Monitor Turns Off But System Is Still Running

Exactly what the title says. After 30 minutes of activity, my monitor turns off. But the system works perfectly. What may be causing this?

power management settings.

Just change the duration that the screen is on.

Nope, That's not it. I already set my monitor to never go in standby.
And I use the computer, not that I let it without touching it. I tried switching the Computer AC cable with the Monitor's but no luck.
Also tried the RAMs. Changed their position in countless ways and nothing. Changed the position of the Audio card too. Jiggled the AC cables. Nothing

Did you try smacking it with your fists?Beating on it until it worked?If all else fails. That's what I resort to. I yell and hit stuff if things don't work.

Replying to #5

Tried :( sadly no. Please be serious on this

Replying to #6

I was being serious.I do that to my DVD drive if makes funny noises. The problem is fixed then.I really don't know what else to say other than try and keep at it.Maybe there is a setting in the monitor that turns it off?

rock91 · #4Nope, That's not it. I already set my monitor to never go in standby.
And I use the computer, not that I let it without touching it. I tried switching the Computer AC cable with the Monitor's but no luck.
Also tried the RAMs. Changed their position in countless ways and nothing. Changed the position of the Audio card too. Jiggled the AC cables. Nothing

it might be the bios setting overriding the windows setting.

Was the computer doing this before you installed any programs of late?When did it exactly begin?

Loonylion · #8it might be the bios setting overriding the windows setting.

how can I fix this?

Replying to #9

I formatted it today and the problem is still there. Nothing special added recentlyField Value
Sensor Properties
Sensor Type VIA 686 Internal (ISA 6000h)Temperatures
Motherboard 23 °C (73 °F)
CPU 29 °C (84 °F)
Aux 23 °C (73 °F)
MAXTOR STM3160212A 36 °C (97 °F)Cooling Fans
CPU 4963 RPMVoltage Values
CPU Core 1.66 V
+2.5 V 1.05 V
+3.3 V 3.14 V
+5 V 5.03 V
+12 V 12.05 V
Debug Info F 22 00
Debug Info T 81 8E 82
Debug Info V 8B 58 C5 CB C9Here's some info....ould it be an overheat problem? I have an Ati Radeon 9000U
I just plugged the other fan I had and it directly blows air on the Video Card. I am expecting something or nothing to happenAlso here's some more info:Field Value
Computer
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional
OS Service Pack Service Pack 3
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
Computer Name ANONYMOUS
User Name OwnerMotherboard
CPU Type Intel Pentium IIIE, 1000 MHz (7.5 x 133)
Motherboard Name Gigabyte GA-6VX7-1394 (1 ISA, 5 PCI, 1 AGP, 1 AMR, 3 DIMM)
Motherboard Chipset VIA VT82C694X Apollo Pro133A
System Memory 512 MB (SDRAM)
BIOS Type AMI (08/24/00)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM2)
Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1)Display
Video Adapter RADEON 9000U Family (Microsoft Corporation) (128 MB)
Video Adapter RADEON 9000U SEC Family (Microsoft Corporation) (128 MB)
3D Accelerator ATI Radeon 9000U (RV280)
Monitor Plug and Play Monitor [NoDB] (118T002870725)Multimedia
Audio Adapter Creative SB PCI128 (Ensoniq ES1371) Sound CardStorage
IDE Controller VIA Bus Master IDE Controller - 0571
Disk Drive MAXTOR STM3160212A (149 GB, IDE)
Optical Drive HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GSA-H58N
SMART Hard Disks Status OKPartitions
C: (NTFS) 39997 MB (36340 MB free)
D: (NTFS) 112627 MB (19186 MB free)
Total Size 149.0 GB (54.2 GB free)Input
Keyboard PC/AT Enhanced PS/2 Keyboard (101/102-Key)
Mouse HID-compliant mouseNetwork
Network Adapter Sagem XG703 USB 802.11g - Packet Scheduler Miniport (192.168.1.4)Peripherals
Printer Microsoft XPS Document Writer
USB1 Controller VIA VT83C572 PCI-USB Controller
USB1 Controller VIA VT83C572 PCI-USB Controller
USB Device Sagem XG703 USB 802.11g
USB Device USB Human Interface DeviceAlso here's the BIOS info:Field Value
BIOS Properties
BIOS Type AMI
System BIOS Date 08/24/00
Video BIOS Date 06/02/10BIOS Manufacturer
Company Name American Megatrends Inc.
Product Information http://www.ami.com/amibios
BIOS Upgrades http://www.esupport.com/biosagent/index.cfm?refererid=40Problems & Suggestions
Suggestion Are you looking for a BIOS Upgrade? Contact eSupport Today!
Suggestion System BIOS is more than 2 years old. Update it if necessary.

its the bios overiding windows settings
you either need to install new bios or flash and upgrade to a newer bios version

Replying to #11

Still gonna ask the same thing. Could you link me to a tutorial? btw the comp is on for 40 minutes and no turning off has occured. Could it be the overheat of the Video Card? Note that I inserted a new fan alont to the other one I had

Replying to #12

It maybe the video card still giving you trouble. Or have you gotten a new one?

Replying to #13

No new card. Btw 2 minutes ago the computer just froze. I was listening to music and the music just looped. The monitor didn't turn off. The comp just froze. I touched the Video Card and it was just a bit warm. As in when you blow hot air from the mouth. So Video card excluded. What else?

i had this with my old laptop
whenever it overheated the whole system would shut down loli see you have a new fan that should help
if tht doesnt only God can help you lol

Have you googled this problem yet?

Replying to #16

Ur kidding me right?
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martin81 · #15i had this with my old laptop
whenever it overheated the whole system would shut down loli see you have a new fan that should help
if tht doesnt only God can help you lol

Oh boy. Thank god I'm getting a new comp next week :P...but I don't wanna lose this one. Pls help me if you have solutions

Replying to #17

Just keep the harddrive and salvage the computer for scrap if you're getting a new one.
I took apart my Mom's work computer because they were going to throw it away (it fried. :P ) and I upgraded my computer a lot. :)

Replying to #18

My 160GB HDD isnt going anywhere :D

Replying to #19

160GB? that's not so much :D
If you will put all my porn on it you would have...
-200GB left.