Monitor remains in standby :-(

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Hey guys, getting some good help on this forum lately, so I hope you guys can help me with my problem. Everything seems to be working fine on my PC, but when I go into standby mode, I can't resume from it; my monitor remains in standby mode!

I tried to resume from standby using my older radeon 9600 card and it worked just fine, so I pretty much narrowed down the problem to my x800 XL. Tried the most recent drivers, but that didn't help at all. Any suggestions? :(
 
Try turning the monitor off then on again if it gets stuck. My old monitor used to have a problem like that. If that doesn't fix it, then the monitor is not the problem most likely.
 
Yeah this used to happen to me occasionally with my 9600, but I tried what you suggested once or twice but it didn't work.

Oh yes I forgot to mention: When I press the power button to turn off my computer (since it's the only thing I can do), and then restart windows, my network connection seems to be totally gone. The light in the back doesn't even turn on. To get it back I have to disconnect and reconnect the power to my PC.

So actually, this might not even be a video card issue, even though it happens with a specific card.
 
It's not the card. I have seen this many times, it's the LCD. You can disconnect the power cord and it will come back to normal again. But the freq. of the above will increase, in the end, the LCD will die. If your LCD is under warranty, replace it
 
But that's not the problem, I know it's not because...

First of all, it's a CRT :) Sorry, should have mentioned that.

And second of all, it happens with a specific video card. Perhaps it can be the combination of the video card and the monitor? But that still wouldn't explain the loss of my network connection. I'm starting to think it could be a mobo related issue, but that worries me because there doesn't seem to be any new version of bios available, and if it is indeed mobo related, I don't know what else I can do to fix the problem.
 
I have seen problems of older CRT interacting w/ newer video card and has problem. At this time, you should disclose your entire setup (brand name and model no.) before anyone can help
 
Well, I had a CRT die this way. It would flicker on and off for weeks. One day it just flickered off and never turned back on.
 
lol sure hope that doesn't happen to me.

Happy Hopping my system is...

Mitsubishi DP 930SB monitor
Radeon X800 XL built by ATI
Gigabyte 8S655FX-L motherboard (latest bios version)
350 watt antec power supply
2 gigs of ram
Pentium 4, 3.2 gigs
Soundblaster X-FI extreme music
 
Here's what I would do:

turn off the standby/screensaver mode completely

use the other video card for 2 weeks non-stop and see if the problem occur on that video card

I still believe it's an intermitent problem w/ your CRT. A CRT has 3000+ parts vs. a video card that has a hundred parts or so.
 
Tried the computer with a different CRT and the problem persisted so it's not the monitor that's faulty. Something HAS to be wrong with either the mother board or the graphics card. Which one it is I don't know. And seems like no one else here recognizes the problem. :(
 
then use your other video card to run the original monitor for 2 wk or more, and see if the same issue occurs.

Did you ever OC your video card?
 
No, no overclocking. And I just installed a new heat sink on it, so overheating shouldn't be an issue neither. I contacted ATI and they don't seem to have a clue as to what my problem is. Gigabyte doesn't even respond. :confused:
 
I have the same problem, except that when using hibernate, as opposed to standby, the monitor will come back on when resuming.
 
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