Power Management

m2mala · Joined: Jul 21, 2004 Posts: 3

I did a clean install of Windows 2000 Professional on a clean hard drive with a new ECS KT400-A MB and AMD AXP AXDA2600 CPU and a Jaton 3DForce2MX video card. Power management will not place the monitor in the sleep mode unless I reset it each time I boot up. It will then only work during that session. If I shut down and reboot, power management will not place the monitor in sleep mode unless I reset it or log off and log back on. Does anyone have a fix for this. I tried several clean reinstalls and the problem remains.

falliston · Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2004 12:16 am Post subject:

Welcome to the forums.

Go into your BIOS Setup (usually Del at boot) and look for Power or APCI. If it isn't enabled then the power controls in Windows won't function.

m2mala · Joined: Jul 21, 2004 Posts: 3

APCI is enabled. I loaded Win 98 and it works perfectly. Win 2K does not. I tried an upgrade from 98 and that does not work. I am about to give up and crutch around it.

myob69 · Joined: May 10, 2003 Posts: 936

right click anywhere on desktop and select properties.
Click on screensave tab
Click on advance button
Select power scheme
and then select the time settings you want.
Then click the save as button.
You can rename or accept the name given.

m2mala · Joined: Jul 21, 2004 Posts: 3

I got the ECS board to work by flashing the BIOS.
I have the same problem with my ASUS A7N8X board in another system. I can reset the time in power management but Windows (or BOIS) doesn't remember it next time it boots up. If I want the monitor to go into sleep mode, I have to reset it again.