Desktops forum: PC Stand-By Issue - Monitor Taking Too Long to Wake Up

I finally got around to hooking up a different monitor to the PC and sure enough, the new monitor works fine with no stand-by issues. It goes to sleep and wakes up instantly. So the problem lies with either the other monitor itself or the cables attached to this monitor. So for now, I just gave him my monitor that has no issues with stand-by.

Thanks again for everyone's help and suggestions!

and thanks for letting us know.

Mark

Pc is cleaned regularly, and I've already stopped a bunch of processes/services that load at start up, but it hasn't made any improvements regarding the standby issue.

That's good and it eliminates two possibilities.

How about other clues? If you note the time that the display finally appears, head over to the Event Viewer and look at the logs for both Applications and System, and see where the delay, (time gap), is between events. Something there may show what is calling the delay.

I do have a couple of other thoughts; network and anti-virus.

My own Win 7 system appears at times to delay desktop display until the network is established. I'm on a broadband always-on connection.

Also some anti-virus utilities might run a quick scan on boot up. I know Stand-by is not the same, but does the anti-virus scanner kick in anyway?

Mark

Thanks! I have tried disabling the antivirus and that didn't work, plus he's had it on his PC for years and he does update it. Also he is using Windows XP, not Windows 7. I just checked the Events Viewer logs under all items, but didn't find anything that showed any problems. I wish I could figure out what is causing the problem.

I didn't expect the Event Viewer to show problems; instead, looking at the "times" between each event, perhaps there is some clue as to what is causing this delay between logged events.

Bob's idea is good. What running security programs are there on this system besides the anti-virus?

For example we find many XP users still using Spybot Search & Destroy with it's TeaTimer component running in the background, or Lavasoft's AdAware with it's Adwatch component running in the background and with today's anti-virus scanners those components often cause conflict.

Which anti-virus is being used?

Are any 'Optmizers' or 'Registry Cleaners' being used? We often find those can cause problems.

Mark

Thanks, I looked at the EVent viewer again and everything is pretty much seconds to a minute apart in time.

As for Anti-Virus, he is running McAffee Anti-Virus and does not have any other anti-virus type program or optimizers, he wouldn't even know what to do with most of those other programs. I'm not sure if this would qualify as a registry cleaner, maybe since it gets rid of programs, but he does have Revo Uninstaller. He said he hasn't uninstalled anything in months, though.

He has been having problems with his USB ports for some time also, which is what made me wonder if his PC is just slowly dying part by part.

I see another good idea from Kees, and note that you will swap out the monitor to see if the problem is there.

In fact I was going to type on about ... "If not, I would wonder about the Event Viewer showing events a minute apart.", but re-reading your first post, I now see you are talking about anything up to a 20 minute wait before the display shows.

So, now I'm not at all sure anything in the Event Viewer, or anything else software wise, would be causing this, and it looks like Kees' suggestion might have hit the nail on the head.

Let's see what you find out when you swap the monitor.

Good luck.

Mark