I hate to add another techie question here, but I’m at my wits end and all other alternatives have been exhausted.
The scenario-
About two weeks ago my system crashed out. No big deal, it’s done that before. All I have to do is re-install the OS and move on.
But during this re-install process, however, I notice a difference from the previous re-installs I’ve done. Instead of getting the usual crap installed with the install, I get a completely clean version of Win98 instead. No AOL, no CompuServe, nothing, just a clean 'ol version of 98- Cool.
As God is my witness, I didn’t choose anything different in the ‘What do you want to do’ screen of the re-install. I simply selected, ‘Only Windows 98 and nothing more’ option, like I’ve done countless times before. But this time, it gives me a completely clean version.
Now the problem-
Ever since the re-install, I have no control over when my monitor goes into stand-by. None. It wants to enter stand-by after only fifteen minutes regardless of what I tell it I want.
I’ve changed the power settings to ‘Always on’ and ‘Turn off Hard Drive’ and other settings within that window to ‘Never’.
Never Goddammit, NEVER!!
It won’t listen to me. It continues to shut-down after fifteen minutes.
I’ve called NEC, the maker of my system, and while paying $3.99 a minute and telling the guy my name, address, and telephone number for marketing reasons (There’s a pit thread coming, just wait) , he eventually told me to disable the ‘Advanced Power Management’ option in the bios.
Alright, I did it. No dice. It shut off after fifteen minutes again.
Nothing I can do can switch this damn function off. Nothing!
Now the part of this that really bugs me is this- If I enter into the the power management part of my OS and simply check O.K., and nothing else, then the system stays on forever. No shutting down.
I read something about this in the MS database that you should turn it to some other time limit and the problem will be fixed, but I don’t even have to get that far. All I need to do is bring up that window and press O.K., and it works.
All right, I taken up enough of your time. What should I do? What the f*ck is going on with my system? Why won’t it listen? What wasn’t installed this time that makes it do this?
I got a big box of chocolate waiting for anyone that can help me on this.
BTW- Neuhaus chocolate. Not that shitty Godiva crap.
System-
NEC Pent III 450 W/256 RAM
Win 98 first version (I think. It’s not SE or anything like that.)
NVIDIA GEFORCE 3 AGP- Monitor one
3DFX Voodoo 3, 2000 PCI- Monitor two.
CDR-W
CD-ROM