Meredith --

We have several computers at work that do that too.  It is a message from
the monitor's processor saying that it has stopped getting regular video
data from the computer's graphics card and it is about to shut off the
monitor's power.  It is part of the energy saving features of newer
monitors.  They could have picked a better way of relating the message, but
it doesn't hurt anything and is a normal situation.  It shouldn't affect
SDR operation.

Karl Cunningham


At 08:36 PM 9/16/1999 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>Have a computer question, about a computer screen
>I get on turnoff/shutdown; it says:
>
>DPMS off mode
>
>Anyone know the meaning, and/or what to do about
>it, or correct?
>
>Trying to install a SDR card in the machine, don't
>know if this "DPMS off mode" monitor note would
>affect such, in operation.


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