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power management problem
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Posted by: kcella
I have a Dell Inspiron 8200. My monitor is set to power-off after one hour, but it does not seem to be working properly. I set my screen saver to 1 min delay and the power settings to 2 min delay for the monitor to verify what was happening. The screen saver kicks in like it should, but when the 2 min mark hits, the screen goes blank for a second and then it flashes and I see my desktop. The screen saver never kicks on again unless i move the mouse and wait for the specified delay time. I installed the latest versions of DirectX and the video drivers, but I still have the problem. Any ideas?
thanks,
Kevin
Posted by: nocode
try the same power settings without using a screen saver. if that works and you still want to use a screen saver, try a different one to see if the original screen saver being used was the reason for the problem.
Posted by: kcella
It is definitely the screen saver. Anything with OpenGL does not work which is just about every screen saver available. If I knew what was responsible for controlling the OpenGL settings, maybe I could fix the problem or downgrade to my previous version which worked without problems.
Posted by: kcella
I uninstalled a bunch of Windows Updates I did recently and the problem went away. I don't know exactly which update caused the problem but all is good again.
thanks,
Kevin
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