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OvenMaster · 03-12-2006, 11:30 PM

I've had my PC set to:
1. shut down hard drives after 5 minutes
2. shut down the monitor after 10 minutes
3. go to Standby after 15 minutes
4. Hibernate after 30 minutes
for over two years now. Everything's been fine up until yesterday. I left the pc running, and came back after 20 minutes and there it is, sitting there running, screen on, and idle. I've tried altering the settings, but none work at all; the Power Management is there in Control Panel, but it's like it's not connected to anything anymore. I've changed nothing at all in any other program that might affect power management. Any clues? Thanx in advance

Tom

03-12-2006, 11:30 PM	#1 (permalink)
OvenMaster VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Red Sox Nation Age: 49 Posts: 2,022	XP Power Management inoperative I've had my PC set to: 1. shut down hard drives after 5 minutes 2. shut down the monitor after 10 minutes 3. go to Standby after 15 minutes 4. Hibernate after 30 minutes for over two years now. Everything's been fine up until yesterday. I left the pc running, and came back after 20 minutes and there it is, sitting there running, screen on, and idle. I've tried altering the settings, but none work at all; the Power Management is there in Control Panel, but it's like it's not connected to anything anymore. I've changed nothing at all in any other program that might affect power management. Any clues? Thanx in advance Tom __________________ Frankenbox III: CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ * MOBO: Biostar K8M800 Micro AM2 * RAM: 2x1GB Kingston DDR2 667 HDD: WD 80GB Master, Seagate 320GB Slave * OPT: two Pioneer DVR-115DBK DVD burners PSU: Antec Basiq 500W * GPU: PNY GeForce FX5200 256MB AGP 8x * MON: ViewSonic LCD VA721 CASE: EvTek minitower * SND: Diamond Xtreme 5.1 * OS: XP Home SP2 * ROUTER: Linksys BEFSR41