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DPMS off mode reboots
Name: Slim Date: February 13, 2009 at 05:44:08 Pacific OS: Windows XP Subcategory: Video Cards
Comment:
for some time now any time i turn on my computer it just spontaneously reboots. Right before any reboot, a blue box saying "DPMS off mode" comes up and disappears... then the entire system reboots.
I've figured out what DPMS is ...despite what DPMS does, why does it end up rebooting the entire pc, and how do you fix it?
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