klerg Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 Hello I have a Compaq Evo D510 CMT w/1 GB DDR RAM on Windows 98 SE, and an MSI Nvidia Geforce 6200 256 MB AGP graphics board, this is a link to it. Without graphic drivers installed, the monitor goes and wakes up from suspend mode fine. However, if I install the graphic drivers, then monitor remains black when awakened from standby. For me, that rules out the RAM as the culprit. I've installed ALL versions of the drivers from Nvidia's 9x site here. By the way, only 77.72 and above support this card. I have an LCD monitor it is LG L206W, and is connected via VGA D-Sub port. I noticed only with the 77.72 driver it detects a 'Default Monitor' in addition to 'L206W'. Not sure if upgrading to Windows Me would fix this. No clue what else to try, some help would be great. Thanks a lot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaKSLaP Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 i also experienced this issue with 5600 ultra and 7600 GT. after installing the drivers, the monitor stays in suspended mode, and have to force shutdown the PC, then it goes away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schwups Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Probably upgrading to ME will not solve this problem. Search for Standby or Hibernate here in this forum, if the Search Box still exists since forums upgrade. You'll find a lot of topics about standby problems. Maybe you find a solution. Changing BIOS settings could help. Standby problems occur very often on 9x and ME after graphics driver installation . I always shutdown my PC's with about three clicks and standby is set to never. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Maybe you could experiment with WOSB:http://dennisbabkin.com/wosb/ whether different standby modes are available/work differently on your machine. jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klerg Posted May 20, 2016 Author Share Posted May 20, 2016 Yes, a force shutdown is the only way to get monitor back on, but it's just a temporary fix until the next time it enters suspend mode. The search function on this forum works, but the terms standby and hibernate did not yield useful results. Not sure what BIOS Settings to change, but will try a few and see what happens. Will take a look at this program, but it seems to not support suspend or standby. I did install Unofficial NVIDIA 82.69 drivers, available here, but monitor still does not wake and it limits resolution to 720 x 576. So, I will be deleting it soon. It's quite unusual that the 'Standard PCI Graphics Adapter (VGA)' can wake up monitor from standby, yet the NVIDIA driver refuses to do so. I'm wondering if anyone knows what the issue is? I think it may have something to do with dual monitors, because the Standard VGA Graphics adapter detects one monitor, but the NVIDIA drivers insist on being two. I'm sure if Windows 98 can support USB Flash drives and what not then waking the monitor from suspend mode should not be this difficult. I really appreciate the help. In the mean time, my monitor will be set to never turn off for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumper Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Display Properties->Settings->Advanced...->Monitor->Options: [ v' ] Reset display on suspend/resume. "Specifies whether you want Windows to reset the display after you put your computer in Suspend mode and then resume activity. Most display adapters cause the screen to flash while the monitor is being reset. You may be able to avoid the flashing by clicking to clear this check box. However, some adapters require the check box to be selected to work properly." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klerg Posted May 21, 2016 Author Share Posted May 21, 2016 (edited) Unfortunately, turning this setting off made matters worse. When this was checked, the monitor would wake to a black screen, now it stays in suspend/standby mode. I know it's still in standby because the power LED on monitor is amber, while before it changed to blue (On). I'll try to change some BIOS settings, and report back only if they fix anything, but I doubt that. Edited May 21, 2016 by klerg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CamTron Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 I've had similar problems in the past. Getting standby to work properly in Windows 98 can be a pain. It could be something unrelated to the graphics driver, or something causing Windows to lock up when you wake it from standby before it has a chance to turn on the monitor. Try dropping the RAM down to 512 MB and see if that makes a difference. Do you have the latest BIOS update? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragnargd Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Hi, i have the same problem, on all my machines, once the nvidia driver is up. With my ATI 9700 Pro, no such problem, though. In consequence, I did rule out any kind of "suspend" or screen-blanking on the nvidia machines. And as i usually turn off the computer once done with my stuff, it's not a big deal regarding waste of energy. Cheers, Ragnar G.D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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