[iyonix-support] Re: Monitor blanking/screen saving doesn't work

On Sun 23 Dec, Richard Ashbery wrote:
> 
> In article <273338544f.acld75@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, george
> <george.greenfield@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I've got a problem with a Xerox XM3-22wB flatscreen monitor
> > (purchased including MDF from Castle): regardless of the settings
> > I insert in 'Configuration->Screen', it stubbornly refuses to
> > blank or screen-save, continuing to display as long as the
> > computer is on. At present I've set up DPMS level 3 and 'unblank
> > on screen writes', with a blank delay of 30 sec., since when the
> > monitor has continued to display for over 20 minutes!
> 
> Unset "Unblank on screen writes" by clicking on Default and Set
> otherwise the screen savers will not work when you press Try.
> 
> I don't know why DPMS (black screen) doesn't work but you could try
> connecting the Iyonix video out directly to the monitor to eliminate
> the KVM switch.
> 
> > Any suggestions? It's a nice monitor and I don't want to wear it
> > out. PS: it blanks ok when connected via KVM to my XP laptop.
> 
> You are unlikely to wear it out - screen saving was important on the
> old CRT type monitors where the electron beam would burn the phosphor
> coating that occurred when a still image is displayed for hours on
> end.

The one part of an LCD that does have a limited life is the backlight. The
brighter a backlight is run at, the lower the life expectancy. Manufacturers
therefore balance the brilliance against failure rate within warranty.


Chris Evans

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