Monitor Switches Off Despite Settings

Ex_Brit

Ex_Brit

Older But No Wiser
Guru
VIP
Local time
12:39 AM
Messages
1,633
Location
Toronto, Canada
My monitor keeps turning itself off after a while and I've double, triple checked power settings and everything is set to "Never". The same settings in Vista don't give me any problems.

Is this a bug?:sick:

Also I notice than often when opening IE8 I get "Internet Explorer has Stopped Working" pop-up yet the page opens anyway.

Another known issue?

I dropped IE8 beta in its early stages as it gave me too much trouble. Now I'm stuck with it in Windows 7, if I'm not using Firefox of course.:mad:
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Win 7 Ult SP1/Win 10 Pro (all x64)Intel® Core™ i7-975 Extreme O/C to 4.02 GHz, ...24GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz ...1792 MB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 295 Dual Core
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Alienware® ALX X58
OS
Win 7 Ult SP1/Win 10 Pro (all x64)
CPU
Intel® Core™ i7-975 Extreme O/C to 4.02 GHz, 8MB Cache
Motherboard
Asus® P6T Deluxe V2 X58 LGA1366
Memory
24GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz - 6 x 4096MB
Graphics Card(s)
1792 MB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 295 Dual Core
Sound Card
Onboard Soundmax® High-Definition 7.1 Performance Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung XL2370 LED backlit 23" W/S 2ms response time
Screen Resolution
1920 X 1080
Hard Drives
2 x 500gb SATA II
1 x 1TB SATA II
1 external eSATA LaCie 3TB
(Non-RAID)
PSU
Alienware® 1200 Watt Multi-GPU
Case
Alienware® P2 ALX Chassis with AlienIce™ 3.0 Video Cooling
Cooling
Alienware® High-Perf. Liquid Cooling + Acoustic Dampening
Keyboard
Microsoft® Wireless Entertainment 8000 + Logitech® G15 Wired
Mouse
Microsoft® Wireless Laser 8000 + Logitech® G9 Wired
Internet Speed
1Gb/s
Antivirus
McAfee LiveSafe
Browser
Firefox - latest
Other Info
Using non-RAID on purpose as I find RAID to be too temperamental.
Now set to AHCI
Whats Screen Saver set at? Default is 10mins, Try switching to none!

I also find IE8 is buggy, locks up every now and then, java also dosent work properly etc. Hows firefox run on win7beta?
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

MS Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1AMD FX(tm)-6100 Six-Core Processor Socket AM3...8.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 802MHz (11-11-11-...NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Self Build
OS
MS Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1
CPU
AMD FX(tm)-6100 Six-Core Processor Socket AM3+ (942)
Motherboard
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. SABERTOOTH 990FX (AM3r2)
Memory
8.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 802MHz (11-11-11-36) 1.5Volts
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
Sound Card
Onboard Realtek HD
Monitor(s) Displays
shimian (1920x1080@60Hz)
Screen Resolution
1920*1080
Hard Drives
OCZ-AGIL ITY3 SATA Disk Device 120GB
PSU
Corsair TX 750
Case
Corsair
Cooling
WaterCooled
Keyboard
Microsoft Wired
Mouse
Logitech USB Optical TiltWheel Mouse
Internet Speed
Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller 20MB*1MB
Antivirus
Avast
Browser
Firefox
Other Info
150GB Internal Hard Drive for Backing Up Important Files -
Hauppauge Nova-DT Dual DVB-T Tuner Device (+IR) -
USB PC Camera with Mic (SN9C105)
Firefox runs smoothly, even with various skins, add-ons etc.

The screensavers are set to "None". I tried setting to "Bubbles" and the default one came on anyway, then the monitor switched off when I set it to none. Weird. I guess it's very early days yet.
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Win 7 Ult SP1/Win 10 Pro (all x64)Intel® Core™ i7-975 Extreme O/C to 4.02 GHz, ...24GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz ...1792 MB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 295 Dual Core
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Alienware® ALX X58
OS
Win 7 Ult SP1/Win 10 Pro (all x64)
CPU
Intel® Core™ i7-975 Extreme O/C to 4.02 GHz, 8MB Cache
Motherboard
Asus® P6T Deluxe V2 X58 LGA1366
Memory
24GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz - 6 x 4096MB
Graphics Card(s)
1792 MB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 295 Dual Core
Sound Card
Onboard Soundmax® High-Definition 7.1 Performance Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung XL2370 LED backlit 23" W/S 2ms response time
Screen Resolution
1920 X 1080
Hard Drives
2 x 500gb SATA II
1 x 1TB SATA II
1 external eSATA LaCie 3TB
(Non-RAID)
PSU
Alienware® 1200 Watt Multi-GPU
Case
Alienware® P2 ALX Chassis with AlienIce™ 3.0 Video Cooling
Cooling
Alienware® High-Perf. Liquid Cooling + Acoustic Dampening
Keyboard
Microsoft® Wireless Entertainment 8000 + Logitech® G15 Wired
Mouse
Microsoft® Wireless Laser 8000 + Logitech® G9 Wired
Internet Speed
1Gb/s
Antivirus
McAfee LiveSafe
Browser
Firefox - latest
Other Info
Using non-RAID on purpose as I find RAID to be too temperamental.
Now set to AHCI
Hi Ex_Brit...

have you changed this to ''high performance''
POWER1.JPG
my PC kept falling to sleep after a while & i couldn't wake it :( until i changed this (this is viewed through vista but the W7 window is much the same)

:)SK
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

SEVEN x64Q9450 @ 3.6GHZ 1.34v8GB 1066 buffalo firestix @ 1152mhz CL5Sapphire HD 5970 + GTX260 (physX)
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
myself
OS
SEVEN x64
CPU
Q9450 @ 3.6GHZ 1.34v
Motherboard
ASUS P5K PREMIUM P35
Memory
8GB 1066 buffalo firestix @ 1152mhz CL5
Graphics Card(s)
Sapphire HD 5970 + GTX260 (physX)
Sound Card
Creative X-FI Xtreme Gamer
Monitor(s) Displays
SAMSUNG 20'' & SAMSUNG 23'' (dual screens)
Screen Resolution
2048x1152 & 1680x1050
Hard Drives
1x seagate 160gb IDE & 1x seagate 160gb SATA
PSU
XCILIO 850w (78A)
Case
CM590 1x 120x38mm & 2x92x38mm / 4x 120x25mm
Cooling
AC7 PRO @ 92x38mm blower, Lamptron military bus bay controll
Keyboard
LOGITECH E110
Mouse
logitech NX5
Internet Speed
2MB
Other Info
its a continual ''work in progress''....
When I boot over into W7 I'll let you know, thanks.
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Win 7 Ult SP1/Win 10 Pro (all x64)Intel® Core™ i7-975 Extreme O/C to 4.02 GHz, ...24GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz ...1792 MB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 295 Dual Core
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Alienware® ALX X58
OS
Win 7 Ult SP1/Win 10 Pro (all x64)
CPU
Intel® Core™ i7-975 Extreme O/C to 4.02 GHz, 8MB Cache
Motherboard
Asus® P6T Deluxe V2 X58 LGA1366
Memory
24GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz - 6 x 4096MB
Graphics Card(s)
1792 MB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 295 Dual Core
Sound Card
Onboard Soundmax® High-Definition 7.1 Performance Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung XL2370 LED backlit 23" W/S 2ms response time
Screen Resolution
1920 X 1080
Hard Drives
2 x 500gb SATA II
1 x 1TB SATA II
1 external eSATA LaCie 3TB
(Non-RAID)
PSU
Alienware® 1200 Watt Multi-GPU
Case
Alienware® P2 ALX Chassis with AlienIce™ 3.0 Video Cooling
Cooling
Alienware® High-Perf. Liquid Cooling + Acoustic Dampening
Keyboard
Microsoft® Wireless Entertainment 8000 + Logitech® G15 Wired
Mouse
Microsoft® Wireless Laser 8000 + Logitech® G9 Wired
Internet Speed
1Gb/s
Antivirus
McAfee LiveSafe
Browser
Firefox - latest
Other Info
Using non-RAID on purpose as I find RAID to be too temperamental.
Now set to AHCI
skunksmash, it worked. Thanks very much.
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Win 7 Ult SP1/Win 10 Pro (all x64)Intel® Core™ i7-975 Extreme O/C to 4.02 GHz, ...24GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz ...1792 MB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 295 Dual Core
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Alienware® ALX X58
OS
Win 7 Ult SP1/Win 10 Pro (all x64)
CPU
Intel® Core™ i7-975 Extreme O/C to 4.02 GHz, 8MB Cache
Motherboard
Asus® P6T Deluxe V2 X58 LGA1366
Memory
24GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz - 6 x 4096MB
Graphics Card(s)
1792 MB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 295 Dual Core
Sound Card
Onboard Soundmax® High-Definition 7.1 Performance Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung XL2370 LED backlit 23" W/S 2ms response time
Screen Resolution
1920 X 1080
Hard Drives
2 x 500gb SATA II
1 x 1TB SATA II
1 external eSATA LaCie 3TB
(Non-RAID)
PSU
Alienware® 1200 Watt Multi-GPU
Case
Alienware® P2 ALX Chassis with AlienIce™ 3.0 Video Cooling
Cooling
Alienware® High-Perf. Liquid Cooling + Acoustic Dampening
Keyboard
Microsoft® Wireless Entertainment 8000 + Logitech® G15 Wired
Mouse
Microsoft® Wireless Laser 8000 + Logitech® G9 Wired
Internet Speed
1Gb/s
Antivirus
McAfee LiveSafe
Browser
Firefox - latest
Other Info
Using non-RAID on purpose as I find RAID to be too temperamental.
Now set to AHCI
NP...... glad you got it sorted!!;)

:)SK
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

SEVEN x64Q9450 @ 3.6GHZ 1.34v8GB 1066 buffalo firestix @ 1152mhz CL5Sapphire HD 5970 + GTX260 (physX)
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
myself
OS
SEVEN x64
CPU
Q9450 @ 3.6GHZ 1.34v
Motherboard
ASUS P5K PREMIUM P35
Memory
8GB 1066 buffalo firestix @ 1152mhz CL5
Graphics Card(s)
Sapphire HD 5970 + GTX260 (physX)
Sound Card
Creative X-FI Xtreme Gamer
Monitor(s) Displays
SAMSUNG 20'' & SAMSUNG 23'' (dual screens)
Screen Resolution
2048x1152 & 1680x1050
Hard Drives
1x seagate 160gb IDE & 1x seagate 160gb SATA
PSU
XCILIO 850w (78A)
Case
CM590 1x 120x38mm & 2x92x38mm / 4x 120x25mm
Cooling
AC7 PRO @ 92x38mm blower, Lamptron military bus bay controll
Keyboard
LOGITECH E110
Mouse
logitech NX5
Internet Speed
2MB
Other Info
its a continual ''work in progress''....
Same thing here.

i have the exact same problem, with all the latest updates,

i'll try this solution and let everyone know if this doesn't fix it

Ta Scotty
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Win7 Ultimate System Builder full versionAMD phemon II 9454GB Kit (2x2G) DDR2 1066 G.Skill-PQ896M GTX 260 Gigabyte
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
home made
OS
Win7 Ultimate System Builder full version
CPU
AMD phemon II 945
Motherboard
Asus M4N78 <green>
Memory
4GB Kit (2x2G) DDR2 1066 G.Skill-PQ
Graphics Card(s)
896M GTX 260 Gigabyte
Sound Card
OB
Monitor(s) Displays
1x Samsung Syncmaster 2494
Hard Drives
1TB Black edition WD
2x 1TB Green Edition WD
PSU
Coolermaster RealPower Pro 650W
Case
NZXT Tempest
Cooling
Stock standard
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

Monitor switches off randomly
Replies
7
Views
3K
Petey7
Petey7
Back
Top