Problems with Power Options in Vista

[Steve325]

why? I have set it for a minute and I've had it set for 20 minutes. I came back after an hour of idling and it was still on. What am I missing or doing wrong?

 

[Steve325]

someone has to know this???

 

[lxskllr]

Have you tried restarting the computer? I've found that after some updates my monitor won't power down at the appropriate time. Restarting fixes the problem.

 

[Steve325]

yes this has been an ongoing problem since the first day I installed about a week ago. I've been into the powersettings messing around with stuff, but can't figure it out

 

[corkyg]

Just as an aside - mine works fine in Vista. But, I don't use it. Reason? I have an LCD monitor, and a screen saver does nothing to save the life of the backlight. When I walk away from the machine, I simply turn off the LCD monitor by pressing a button. This guarantees that the backlight will not burn unnecessarily.

Screen savers protect CRT monitors from "burn-in." LCDs do not have that problem, so a screen saver is basically for entertainment and eye wash.

You really should chack ALL your ACPI settings. A very good one is MONITOR OFF after, say, 10 minutes of inactivity.

 

[Steve325]

Originally posted by: corkyg
Just as an aside - mine works fine in Vista. But, I don't use it. Reason? I have an LCD monitor, and a screen saver does nothing to save the life of the backlight. When I walk away from the machine, I simply turn off the LCD monitor by pressing a button. This guarantees that the backlight will not burn unnecessarily.

Screen savers protect CRT monitors from "burn-in." LCDs do not have that problem, so a screen saver is basically for entertainment and eye wash.

You really should chack ALL your ACPI settings. A very good one is MONITOR OFF after, say, 10 minutes of inactivity.

yeah I typically turn it off with the button too, but often times I forget to turn it off

I messed with every setting I see and let it sit there for 10 minutes (set on 5 minutes) and nothing happened