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Title: Problem, Win98 keeps going on standby
Post by: Popcorrin on November 18, 2004, 11:31:33 am

I have been pulling my hair out trying to figure out why I can't stop my computer from going on standby.  In my power settings I have everything set to never go off but without fail my monitor goes off after about 15 minutes of non-use and I believe the hard drive does also.  It wouldn't be that big of deal but when it returns from standby, ArcadeOS is always minimized and to restore it to fullscreen I have to use the keyboard or a mouse which is inconvenient on a cab set up.

Title: Re:Problem, Win98 keeps going on standby
Post by: dabone on November 18, 2004, 03:33:27 pm

Try going into your bios and disabling acpi.


Later,
dabone

Title: Re:Problem, Win98 keeps going on standby
Post by: KHAN on November 18, 2004, 04:27:24 pm

Go to Control panel in POWER MANAGEMENTS.

SET.
system standby NEVER
turnoff Monitor NEVER
turnoff harddisk NEVER.

but these settings take effects like screen saver,if you got problem
any more check your motherboard power options...

Title: Re:Problem, Win98 keeps going on standby
Post by: Popcorrin on November 18, 2004, 09:22:54 pm

I figured out a crude way of doing this.  I manual put the computer on standby and then shut the power off.  I did this twice and then the 3rd time I booted it up it asked me if I wanted to disable my computer from going on standby since it had problems the previous couple of times it went on standby.  This did the trick.  I might check out the bios, I wish I would have thought of that in the first place.  Thanks for advice.