Putting Computer into Power-Saving Mode

[wwswimming]

i am writing to ask for a better way to save
electricity than hitting the power switch on my
monitor, which is an LCD TV.

i have been turning the monitor off when i
am away from the computer, but i have the
feeling that the switch is getting a little worn
out.

i tried Display Properties/ Screen Saver/ Power,
then "Turn off monitor:" with "After 20 minutes"
as the setting. but the screensaver is still on.

it's a VGA connector, on a Samsung 1360 x 768
27" LCD TV.

is there a way in "Power Options Properties",
one of the menus that comes up, to put it into
the hibernate mode that Vista has - if you're using
an LCD TV as a monitor ?

Thanks in advance for any help.

oh yeah, i'm using XP32 Home Edition, SP2.

 

[Fardringle]

The TV needs to support suspend/sleep modes in order to do this. The computer is telling the "monitor" to go to sleep but if the TV doesn't understand the command then it will stay on until you manually turn it off.


If you post the exact model number of the TV, we can do some research to see if the TV supports computer power saving instructions or not.