Boot Camp 1.3 Question.

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I`ve got an iMac core 2 Duo 2.16.
Dual booting with XP.
How u get the moniter to switch off?

I`ve been struggling with this for a few months now.
been googling and havent found any answers yet.
 
alf101 said:
I`ve got an iMac core 2 Duo 2.16.
Dual booting with XP.
How u get the moniter to switch off?

I`ve been struggling with this for a few months now.
been googling and havent found any answers yet.
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pull the power plug out??;)

Sorry, no - I do not quite understand the problem :confused: , can you elaborate. I use Bootcamp 1.4 and do not have any monitor hassels..
 
I want to leave my mac running overnight (XP), and just shut the monitor off.
Screensaver doesn`t work either.
 
Cant you just sleep the display?
 
Have you tried discussions.apple.com?
 
Yep, been to the apple site.
I let my mac run overnight, it`s in my bedroom, and with a 24 inch screen it`s rather bright.

What I currently do is, I open a thumbs.db file with ACDSee, this makes the screen go black, then I leave it like that...

Had the problem in BC 1.2.
BC 1.3 didn`t fix.
B.C. 1.4 doesn`t mention this being fixed.
 
The usual reason I run it overnight, is because I haven`t found somehting like grabIt for Tiger yet.

Hope Leopard is good, been checking the apple site out at least once a week, next month...

Think u may have to pay for BootCamp once Leopard is out.
 
alf101 said:
The usual reason I run it overnight, is because I haven`t found somehting like grabIt for Tiger yet.

Hope Leopard is good, been checking the apple site out at least once a week, next month...

Think u may have to pay for BootCamp once Leopard is out.
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I use Unison with pretty good results.
 
I`ve also used unison, but trial expired, don`t mind paying for it.
But don`t want to use my Credit Card on the Net.

Not as good as grabit though.
Tried about 10 different apps for mac...
 
alf101 - I don't see how this has anything to do with bootcamp. Obviously XP doesn't recognise the screen properly, so doesn't enable DPMS. XP shouldn't need bootcamp or the included drivers for this, because all it needs to do is read the DCC information from the screen that will tell it the screen can do DPMS. But, after all this time, Windows can still not do this reliably.

Which is why you should run OS X on a Mac :D
 
alf101 said:
I`ve also used unison, but trial expired, don`t mind paying for it.
But don`t want to use my Credit Card on the Net.

Not as good as grabit though.
Tried about 10 different apps for mac...
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Really? Boot into OsX if you're worried about local security issues. :)
 
Ok, I tell people to get a mac when tell me they have pc problems.
But I have a mac and I`m getting the same from u guys...

Yeah, I know can surf with no antivirus, etc.
This is a Boot Camp issue, really! Not Bill`s fault.
 
alf101, we're just yanking your chain, really. Tongue firmly in cheek...

But I still disagree that it's a bootcamp issue. Bootcamp merely allows PC-type operating systems to boot on the Mac, and provides some drivers. Once Windows boots it takes over direct control of the hardware. Windows' ability to figure out a monitor's cabailities is notoriously rubbish - it sees half of everything as "default monitor" which disables stuff like DPMS. I've seen Linux on a iMac switching that screen off all by itself, so I can tell you for sure it's not apple's fault.

You need to check in your control panel somewhere under the power stuff that your screen's DMPS is enabled.

By the way, drivers for a montor is a plaintext file that you can edit by hand. If you can find out which one is being used, get that file, increment the version and enable DPMS in it. I've done that before with good results.
 
Have you tried reinstalling the drivers that boot camp burned for windows? This sounds like a driver issue.

If that doesn't work the next step is to try the upgraded version of boot camp (I'll admit, this isn't ideal as its a large download).
 
I`ll try the DMPS thing first.

I downloaded BC 1.3 and the next day 1.4 was available.
Didn`t want to waste another 375 megs on my telkom cap.
But I`ll see if i have some cap left at the end of the month, and see if 1.4 works.
It`s just annoying...

Don`t mind the chain yanking, I do it too.
Have to watch T20 now, tx for the advice.
 
I`ve got Bootcamp 1.4 now.
The screensaver works now.
But monitor still can`t be switched off.

Anway, now that I`ve downloaded the whole 375 megs, a new release of Bootcamp should be out by next week.

Or probably Leopard.
 
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