When I resume from monitor power saving modes in Windows 9x/ME, I get display corruption and / or instability problems, or my card seems slower than usual. How can I fix it?
• Thanks to Jarhead for pointing out this problem. In the 6.47+ drivers under Windows 9x/ME only, there is an issue for some (not all) systems when using monitor power saving modes. On these systems, if you allow the monitor to go into standby mode, the drivers may try to reapply any overclocking settings ON TOP of your current settings when the monitor resumes from the power savings mode. This causes display corruption and instability, and can seriously damage your card if the card is used in this overclocked state for a long period of time. For the most part, this only affects people that are actually overclocking with Coolbits, but it has been reported to happen even if Coolbits is not enabled. To see if your system is affected by this problem, perform the following steps: • Right click on your desktop, click Properties / Screensaver / Settings / Power Schemes, and set your monitor to shut off within 1 minute. Sit back and allow Windows to shut off your monitor. Wait about a minute
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