On 21-Oct-04 Robert A. Rawlinson wrote:
I have an older pc with an old slot II Celeron processer. It all seems ok. During the day when it goes into screen saver a small mouse movement brings it right back OK. But when it is left over night and I give it a mouse movement it comes back after a few min. with the screen seeming to vibrate and the mouse no longer will move. I can't do anything with it so I have to power down and restart it. It has an Nvidia MX-200 video card. Has anyone else run into this? Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks Bob
While the sticky mouse suggests a system problem, there may also be a monitor problem: the "vibration" suggests that it may be worth trying a "degauss". Some monitors have a physical "degauss" button, on others it is part of the monitor's built-in utilities which you can access by means of some button on the monitor casing. If that cures the vibration then Mike Roy's suggestion of turning the monitor off when not in use should cure that side of it (and it's a good idea anyway). Good luck! Ted. -------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <Ted.Harding@nessie.mcc.ac.uk> Fax-to-email: +44 (0)870 094 0861 [NB: New number!] Date: 21-Oct-04 Time: 19:35:18 ------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------