Monitors wont turn off

[lansa]

I'm running 3 monitors, 2 of them off of an ATI pci-e card and the other off of an ATI pci card. The problem is, I set my display to turn off after 20 minutes but they never turn off. Is this a known problem or is there a fix?

 

[toolbox]

do you have microsoft keybaord and/or mouse?

 

[lansa]

I have a Microsoft wireless mouse

 

[zigzag3143]

monitor turn off

I'm running 3 monitors, 2 of them off of an ATI pci-e card and the other off of an ATI pci card. The problem is, I set my display to turn off after 20 minutes but they never turn off. Is this a known problem or is there a fix?

lansa

We need a bunch more info before making a stab at what the cause is. Could you run down the hware specs, and setup for us? Multi monitors not turning off is not comman so I suspect something in your setup.

Waiting for info

Ken

 

[lansa]

Here are the specs. As I mentioned, I installed a Radeon 4850 dual dvi card and a Radeon 2400 on the pci slot. Running the latest ATI catalyst driver as well. The only thing I see is its showing a generic pnp monitor under display properties. My monitors are all Viewsonic VX922, I tried installing the driver off the website but it wouldnt install for some reason.

1 Inspiron 537 Minitower w/ Black Bezel
1 Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor E8400 (6MB L2, 3GHz, 1333FSB)
1 4GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz- 2 DIMMs
1 Dell Consumer Entry USB Keyboard
1 Integrated Intel® GMA x4500 Graphics
1 320GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™
1 Piano Black
1 No Floppy Drive or Media Card Reader Included
1 Integrated 10/100 Ethernet
1 16X DVD+/-RW Drive
1 Integrated 5.1 Channel Audio

 

[lansa]

Problem solved guys....installed a different viewsonic driver and it correctly identified the displays....monitors now turn off as set, thanks for your help

 

[zigzag3143]

display

Problem solved guys....installed a different viewsonic driver and it correctly identified the displays....monitors now turn off as set, thanks for your help

Nice gald its solved. keep asking questions

Ken

 

[nate42nd]

Problem solved guys....installed a different viewsonic driver and it correctly identified the displays....monitors now turn off as set, thanks for your help

I have been struggling with this since the first beta. On my LCD monitors, thet act like they should, but my CRT shuts off and comes back on. I thought it was a problem in "advanced power options" but it still happens. My mom's machine is the same. Her LCD shuts off....then comes back on. I sure hope I can get this figured out. I have tried for months....I think it's a hardware issue...like your mouse can cause it if it "jumps" from time to time. However on my machines, I've tried different mice to no avail.