Monitor

Blue Ruler · Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2002 2:16 am Post subject: Monitor

OK this really is starting to bug me. At the stroke of 12:00 midnight if I am still on computer the monitor screen goes blue with a small white box in the center of it and freezes system. The hard drive is still going and all. I can still hear the game in the background. The only way I can get going again is to reset. NONE of my settings are set for this to happen.

Any ideas

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Chen Kenichi · Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2002 2:45 am Post subject:

Your house is haunted
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Spanish Warpig · Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2002 3:05 am Post subject:

u probley got a virus i would have to suggest reformating your hard drive

Ktulu · Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2002 3:21 am Post subject:

Really does sound like a virus

What virus protection do you have?
Norton is the best IMHO

If you do have virus protection make sure you have the latest virus updates,
reboot your computer into safe mode
run a full system scan

If it finds a virus get the name of it and research it on the web, that way you will know what your dealing with and what action to take.
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/vinfodb.html/

Also depending on the virus it could have disabled your virus protection. In which case you would have to re-format most of the time.

Another silly thing it may be is in your "Windows Scheduler" it may be set to sleep down your pc at a specific time.

And another silly thing it could be is your UPS, yes your backup power supply. If you are running the "Parachute" software that comes with the APC brand it too could be shutting down your pc.

Either that or someone in your house if f***king with joo

Meat Juice · Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2002 11:10 am Post subject:

I'm not very good at this stuff but here I go anyway...

Couldn't the blue screen of death (no pun intended) be a software conflict? For example, you have a utility scheduled to open at 12am and it conflicts with Half Life and BAM... you get the bsd. I ran a file sharing program called WinMx and it used to do that.

(+)ASSASSIN(+) · Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2002 12:26 pm Post subject:

From the description it dont sound like the blue screen of death to me, but maybe im wrong. if thats the case and your running an NT based OS check your event viewer to see what happened.
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ROOFCUTTER · Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2002 12:45 pm Post subject:

It's your computer telling you to get some sleep!
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Bright Red Nipples · Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2002 2:43 pm Post subject:

Mongoose_Slayer · Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2002 2:46 pm Post subject:

I get the same thing!! The really weird part is though, it only happens at night!!

Well I'm getting the newest version of norton tonight, so If i find it's a virus i'll tell you

sharkbyte · Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2002 5:52 pm Post subject:

Blue Ruler · Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2003 2:05 pm Post subject:

Update: Technicians have looked at equipment and found nothing, no virus no sechduling no power saving etc. to create shut down. Norton is NOT running.
The monitor,ONLY, still shuts off at midnight. It dosnt matter if I am in HL or another program or NOTHING is open still shuts-down.

The monitor is a "KDS XF-70 XFLAT" with a 17" screen.
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MunkeyEye · Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2003 2:13 pm Post subject:

it doesnt seem to be a bsod if there aren't any windoze error codes generated on the top of the screen. but i've also seen cases where the resolution also changes so that the error codes go beyond the screen too.

what os are you running blue? have you also tried running a virus scan (macafee, norton, or otherwise)? what was the outcome of that scan?

Blue Ruler · Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2003 2:26 pm Post subject:

gindapoo · Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2003 12:30 am Post subject:

Blue Ruler · Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2003 12:35 am Post subject:

OK ty Gindapoo sounds like that may be it. I will try it when I have time and advise

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