It does not ask which monitor to turn off; it turns off both the monitors.
May be I am missing something? Also, it would be great if it can detect which
monitor is currently off and provide an option to turn on that monitor. May
be I am asking for too much :-)
Thanks,
Jalil Vaidya
"vikrant" wrote:
Quote:
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> yeah it should ask which monitor(s) to turn off
>
>
> "Jalil Vaidya" wrote:
> Quote:
> > Thanks for your reply Vikrant! While I am inclined to believe that it is an
> > issue with the video drivers, uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers has
> > not resulted in any improvement. I have tried TurnOffMonitor shareware
> > utility from http://www.rtsoftwares.com and it seems to be working in a
> > strange way ;-) When I turn off the monitors and turn them back on I see the
> > same behavior as before even with the utility running in background. However,
> > if I run the utility again it turns off the monitors (it always does when you
> > run it) but moving the mouse or clicking the buttons brings both the monitors
> > to life, YAY!!! While this is not ideal, it is certainly much better than
> > nothing :-) Thanks for suggesting the utility, much appreciated! Due to the
> > problems I faced, I had disabled auto turn off of the monitor when the
> > screensaver starts. I had also disabled the same in power management
> > settings. May be I will use the utility to control these settings from now
> > on. Thanks for suggesting this.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Jalil Vaidya
> >
> > "vikrant" wrote:
> > Quote:
> > > it must be driver related issue
> > > however as you said you have installed the latest drivers
> > > turning off monitor by os is done by sending a message to the system &
> > > system turns on the display whenever it detects mouse or keyboard event
> > > try out a shareware at http://www.rtsoftwares.com
> > > don'nt think it will change situaton as the issue seems to be of a
> > > corrupted/incorrectly installed driver, but it might work
> > > "Jalil Vaidya" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Anyone know how to resolve this? I have exact same problem as David but with
> > > > slight difference. My primary monitor (left one) is connected to DVI
> > > > connector and the secondary monitor (right one) is connected to VGA connector
> > > > on the same video card (ATI Radeon 9200 - its an old card). If I turn off the
> > > > monitors and turn them back on the primary monitor (DVI) is blank with "No
> > > > Signal Input" message; the left one turns on fine. If I RDP into this machine
> > > > from another one then the primary monitor comes to life. Another solution is
> > > > to reboot the machine like David mentioned. I have latest ATI Catalyst
> > > > software and drivers and have tried suggestions in other forums (like turning
> > > > of Transient Multi Monitor task etc.) but nothing has helped so far. The same
> > > > setup runs fine on WinXP. Any help is very much appreciated.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Jalil Vaidya
> > > >
> > > > "David Wess" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I have my monitor display set to turn off after 15 minutes. Screen saver is
> > > > > set to engage after five minutes. Problem is, once the monitor turns off, it
> > > > > will not turn back on unless I reboot by pressing the power button on my
> > > > > computer. There is nothing else I can try because the monitors (dual) are
> > > > > both completely blank. The only way I can prevent this from occurring is by
> > > > > disengaging all screen savers and 'turn off display'. Then the screen saver
> > > > > never engages, and monitors never to blank, but I have to press the power
> > > > > buttons on the monitors to turn them off when I am not using the computer.
> > > > >
> > > > > I am running Windows Vista Ultimate 32bit, with all updates installed. I
> > > > > have 3GB memory. My video card is an ATI Radeon X1600 Series with 512MB
> > > > > memory. I just updated the drivers yesterday (11/11/07) to 8.421.0.0 dated
> > > > > 9/28/07. My computer is a HP running at 3.6MHz. Other than the display
> > > > > issues, the computer runs just fine.
> > > > >
> > > > > What adjustments should I make so that I can use my screen saver and so that
> > > > > I can set my display to turn off after 15 minutes?
> > > > >