• Solar Bear@slrpnk.net
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    6 hours ago

    Fun fact about monitors turning on slowly: did you know Windows has a bluescreen code for that?

    The WIN32K_POWER_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT bug check has a value of 0x0000019C. This indicates that Win32k did not turn the monitor on in a timely manner.

    ~ https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/debugger/bug-check-0x19c--win32k-power-watchdog-timeout

    That’s right, Windows will panic and throw a bluescreen if your monitors take a little too long to wake up. Had the pleasure of dealing with this suddenly becoming an issue and causing wide bluescreens on wakeup after an update back in mid-2024, on any Surface Dock using DisplayPort with specific Acer monitors.

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      4 hours ago

      Woah woah… is there someplace in the event logs where this would show? Does this mean that you cannot run a windows computer headless?