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06-01-2009
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| | Monitors won't go to power off all the time I've tried several things like updating the Nvidia drivers and still it don't put them in power saving mode. I don't know what else to do as it's frustrating to come down in the morning and see that the damn things have been on all night! Thanks for any help, Rich |
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06-01-2009
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| | Re: Monitors won't go to power off all the time Make sure you are not using any screen savers prior to the monitor sleep mode. Some of these can keep a computer from functioning correctly because they use too many CPU cycles. The computer never goes to sleep nor does the monitor sleep. -- Richard Urban Microsoft MVP Windows Desktop Experience "Rich" <madeyoulook@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:uwSlqzw4JHA.4184@xxxxxx Quote: > I've tried several things like updating the Nvidia drivers and still it > don't put them in power saving mode. > > I don't know what else to do as it's frustrating to come down in the > morning and see that the damn things have been on all night! > > Thanks for any help, Rich > |
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06-01-2009
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| | Re: Monitors won't go to power off all the time I use blank and that kicks in before the time out for sleep. I thought it was only the 3d savers that kept things from sleeping? Should I set sleep before screen saver or just turn saver off and let the power mode do the saving as well? Thanks for the heads up, Rich "Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:ucXTanx4JHA.6004@xxxxxx Quote: > Make sure you are not using any screen savers prior to the monitor sleep > mode. Some of these can keep a computer from functioning correctly because > they use too many CPU cycles. The computer never goes to sleep nor does > the monitor sleep. > > -- > > Richard Urban > Microsoft MVP > Windows Desktop Experience > > > "Rich" <madeyoulook@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:uwSlqzw4JHA.4184@xxxxxx Quote: >> I've tried several things like updating the Nvidia drivers and still it >> don't put them in power saving mode. >> >> I don't know what else to do as it's frustrating to come down in the >> morning and see that the damn things have been on all night! >> >> Thanks for any help, Rich >> |
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06-01-2009
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| | Re: Monitors won't go to power off all the time As I said, "some of them".................... -- Richard Urban Microsoft MVP Windows Desktop Experience "Rich" <madeyoulook@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:u1xVHFy4JHA.2656@xxxxxx Quote: >I use blank and that kicks in before the time out for sleep. I thought it >was only the 3d savers that kept things from sleeping? > > Should I set sleep before screen saver or just turn saver off and let the > power mode do the saving as well? > > Thanks for the heads up, Rich > > > "Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:ucXTanx4JHA.6004@xxxxxx Quote: >> Make sure you are not using any screen savers prior to the monitor sleep >> mode. Some of these can keep a computer from functioning correctly >> because they use too many CPU cycles. The computer never goes to sleep >> nor does the monitor sleep. >> >> -- >> >> Richard Urban >> Microsoft MVP >> Windows Desktop Experience >> >> >> "Rich" <madeyoulook@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> news:uwSlqzw4JHA.4184@xxxxxx Quote: >>> I've tried several things like updating the Nvidia drivers and still it >>> don't put them in power saving mode. >>> >>> I don't know what else to do as it's frustrating to come down in the >>> morning and see that the damn things have been on all night! >>> >>> Thanks for any help, Rich >>> > |
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06-02-2009
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| | Re: Monitors won't go to power off all the time Check to see if Windows Media Player is set to allow screen saver during playback. "Rich" <madeyoulook@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:uwSlqzw4JHA.4184@xxxxxx Quote: > I've tried several things like updating the Nvidia drivers and still it > don't put them in power saving mode. > > I don't know what else to do as it's frustrating to come down in the > morning and see that the damn things have been on all night! > > Thanks for any help, Rich > |
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06-02-2009
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| | Re: Monitors won't go to power off all the time I don't use WMP but I'll check the setting. Rich "Bob" <bob@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:eGbfoO54JHA.1528@xxxxxx Quote: > Check to see if Windows Media Player is set to allow screen saver during > playback. > > "Rich" <madeyoulook@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:uwSlqzw4JHA.4184@xxxxxx Quote: >> I've tried several things like updating the Nvidia drivers and still it >> don't put them in power saving mode. >> >> I don't know what else to do as it's frustrating to come down in the >> morning and see that the damn things have been on all night! >> >> Thanks for any help, Rich >> > |
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