Monitor Sleep Mode Problem

Labedoyere · 03-19-2003, 08:21 PM

Hello

From what i can tell from the few msgs i saw about this problem..
It looks like the problem or bug was never fixed or explained.
Was there ever a fix for it found?

And was it addressed in the forthcoming new version?

Thanks

feldon34 · 03-19-2003, 09:45 PM

My monitor successfully goes into and out of sleep mode with MA2. I am running Windows 2000.

Labedoyere · 03-20-2003, 07:24 AM

Guess i should of said what my operating system is. I have WIn XP. One gets a 3 fish version of the screen saver with a new puter and the monitor does indeed shut off with the 3 fish version. If you like it...You can then buy the version with more fish...And after you buy it...Thats when you find out the newer version with more fish does not allow the monitor to shut down.

Tiny Turtle · 03-20-2003, 09:53 AM

I'm not sure here, but didn't the mon-sleep-thingy fix itself with DirectX9? (Although it was somewhat buggy with other programs.)

/Tiny X9

Jav400 · 03-20-2003, 10:13 AM

The 3 fish Demo included in the plus pack fiasco is coded for DX8. That was a requirement from M$. The standard version that you download isn't, to allow for greater backwards compatibility and also the fact that M$ would offer no real support with their buggy DX libraries that caused problems in older OS.

Labedoyere · 03-20-2003, 08:25 PM

In short feldon....It just might have been nice telling people who have XP that if you choose to purchase this program...Your monitor will never shut off. Warning people with a certain operating system that the product will not work correctly on it....Is not a waste.

Jim Sachs · 03-20-2003, 08:34 PM

My monitor shuts off just fine with XP.

Jav400 · 03-20-2003, 08:47 PM

As does mine with 2000.

feldon34 · 03-20-2003, 11:21 PM

Microsoft Netmeeting, while running in the background, causes all 3D applications to fail.

I never saw a warning on the box, did you?

999-JAY-999 · 03-21-2003, 08:20 AM

Indeed I use XP and the sleep mode works fine with me and together with MA2.

I have SP1 and all updates for XP to date, I use latest Detonator drivers + DX8.1

Perhaps the issue is not with MA2 but with other drivers relating to the Graphics card/Monitor...

Steven J Lowe · 03-21-2003, 10:02 AM

I use version 2.0 with windows xp and i have no problems with my monitor going into sleep mode.

Hoosier · 03-30-2003, 03:44 AM

My monitor still does not shut off with v2.0. I've for a Geforce4 TI4200 card with v41.09 drivers. I have tried every BIOS setting, with bubbles, sound off and on, 16bit, 32 bit you name it the monitor does not turn off. Anyone have any ideas.

Reichart · 03-30-2003, 04:06 AM

We thnk we have corned this bug. But fixing it will take time. M$ ack it, because DX9 Fixes it, and DX 8.1 is 50/50.

We will have a new version up in a day or so, and will see if this nails it.

Hoosier · 04-02-2003, 06:58 AM

FYI: I installed DirectX 9.0a last night and that took care of the sleep problem.

This is a very cool screen saver!!!

Steven J Lowe · 04-05-2003, 01:08 AM

I had to re format my hard disc yesterday and noticed that on direct x8 my monitor would not shut down but after i installed x9 it works fine (Windows xp home)

03-19-2003, 08:21 PM	#1
Labedoyere Registered Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Battle Ground WA Posts: 3	Monitor Sleep Mode Problem Hello From what i can tell from the few msgs i saw about this problem.. It looks like the problem or bug was never fixed or explained. Was there ever a fix for it found? And was it addressed in the forthcoming new version? Thanks

03-19-2003, 09:45 PM	#2
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,947	My monitor successfully goes into and out of sleep mode with MA2. I am running Windows 2000. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

03-20-2003, 09:53 AM	#4
Tiny Turtle is pleased Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 7,365	I'm not sure here, but didn't the mon-sleep-thingy fix itself with DirectX9? (Although it was somewhat buggy with other programs.) /Tiny X9 Thanks to Morgan, Tiny Snapshots is up and running again with "Tiny Järvafält" as the latest addition – Go have a look and tell me what you think. "We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita. Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and to impress him takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' I suppose we all thought that, one way or another." /Robert Oppenheimer on witnessing the first thermonuclear detonation in history.

03-20-2003, 10:13 AM	#5
Jav400 Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Tennessee Posts: 9,725	The 3 fish Demo included in the plus pack fiasco is coded for DX8. That was a requirement from M$. The standard version that you download isn't, to allow for greater backwards compatibility and also the fact that M$ would offer no real support with their buggy DX libraries that caused problems in older OS. Michael Administrator of Inside:SereneScreen Aquarium Forum, Chatroom, Fan Site & *Gallery* DVD Collection

03-20-2003, 08:34 PM	#7
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,816	My monitor shuts off just fine with XP. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

03-20-2003, 07:24 AM	#3
Labedoyere Registered Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Battle Ground WA Posts: 3	Guess i should of said what my operating system is. I have WIn XP. One gets a 3 fish version of the screen saver with a new puter and the monitor does indeed shut off with the 3 fish version. If you like it...You can then buy the version with more fish...And after you buy it...Thats when you find out the newer version with more fish does not allow the monitor to shut down.

03-20-2003, 08:25 PM	#6
Labedoyere Registered Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Battle Ground WA Posts: 3	In short feldon....It just might have been nice telling people who have XP that if you choose to purchase this program...Your monitor will never shut off. Warning people with a certain operating system that the product will not work correctly on it....Is not a waste.

03-20-2003, 08:47 PM	#8
Jav400 Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Tennessee Posts: 9,725	As does mine with 2000. Michael Administrator of Inside:SereneScreen Aquarium Forum, Chatroom, Fan Site & *Gallery* DVD Collection

03-20-2003, 11:21 PM	#9
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,947	Microsoft Netmeeting, while running in the background, causes all 3D applications to fail. I never saw a warning on the box, did you? "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

03-21-2003, 08:20 AM	#10
999-JAY-999 Registered Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: UK Birmingham Posts: 19	Indeed I use XP and the sleep mode works fine with me and together with MA2. I have SP1 and all updates for XP to date, I use latest Detonator drivers + DX8.1 Perhaps the issue is not with MA2 but with other drivers relating to the Graphics card/Monitor...

03-21-2003, 10:02 AM	#11
Steven J Lowe Blue Angel Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: UK Posts: 45	I use version 2.0 with windows xp and i have no problems with my monitor going into sleep mode. Steven J Lowe

03-30-2003, 03:44 AM	#12
Hoosier Registered Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Indiana, U.S.A. Posts: 10	My monitor still does not shut off with v2.0. I've for a Geforce4 TI4200 card with v41.09 drivers. I have tried every BIOS setting, with bubbles, sound off and on, 16bit, 32 bit you name it the monitor does not turn off. Anyone have any ideas.

03-30-2003, 04:06 AM	#13
Reichart CTO Prolific Publishing Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Maui Posts: 423	We thnk we have corned this bug. But fixing it will take time. M$ ack it, because DX9 Fixes it, and DX 8.1 is 50/50. We will have a new version up in a day or so, and will see if this nails it. *Reichart...* , CTO, Prolific Publishing, Inc. Come visit us Prolific Publishing, Inc.

04-02-2003, 06:58 AM	#14
Hoosier Registered Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Indiana, U.S.A. Posts: 10	FYI: I installed DirectX 9.0a last night and that took care of the sleep problem. This is a very cool screen saver!!!

04-05-2003, 01:08 AM	#15
Steven J Lowe Blue Angel Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: UK Posts: 45	I had to re format my hard disc yesterday and noticed that on direct x8 my monitor would not shut down but after i installed x9 it works fine (Windows xp home) Steven J Lowe