Basically, the topic says it all... how to I prevent the console from blanking after a period of time... my system has been incredibly unstable lately, and when it stalls and the screen blanks, I have no hope of any panic outputs or anything. Jack -- M. Jackson Wilkinson <jackw@jounce.net> Jounce Multimedia Services Voicemail: 877-832-9021 Cell: 215-919-1513