]
Suspend Mode - [disabled]
Video off option - [suspend -> off]
video off method - [V/H sync + black]

Should I mess with any of them ?

No.  Not necessary.

It's not unusual for a PC to refuse to wake from standby (sleep) mode and I suspect that may have been your latest problem.  In that case, screen would be blank and HDD powered down.

So how would I fix this problem?

Disable standby.

In my control panel ? It is already set to System standby: never;

Is that what you were refering to or is there something else I need to do?

thanks.

That's it.  Should now be OK.

Ummm, I had it set like that already and it hasnt made a difference. The monitor goes on standby when the screen saver kicks in and then doesnt turn back. At the minute I am turning my screen saver off, which isnt the end of the world!

Screen Saver may be faulty or corrupt.  Bottom line is to just disable whatever is creating the problem.

OK, I have disabled my screen saver and once windows has loaded all is well, no problems.

The problem arises when I first start windows up and the monitor power goes amber and I have to do a hard reset. This is happening all the time when I first boot up now.