Windows 7: Screen saver - monitors off - wont work - powercfg

Technet249 · 07 Dec 2010

The screen saver and power settings will not engage. I set to turn off monitors in 1 minute and even if i leave for a hour they are still on. Same with screen saver.

I came across powercfg and ran

Quote:

powercfg -REQUESTS

and it showed

Quote:

SYSTEM:
[DRIVER] Realtek High Definition Audio (HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0889&SUBSYS
_14627577&REV_1000\4&16525e8e&0&0201)
An audio stream is currently in use.

Okay, so even though I don't have any audio playing, it seems like the Realtek driver is causing the system to basically reset the timer. I tried to disable it by invoking the powercfg device disable wake argument and i get a permissions issue.

Quote:

powercfg -DEVICEDISABLEWAKE "Realtek High Definition Audio"
You do not have permission to enable or disable device wake.

The issue is that I have ran CMD as administrator and am logged in as an administrator. I am running the latest version of Realtek driver for Windows 7, why would this happen? suggestions on getting this resolved?

Technet249 · 09 Dec 2010

uninstalled realtek drivers to just run windows drivers. didnt fix it.

any suggestions?

Ztruker · 09 Dec 2010

What did powercfg -REQUESTS show after you uninstalled the RealTek driver?

Technet249 · 10 Dec 2010

Quote: Originally Posted by Ztruker

What did powercfg -REQUESTS show after you uninstalled the RealTek driver?

it shows:

Quote:

DISPLAY:
None.

SYSTEM:
[DRIVER] High Definition Audio Device (HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0889&SUBSYS_
14627577&REV_1000\4&16525e8e&0&0201)
An audio stream is currently in use.

AWAYMODE:
None.

Dwarf · 10 Dec 2010

This is what I get with that command. I actually executed the command 3 times, on the second time I had an audio application open.

Code:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
C:\Windows\system32>powercfg -REQUESTS
DISPLAY:
None.
SYSTEM:
None.
AWAYMODE:
None.
 
C:\Windows\system32>powercfg -REQUESTS
DISPLAY:
None.
SYSTEM:
[DRIVER] Realtek High Definition Audio (HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0662&SUBSYS
_10192609&REV_1001\4&30a3114a&0&0001)
An audio stream is currently in use.
AWAYMODE:
None.
 
C:\Windows\system32>powercfg -REQUESTS
DISPLAY:
None.
SYSTEM:
None.
AWAYMODE:
None.
 
C:\Windows\system32>

I suggest that you try reinstalling the latest driver, using this method: Device Manager - Install Driver - Vista Forums

Latest driver: Latest Realtek HD Audio Driver Version

Technet249 · 11 Dec 2010

Quote: Originally Posted by Dwarf

This is what I get with that command. I actually executed the command 3 times, on the second time I had an audio application open.

Code:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
C:\Windows\system32>powercfg -REQUESTS
DISPLAY:
None.
SYSTEM:
None.
AWAYMODE:
None.
 
C:\Windows\system32>powercfg -REQUESTS
DISPLAY:
None.
SYSTEM:
[DRIVER] Realtek High Definition Audio (HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0662&SUBSYS
_10192609&REV_1001\4&30a3114a&0&0001)
An audio stream is currently in use.
AWAYMODE:
None.
 
C:\Windows\system32>powercfg -REQUESTS
DISPLAY:
None.
SYSTEM:
None.
AWAYMODE:
None.
 
C:\Windows\system32>

I suggest that you try reinstalling the latest driver, using this method: Device Manager - Install Driver - Vista Forums

Latest driver: Latest Realtek HD Audio Driver Version

I am assuming that your monitors go off and the system goes to sleep properly? I am running the latest drivers and still not working. Would it be caused by something else? Any suggestions?

need4steer · 07 Apr 2011

No solution yet?

Windows 7: Screen saver - monitors off - wont work - powercfg

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