NO signal detected on the monitor when turned on after being off for a while
Hello,
I have a tower with Server 2003 installed which is hosting 8 servers via VMWARE. When I'm not working on the system I turn off the monitor. The problem that I have is that sometimes I turn it on and get the message "no analog signal detected". And so I can't see my desktop or work with my virtual systems. What I do then is RDP onto the server and have to close all virtual systems before rebooting the server- the reboot always fixes the problem. As you can image shutting down the virtual environment is a right pain not to mention time consuming.
I was wondering whther anyone was aware of a command I could run when RDPd onto the tower to make it see (or refresh) the monitor? I've tried re-seating the VGA but no luck.
Thanks
I have a tower with Server 2003 installed which is hosting 8 servers via VMWARE. When I'm not working on the system I turn off the monitor. The problem that I have is that sometimes I turn it on and get the message "no analog signal detected". And so I can't see my desktop or work with my virtual systems. What I do then is RDP onto the server and have to close all virtual systems before rebooting the server- the reboot always fixes the problem. As you can image shutting down the virtual environment is a right pain not to mention time consuming.
I was wondering whther anyone was aware of a command I could run when RDPd onto the tower to make it see (or refresh) the monitor? I've tried re-seating the VGA but no luck.
Thanks
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did you check the energy settings in Control panel?
you can turn them to never for testing - or any other..
you can turn them to never for testing - or any other..
ASKER
Hello and thank you to everyone for your responses. Probably a dumb question but how do i set the power settings on the adapter to always stay on?
Thanks again
Thanks again
At the console (not RDP), just right click on the desktop somewhere. Go to properties. Go to Screen Saver. Go to Power.
Change the drop down on "Turn off monitor" to Never.
Happy New Year,
Justin
Change the drop down on "Turn off monitor" to Never.
Happy New Year,
Justin
ASKER
Thanks DrUltima, seems simple enough, however :) one last dozy question. When you say console - you mean do when I have rebooted the tower?
Yes... I mean from a keyboard, mouse, and monitor plugged directly into your server. Console generally refers to direct access, which is why I added the parenthetical (not RDP), so you would not think I meant remote connection.
Justin
Justin
normally it is accessable from the control panel>energy settings section
True... I always forget about that entrypoint...
ASKER
Hello, I've tried that and not had any further faults. Thank you to everyone for their help but I think it only fair to give the points to Mr Ultima - hope all are OK with this.
Many Thanks
Many Thanks
When you manually turn your monitor off the server doesn't know it and so a bit later puts the monitor in standby too.
That's why you get "no analog signal detected" when you turn the monitor back on. . and, for whatever reason, with your particular equipment, when you do this the 'handshake' between the monitor and server is lost and won't re-issue itself.