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win 98 start-up problem

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by lwmoore

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I have a compaq deskpro with windows 98.The system starts and runs fine up to the desktop screen.After the icons and all have loaded and the drive settles itself the screen goes blank and the computer seems to be in sleep mode.I did msconfig and unchecked everything in startup, but no help.It will operate in safe mode,but that provides no cd-rom so that I could run norton system works.Also scan disked and defraged.

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by aseem_kumar_2001

You should not uncheck all the options in msconfig.
Recheck the 'load power profile", "systray.exe" and reboot.
u might also try restoring the registry by starting in dos mode and typing scanreg/restore and chosing a previous backup when ur systemwas working fine.

by sblades

Also go into Control Panel, power management icon and set the Always On scheme to "Never" in all fields. (May want to change other schemes to "Never" also). Click Apply, OK, then reboot and see if blank-out happens.

by lizzy

The first two answers are good. After doing # 2's answer, need to make sure that the screen saver is not set to zero minutes to start and a blank or black screen just in case...

by vh_s

Actually the computer didn't go into sleep mode. It is the display mode / driver.

Somehow, Compaq try to re-adjust your monitor frequency to the highest, while this may be out-of-the-monitor available range. Therefore your computer actually worksfine, yet your monitor couldn't display the required freq.

Go to safe mode. Click Control Panel, click Display, choose Setting tab, re-adjust color to 256 colors, resolution to 640x480. Click advance, choose adapter, adjust monitor freq to 60hz.
Restart and see whether this time work. If it is, when you need a higher resolution, or higher monitor frequency, climb-up slowly.

vh_s

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