PC restarts whenever monitor is switched off  

Ok... This one is new in build 7201. Whenever I switch my monitor off, the entire system restarts. This happens every time.

I did have nVidia driver problems with the older builds, but I could always revert to the default driver. However this time, the default driver was already giving me issues, periodically going into BSOD. I decided to download the latest beta from nVidia hoping it would at least solve the random BSOD.

Well... it did. But it gives me a the issue I mention in the subject.

Any help would be very much appreciated.

darkmax said:

Ok... This one is new in build 7201. Whenever I switch my monitor off, the entire system restarts. This happens every time.

I did have nVidia driver problems with the older builds, but I could always revert to the default driver. However this time, the default driver was already giving me issues, periodically going into BSOD. I decided to download the latest beta from nVidia hoping it would at least solve the random BSOD.

Well... it did. But it gives me a the issue I mention in the subject.

Any help would be very much appreciated.

darkmax
how do you connect the monitor to PC?

ken

I'm no beginner at this, so please don't take me as one. Afterall, I build my own machines, component by component. But for the sake of simplicity, it is connected via a DVI-B connector with an independent power cable to the wall socket.

It seems my issue might be with the nVidia driver that has been pushed out in recent months. but I was hoping for a workaround.

sorry i wasnt going to post because i have no idea but captain zeros response made me lol, but yeah id investigate the specs and features of your monitor then try different drivers

err... dudes... I did not have this issue in Vista and the previous builds until 7201.

err... dude... try using the same driver version you were using in vista

yes yes, I'm using the latest beta driver from nVidia. I think it was released over the weekend.

Problem with the Vista driver is , it doesn't really perform well. it has quite a few glitches.

id try a few drivers in between if it worked with earlier builds of 7 i think one of them will perform the way you want, if no then id put some duct tape over that power button