Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 1:15:3 -0500 From: mhf <michael.flug@snet.net> To: "questions@freebsd.org" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Re: Monitor dies and doesn't come back. Message-ID: <200008280504.BAA08595@smtp.snet.net>
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At 8/27/00 10:51:00 PM, you wrote: > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Systems Administrator" <geniusj@ods.org> >To: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> >Cc: <current@FreeBSD.ORG> >Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2000 10:28 PM >Subject: Monitor dies and doesn't come back. > > >> I've been having a strange problem recently after installing a new >> harddrive.. the harddrive works fine in other OS's, but in FreeBSD, >> (seemingly after the HD install), the Monitor (CTX VL19") goes into >> powersaving and you cant get it back without doing a cold reboot.. not >> even a warm reboot will work. I am not sure exactly what is happening >> here, perhaps something borked? I have a Western Digital Caviar 45GB drive >> running at UDMA33. > >Definitely strange. I would turn off APM support in your BIOS. It may be >possible that when your HDD spins down it's sending off a wierd command do >your APM hardware which is either misinterpreted by a) FreeBSD's apm support >or b) your BIOS's APM support which suspends the whole system or something >whacky like that. > >-- >Matthew Emmerton >GSI Computer Services >+1 (800) 217-5409 (Canada) > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > I recently built a new workstation and am experiencing the same symptoms with the new Western Digital 13.6 gig drive. The workstation is using Windows 98 SE ((hey don't blast me folks, the machine is for use at my office where people don't know anything else)) and has an Asus K7V motherboard and 600Mhz Athlon processor. I initially set up the power management to turn the monitor off after 1 hour and the HD off after 3 hours, but I found that the monitor and HD would not come back on upon moving the mouse. I've simply chosen to set the power management to "Always On" for both the monitor and the HD. No problems after that. It turns out that the Asus motherboard does have independent power management setup, but I have left everything on the default settings. If you want to do more follow-up on the matter, try calling Western Digital tech support. Their people are really service-oriented and will work with you until your satisfied. I forget the number, but you can find it at their site www.westerndigital.com I don't know why this company's stock price can't rise out of the cellar, cuz I think they make the best drives in the market. Oh well, that's an issue for a different newsgroup. Mike Flug michael.flug@snet.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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