Vista - Monitor turns off in-game!

I have been playing Star Wars Lego II with a game controller, and because I
am not moving my KB or Mouse, the monitor turns off after ten minutes...
....is Vista supposed to 'listen' for game controllers as well as the KB and
Mouse? or am I supposed to turn off that 'Monitor off after ## minutes'
feature?

Or am I doing something strangely wrong?

That can appear to happen if your video card is shutting off. If your video
card stops responding it will cause the monitor to turn off, and about 5
seconds later the rest of the computer will shut down as well. Try plugging
headphones or speakers into the back of your computer. If the sound keeps
going for about 5-10 seconds after the monitor shuts off, then it is most
probably a video card error.

"intclass" wrote:

> I have been playing Star Wars Lego II with a game controller, and because I
> am not moving my KB or Mouse, the monitor turns off after ten minutes...
> ...is Vista supposed to 'listen' for game controllers as well as the KB and
> Mouse? or am I supposed to turn off that 'Monitor off after ## minutes'
> feature?
>
> Or am I doing something strangely wrong?

No, my computer/card is not shutting off... The monitor is entering sleep
mode. And it doesn't happen through more graphically-intensive
mouse-controlled games.
Thanks for trying though.

"Ice" wrote:

> That can appear to happen if your video card is shutting off. If your video
> card stops responding it will cause the monitor to turn off, and about 5
> seconds later the rest of the computer will shut down as well. Try plugging
> headphones or speakers into the back of your computer. If the sound keeps
> going for about 5-10 seconds after the monitor shuts off, then it is most
> probably a video card error.
>
> "intclass" wrote:
>
> > I have been playing Star Wars Lego II with a game controller, and because I
> > am not moving my KB or Mouse, the monitor turns off after ten minutes...
> > ...is Vista supposed to 'listen' for game controllers as well as the KB and
> > Mouse? or am I supposed to turn off that 'Monitor off after ## minutes'
> > feature?
> >
> > Or am I doing something strangely wrong?

go into power otions and set your mnitor to (Always On)because
your not using your KB or Mouse the computer might think there is no
activity and goes into Hibernation mode.

"intclass" <intclass@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A81CB39E-A8BD-4469-80ED-A9754B6666A6@microsoft.com...
>I have been playing Star Wars Lego II with a game controller, and because I
> am not moving my KB or Mouse, the monitor turns off after ten minutes...
> ...is Vista supposed to 'listen' for game controllers as well as the KB
> and
> Mouse? or am I supposed to turn off that 'Monitor off after ## minutes'
> feature?
>
> Or am I doing something strangely wrong?

Surely that's a problem though? Especially now that Microsoft is pushing game
controllers again...?

"jason" wrote:

> go into power otions and set your mnitor to (Always On)because
> your not using your KB or Mouse the computer might think there is no
> activity and goes into Hibernation mode.
>
> "intclass" <intclass@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A81CB39E-A8BD-4469-80ED-A9754B6666A6@microsoft.com...
> >I have been playing Star Wars Lego II with a game controller, and because I
> > am not moving my KB or Mouse, the monitor turns off after ten minutes...
> > ...is Vista supposed to 'listen' for game controllers as well as the KB
> > and
> > Mouse? or am I supposed to turn off that 'Monitor off after ## minutes'
> > feature?
> >
> > Or am I doing something strangely wrong?
>
>