monitor goes off and won't come back on

Ok when i formatted AND SWITCHED TO win me i used the drivers that came with my card but now the monitor goes off after my computers idles for a while then when i try to move the mouse and make it come bback on it freezes and stays black i belive it;s the drivers but i dunno and now i am using win 98 and it still d ...

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Ok when i formatted AND SWITCHED TO win me i used the drivers that came with my card but now the monitor goes off after my computers idles for a while then when i try to move the mouse and make it come bback on it freezes and stays black i belive it;s the drivers but i dunno and now i am using win 98 and it still does the same thing
so if some one can tell me step by step how to install the drivers
for thw video card i would greatttly preciate it.and anither thing the monitor says to high of hertz? someone pleaze help:D

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turn down your refesh rate and/or resolution
 
Monitors can only support certian refresh rates at certain resolutions. A monitor may be able to support 85Hz at 800x600, but chances are it wont at 1600x1200, or even my last monitor, only supported 60 Hz at 1280x1024.

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thanx for the info i will try what you said and see what happens

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Unzip the drivers that you download.
 
Go to Device Manager
 
Right click Video Card/Adapter, choose properties.
 
Choose Update/reinstall driver
 
choose to specify a driver
 
point to the .inf file where you unzipped the drivers
 
yada yada yada.....blah blah blah........
 
Restart.

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Sometimes if you are using an optical mouse or any special mouse. Win ME will not let that device take the system out of sleep mode. Try pressing and holding down some keys on the keyboard. Sometimes that will work.
 
Then go to your mouse properties, and check where it says something like "all this device to take my computer out of standby mode"
 
G/L