Monitor doesn't shut off sometimes (power management settings)

[Guest sbga]

Hi, I have my power management settings set to shut the monitor off after 2

minutes. There is no programs open that should be interfering with this

process, however sometimes it won't shut off. It is hard for me to

troubleshoot this problem, because sometimes it occurs and sometimes it

doesn't... I am unable to identify anything that is different when it does

happen. Sometimes my computer can idle for hours and hours and it still won't

shut off. This has been going on for months and no one seems to be able to

help me. Is this a known problem for anyone else or am I the only one?

[Guest Bob I]

Re: Monitor doesn't shut off sometimes (power management settings)

 

It happens to lots of people, and the solution is to determine what

software is the cause. Use Task Manager, leave it open and set to

Processes and Sort on CPU. The the one with the activity is the culprit.

 

sbga wrote:

> Hi, I have my power management settings set to shut the monitor off after 2

> minutes. There is no programs open that should be interfering with this

> process, however sometimes it won't shut off. It is hard for me to

> troubleshoot this problem, because sometimes it occurs and sometimes it

> doesn't... I am unable to identify anything that is different when it does

> happen. Sometimes my computer can idle for hours and hours and it still won't

> shut off. This has been going on for months and no one seems to be able to

> help me. Is this a known problem for anyone else or am I the only one?

[Guest Rene Brehmer]

Re: Monitor doesn't shut off sometimes (power management settings)

 

On Wed, 28 May 2008 20:05:00 -0700, sbga wrote:

> Hi, I have my power management settings set to shut the monitor off after 2

> minutes. There is no programs open that should be interfering with this

> process, however sometimes it won't shut off. It is hard for me to

> troubleshoot this problem, because sometimes it occurs and sometimes it

> doesn't... I am unable to identify anything that is different when it does

> happen. Sometimes my computer can idle for hours and hours and it still won't

> shut off. This has been going on for months and no one seems to be able to

> help me. Is this a known problem for anyone else or am I the only one?

 

It can be dependent on the monitor you have. My Viewsonic monitor does that

from time to time, I just turn it off with the soft-off when I'm not gonna

be back for a while, because according to MS there's nothing you can do

about it.

 

We just got new computers a couple months ago, and I figured a fresh

install would resolve it... but nope, even with absolutely nothing

installed but Windows, the power management still fails to turn off the

monitor. Only on my computer. My wife's Acer monitor turns off just fine.

 

Windows XP's power management is buggy on some systems (it's a known issue

according to MS, and it's not going to get fixed). Like my laptop, it likes

to put it into standby, even though standby is disabled, and occasionally

it fails to wake up the monitor when resuming from sleep state.

 

The problem is in its idle monitor. Occasionally it fails to detect the

system being idle, and won't turn on the screensaver, or turn off the

monitor. And with some monitors (especially CRTs), occasionally it will

randomly bring a monitor out of standby and show the screensaver. I've seen

it happen on flatscreens too, but it's a common problem on CRTs.

--

Rene Brehmer

IT Technician

 

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