Monitor does not redisplay after hibernate

[ctyankeeinok]

My monitor is not redisplaying the screen after the PC is awakened from hibernation. It is on and the monitor works just fine otherwise. Any ideas? I have to restart the PC in order to get the monitor to display again

 

[linney]

Have you tried another Monitor, or using another screen display resolution, or a lower/higher screen refresh rate?

Bizarre problem waking from sleep mode
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Is your bios up to date?

311542 - Devices May Not Power Up Properly When Resuming From Standby.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;311542&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

Damaged hardware causing windows problems

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;330181&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

It wont hurt to check your Event Viewer to see if anything is mentioned there.

Some general things to try.

Run the System File Checker program from the Run Box by typing.....Sfc /Scannow in it and have your XP CD handy.

HOW TO: Verify Unsigned Device Drivers in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q308/5/14.asp

If they don't work you could try repairing windows itself by running it over itself. You will lose all your windows updates but your files will be untouched.

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade (Reinstallation) of Windows XP (Q315341)

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q315/3/41.asp

 

[ctyankeeinok]

Thanks - I'll dig into all of this and see how it goes. For the time being, I disabled hibernation, so I am avoiding the problem. I would rather get it fixed.

 

[linney]

A secret admission - I have never used Hibernation. On Desktops it is one of the first things I disable. However with the size of hard drives the 500mb you free up by disabling Hibernation is not so significant nowadays.

 

[BadFrog]

A secret admission - I have never used Hibernation. On Desktops it is one of the first things I disable.

Amen!

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