Monitor often fails to wake from monitor sleep.
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From: dorayme on 30 May 2010 21:11 In article <4c0300dc$0$32167$ba624c82(a)nntp06.dk.telia.net>, Erik Richard Sørensen <NOSPAM(a)NOSPAM.dk> wrote: > dorayme wrote: > > Erik Richard Sørensen <NOSPAM(a)NOSPAM.dk> wrote: > >>> Which file? Under what name, nothing stands out? > >> This one from username/library/preferences > >> 'com.apple.systempreferences.plist'. - And if I recall right from the > >> Tiger, there also is a file called 'com.apple.energysavings.plist' > >> either in username/library/preferences or volume/library/preferences. > >> > >> You can also try to press the 'Reset to Default' button in the 'Energy > >> Savings' controlpane and then set the new prefs again. > >> > >> If you delete the 'com.apple.systempreferences.plist' you will have to > >> reenter some of the other prefs settings for some of the controlpanels > >> as well, since they are stored in the same prefs file. > > > > Thanks, I have the com.apple.systempreferences.plist but cannot > > find the more specific com.apple.energysavings.plist. I need a > > reminder or simply to know what exactly I am letting myself in > > for if I delete the one I have. How many things in the System > > Pref Show All would I be needing to reset? > > > > I can easily do the Reset to Default and will. > > OK, then don't delete the systemprefs in the first place, but do a Reset > to Default instead. If you delete the com.apple.systempreferences.plist > you must - if I remember right - re-enter about 50-60% of all system > settings again - i.e. for everything in Systempreferences that don't > have their own .plist file. - I only do it myself, if given problems > persist*). Re-entering all settings again might take up to an hour... > Or longer when I figure out what I had or want... I suspected this and wish to avoid it. > Hm... I know nearly nothing about the LG monitors, but it might be worth > to reset it to factory default, if this is possible on your model using > the on-screen settings on the monitor. > Yes, indeed, my thought exactly; in fact, this is something I came to do the other day but had no algorithm to do it. You would not believe the idiotic design of the buttons on the monitor (something so bad, had I known about it, might have swayed me to buy a more straightforward big Dell). Still the LG is a fine thing when working and sitting in front of it directly. Must ferret out the user manual (I have moved office and disturbed my former chaotic but negotiable boxes and drawers of *stuff*). I will probably resort to online search. -- dorayme
From: dorayme on 10 Jun 2010 02:27
In article <4c01a7ab$0$4826$ba624c82(a)nntp02.dk.telia.net>, Erik Richard Sørensen <NOSPAM(a)NOSPAM.dk> wrote: > dorayme wrote: > > Erik Richard Sørensen <NOSPAM(a)NOSPAM.dk> wrote: > >> dorayme wrote: > >>> Tiger, G4 QS Powermac. Two screens, single desktop. *Never* for > >>> computer to sleep but 20 mins set for display sleep in Energy > >>> saver panel. Screensaver set to come on after 6 mins. A Dell and > >>> a 24" LG (W2452). Both the Dell and the LG run at their native > >>> resolutions. > >>> .... > >>> Any similar experience and ideas on how to fix? > >> Yes! - I've now sent my 28" ViewSonic to the factory with a near similar > >> problem, while my other ViewSonic reacts like a dream. The techbuy said > >> that it probably is the PSU in the monitor or the electronically > >> handling that fails, so it might be something similar on your machine. > > > > I rather suspect the energy saving software built into the LG. > > Not keen to suffer the inconvenience of doing without it to > > return it on guarantee but I can return it when it is convenient > > in a couple of years maybe... I have the mains power to it handy > > on the desk, that kicks it into action. > > Software or hardware... If I'm right this energy saving stuff in put > into a small chip sitting close to the PSU, so it very well can be a > temporary error such like a 'cold' solding somewhere. If so you must > send it for repair. Just to let you know Erik, it finally packed in... Came to use it after a break yesterday and this time one could see the fluro on (not black like when it is off or asleep but sort of grey, the sort that is dimly lit) and this time not "stuck" as with the usual problem I posted about: the on off switch happily turned it on and off. I restarted G4 and it came on in garish orange outlines and barely reeadable. A stroke I think! Basically, I shifted it to another desk and tried it with the Macbook Intel and same thing. Took it back to shop (under one year). Otherwise, under three years, it goes back to LG or LG appointed repairers directly. Three weeks they said it would take. I was perfectly happy - I have enough spare smaller LCDs - until I opened my big fat mouth about what are they wanting for a 1920 by 1200px and minimum 24" for LCDs in their shop... I walked out with a 26" job, an ASUS. Collecting LCD screens is like a disease with me it seems! <g> This one I got because its tax time in two weeks, because it has a speaker or two, because it has HDMI and presumably can be used as a TV if I want and because of my weak nature for trashy monitors under $400 (I tried a quality one once and it let me down after 3 years). Have not fired it up yet. -- dorayme |