Blank screen appears frequently

Check the screen Saver setting for HDD and computer to go to Standby mode. If all are correctly set then you should check for viruses.

Your problem may be the result of the PCs power management. Windows 9x and your BIOS both have built-in power management features. It is the power save feature that makes your screen go blank after a period of inactivity. Usually you can restore the desktop simply by pressing the spacebar. However, on some PCs when both Windows and the BIOS power saver features are enabled the PC cannot "wake up", thus causing you to have to reboot. Microsoft is aware of the problem and recommends that the power saver in the BIOS be disabled and that you use only the Windows power saver feature that is found in Control Panel. Hope that helps you.

it is more than likely related to how your power save settings is set-up so i suggest going to the desktop and right click on it select properties then click on the screen saver tab and then click on the power tab and configure your turn off monitorsettings and your system standby settings. Goodluck.

It definatly does look like a power management problem. But I need some more information. Are you running Windows 95 or Windows 98. There are some differences in the way that the two operating systems handle power management.

I would suggest editing the power saving features to never(all of them). That should resolve your problem. I have seen compaqs do this and the only thing that wakes them up is to insert a floppy. I have even gone as far as disabling the power management in the system settings. I have only had this problem with win 98 se's so far.

Choose the second only, when the first is not solving the problem.
1) check the control panel --> monitor-->power saving settings-->always on
if you can use "esc" to re-get your screen; then it may be the power saving setting only.

2) start-->run-->sfc (if your system is unstable)

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