Bob
Fri Jun 13 12:06:05 PDT 2008
On Jun 5, 12:58=A0pm, Corday <cordayr...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> Mess around with the standard vs. custom settings in the Nvidia control
> panel. You might come up with a workable configuration. Reset the screen
> saver to 1 minute so you'll know quickly what happened.
> --
> Corday
>
>
>
> "Bob" wrote:
> > On Jun 4, 1:31 pm, Corday <cordayr...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> > > I know this sounds so basic, but check Nvidia for a driver update.
> > > --
> > > Corday
>
> > > "Bob" wrote:
> > > > Ogg, Mike M, and all those still interested
>
> > > > I just ran across your conversation thread from July 31, 2007 that i=
s
> > > > close to a problem I=92m having.
> > > > I upgraded to the Nvidia 5200 several months back and had good resul=
ts
> > > > with it for a couple months. =A0Then it began to fail in odd ways so=
I
> > > > upgraded it to the BFG Tech version of =93Nvidia GeForce 6200 OC.=94=
>
> > > > This works well except if / when my system starts to go to sleep and=
> > > > puts up the screen saver, it will lock up. The only way to get it ba=
ck
> > > > is to cycle power.
>
> > > > Can someone give me the skinny on how to surmount? I don't even
> > > > remember how to change the timer for putting up the screen saver.
>
> > > > Also I noticed Ogg was looking for =A0=93a *new* barebone system jus=
t old
> > > > enough to still
> > > > support WinME.=94 I may have some good news. This Spring I built a
> > > > little PC for daur., using a new Intel DG33BU mob, Dual Core CPU, on=
> > > > board video, on board HD audio, etc. In setting its CMOS, I came
> > > > across an interesting feature that allowed it to be used with old OS=
=92s
> > > > via mimicking an old BIOS or some such. =A0I installed XP pro SP2 wi=
th
> > > > out making use of this feature so maybe it is intended for win2K, NT=
4,
> > > > winME, DOS, ??- Hide quoted text -
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> > > - Show quoted text -
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> > Thank you for your response Corday.
> > Earlier I went to follow rrwoods advice as given in
> >
http://forums.nvidia.com/lofiversion/index.php?t5247.html. This led to
> > looking again at the BFG drivers cd that came with this adapter. The
> > win9x/winME directory of the CD had no specific entry for fx6200,
> > fx5800 was as high as it went. It did have one for win2K so, after
> > using system restore to make a checkpoint, I let it rip as described
> > in the directory readme file.
>
> > The install took. The system boots with w.o. error messages but the
> > desktop doesn't look like tue usual Active Desktop with my usual
> > Yosemite background picture.
> > I shut it down as I had to get to work but now I'm testing to see what
> > happens when ( and if) =A0the screen saver activates. Bingo - it just
> > activated ( the time interval was about ten minutes). These drivers
> > only put up a portion of the photo the previous set put up.
>
> > Later on, time not known, the screen went black and could not be
> > brought back by mouse or keyboard activity.
>
> > Upon cycling power, the system restarted with Scan Disk doing its
> > thing on drive C.
>
> > The monitor, keyboard and mouse for this system are managed by a KVM
> > box and some slight differences in the box and monitors LEDs are
> > apparent but the screen remains black.- Hide quoted text -
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Corday, sorry but I was out of town and with folks who don't like
their ISP choices...
Thanks anyway. - I hadn't looked at the 6200 Nvidia controls. I am
doing that now but nothing really stands out. With the windows Display
aplet Power Options Properties, I isolated the main problem to any of
the four optional shut down features. At first I had hopes it could
turn the monitor off/down but that triggers a lock-up too.
The 'policy' now is to never shutdown/spindown/black out anything.
When idle it goes thu my picture gallery. Currently it will 'idle'
for several days before locking up. If it is used once a day or so
then it seems to be OK.
When I read the BFG box carefully, they don't say winME is supported
at all so guess I should consider myself lucky.
Thanks again.
Bob in Oceanside