Q I've just purchased a new Pentium II-400 PC running Windows 98, and the monitor keeps going to sleep after about 5 minutes of non-use. I called the shop where I purchased the system, and they walked me through the process of disabling the power savings mode in the BIOS setup. That didn't help. The monitor still goes blank. Should I return my new system?

A Don't. If your motherboard supports the Advanced Power Management specification, Windows 98 can control power settings for different components in your system even when power management has been disabled in CMOS. Select Start-Settings-Control Panel-Power Management and review the settings that appear in the Power Schemes sheet. In the Turn off monitor drop-down list, select Never to disable monitor shutoff.