babakahmadi
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- Nov 17, 2001
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Would appreciate hearing any ideas on what this could be or similar issues; applies to any game or scenario -- a direct x issue?
Machine DELL XPS 600
Windows XP SP2
repro:
1. Start BTS
2. Set resolution to 1600x1200; high def (restart as required)
3. Play game and save
4. use Alt-tab to minimize the game and return to Windows
5. when the screen saver attempts to start, the machine hangs: the display goes "off", meaning the machine is on, but there is no output to the monitor any longer; resetting the monitor, etc, does not help. Pressing key sequences to shutdown Windows does not work.
workaround: physically turn off the box. Ouch!
The fact that I ran Civ4 and Warlords continuiosly for months in this manner w/o any issues, together with the fact that the only newly installed app is BTS leads me to believe that BTS or some other util installed by it is causing the issue.
Would appreciate any help here
Tanx,
--Babak
Machine DELL XPS 600
Windows XP SP2
repro:
1. Start BTS
2. Set resolution to 1600x1200; high def (restart as required)
3. Play game and save
4. use Alt-tab to minimize the game and return to Windows
5. when the screen saver attempts to start, the machine hangs: the display goes "off", meaning the machine is on, but there is no output to the monitor any longer; resetting the monitor, etc, does not help. Pressing key sequences to shutdown Windows does not work.
workaround: physically turn off the box. Ouch!
The fact that I ran Civ4 and Warlords continuiosly for months in this manner w/o any issues, together with the fact that the only newly installed app is BTS leads me to believe that BTS or some other util installed by it is causing the issue.
Would appreciate any help here
Tanx,
--Babak