andsome Posted February 8, 2006 Report Share Posted February 8, 2006 In Display properties, I have NO screen saver set, and have the power set to turn the monitor off after five minutes. Sometimes this happens, but frequently it doesn't. It is an annoying little problem that I would like to correct if possible. I have tried changing things by setting a screensaver as well as Power off, but again, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted February 8, 2006 Report Share Posted February 8, 2006 It will only turn off the the monitor if the computer is idle for more than 5 minutes.It sounds as though you have something working in the background. Perhaps a defragmenter, or an indexing service such as Google Desktop?You should also turn off the hard disk when not in use, to prevent it from crashing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted February 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2006 It has been working since I did a Boot time defrag. I once tried setting the hard drive to hibernate, but when I wanted to use the computer again I had to press the start button. Is there any point in this, might I just as well turn the computer off altogether?What would be your recommendations regarding monitor off, hard disks off, standby, hibernate etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted February 8, 2006 Report Share Posted February 8, 2006 The way I have it set, on my laptop mind you, is:ON AC POWERTurn off monitor after 15 minutesTurn off Hard Drive after 15 minutesSystem Standby neverON BATTERYTurn off monitor after 5 minutesTurn off Hard Drive after 5 minutesSystem Standby after 30 minutesAlso, I have disabled Hibernate, as I find it does crash the computer quite often. I find that standby does the job of low power consumption, as the monitor is usually the culprit for high power consumption. Especially an LCD monitor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted February 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2006 Many thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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