Jason thank you for the information but,,i did say i was using windows
xp,,,not vista
thanks
"Jason" wrote:
> "Furby" wrote:
>
> > i have a HP Media Centre with windows xp & without notice the screen goes
> > black, says entering sleep mode, then changes to no video input, i have to
> > turn power off, wait for a little while then reboot. I have changed all power
> > options to Never, had the system checked,,but still continues to do
> > this,,sometimes 2-3 times in one go, hope someone can help me,,,,,
>
>
>
> I have the same problem with my HP Media Center m7183c with upgrade Windows
> Vista Premium. I did not have this problem when the OS was Xp Media Center.
>
> I am convinced it is a video driver or BIOS issue. The OS is running but
> the monitor goes to sleep presumably due to a lack of video signal from the
> video card. It might also be a power management issue. I have installed
> every Vista Hotfix (USB, Power Management, other Vista stability fixes,
> Windows approved video driver updates) just in case it would solve this issue
> but it is still broken.
>
> I have found that using Hibernate instead of sleep works well. Also, if
> Vista goes to sleep and you try to wake it often the black screen issue
> appears. Try putting Vista back to sleep and wake it by pressing the Sleep
> button on your keyboard vigorously (I am not kidding). This usually
> eliminates the black screen issue. You may have to repeat this cycle up to 3
> times (how crazy is this!!!).
>
> On boot you will likely get the black screen (not always) so once you hear
> the music and know you are on the logon in screen put Vista to sleep using
> the Sleep button on the keyboard and then wake it up using the same vigorous
> pressing of the sleep button.
>
> I discovered this idiotic fix purely by chance as I was so frustrated by
> this issue I keep pounding my keyboard in anger. One time I just happened to
> press the Sleep button multiple times. Viola! it worked.
>
> I really wish HP, ATI or Microsoft would address this problem since the
> system worked fine under XP Media Center and has really made me negative
> against upgrading to Vista (I have advised no less then 10 people against any
> form of Vista upgrade). I have not had any problems on computers purchased
> with Vista pre-installed.