Screen never turns off...

[ivanox1972]

I run build 6956 and I am impressed with new Windows...
Just one problem but big (also was on 6801 build) screen on mine hp 8510p notebook never goes dim or switch off, even when I define those times in >Display...

 

[echrada]

You need to change your power options. Go into control panel select all items then select power options. You will see that it is set never to go off and you have to manually change that.

 

[ivanox1972]

Unfortunately that is not true- I have set turn off screen after 5 minute, both on battery and when charging...
It is some process which is always active and not allowing screen to power off, even to dim after 3mins (I also set that)...

 

[johngalt]

Check and see if there is continued network activity, and if your NIC(s) are set to wake on LAN / wake the machine in your Device Drivers' properties page....

 

[ivanox1972]

I have set that on mine desktop which is connected by wire and it works now...
Afternoon I will try on notebook wireless adapter..
Unfortunately, that not works on notebook with same setting- dont allow windows to wake up adapter (or something similar...)
It seems it is network, not ATI issue...

 

[johngalt]

That is what I was suspecting. For some reason there is network activity.

Also, on the notebook, you *did* edit the setting for the *wireless* NIC and not the *wired* NIC, correct?

 

[ivanox1972]

I can not resolve that- any idea...

 

[z3r010]

Try the latest 7000 build

 

[ivanox1972]

I have tried and still no result... May be some driver is missing- it is strange that nobody have that problem... More probably it is network issue- can somebody tell me how to set power parameters for both wired and wireless adapter.. I have home wireless router and using only wireless network, wired is always disconnected...

 

[johngalt]

If you have any sort of P2P app running then you are always going to have network activity as you're always sharing files in the background....

 

[Joe]

I have tried and still no result... May be some driver is missing- it is strange that nobody have that problem... More probably it is network issue- can somebody tell me how to set power parameters for both wired and wireless adapter.. I have home wireless router and using only wireless network, wired is always disconnected...

To set your network adapters "wake on lan" settings, click the orb>control panel>hardware & sound>device manager>network adapters

Here you right click each adapter, select properties, power management tab, and untick the box that says "allow this device to wake the computer". Reboot and give it a try.

 

[johngalt]

In this case I don't believe that WOL is going to be the culprit - the system is never entering a low power state to begin with, so the interference is from the OS side of things, not the BIOS hardware side.

However, WOL may still restrict the system's ability to enter and *stay* in a low power state if this other issue is resolved, so keep that in mind as well, Ivan.

*Also* your network card(s0 configuration page may *also* contain information regarding WOL - this can be controlled in the OS as well, not just in the BIOS anymore, at least for some NICs - on my Advanced tab at the bottom of that long list o items, There are 3 settings for Wake on - Magic Packet, pattern match, and WOL from PowerOff.... Again, those may be of interest to you later on if you machine continually wakes up once you get it to start entering sleep mode....Therefore my original statement in this post may be completely wrong and WOL *may* be the culprit after all - I didn't know until I went exploring that the OS can handle WOL / Magic packet monitoring.

I know that you tried disabling the setting "Allow this device to wake the computer" but did you try disabling the *top* setting - Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power?

Finally, since this is a wireless adapter, and the computer *does* go to sleep when you use wired, what software (other than the driver) did you install when getting the wireless NIC working?

 

[johngalt]

UPDATE: See http://www.sevenforums.com/general-discussion/1248-windows-7-7000-screen-saver.html

We're beginning to think that it is actually broken in the OS...

 

[ivanox1972]

I have tried all the combinations in power settings of network adapters- no success... Intersesting thing is that it WORKS in very first moments after install 7000 buld with default network settings... It seems that some driver or program (I hsve installed just few of them is making problems)...

 

[johngalt]

We're beginning to suspect ACPI as a possible suspect.

I know I have changed some things in my BIOS, but I am going to try an alternate route to see if it is in fact my BIOS settings or not ....

 

[ivanox1972]

I have found some semi solution...I have disabled sleep mode, and when almost close lid screen goes off but programs I want still running- effect I want to have with lid normally open...

 

[jweigel]

Microsoft Wireless Keyboards

In case any of you are using them, I remember issues with the Vista betas and MS wireless keyboards. Well, both my home PC and my work PC have MS keyboard sets. THey worked fine upto 6956. With 7000 both would not go to sleep and the screen saver never kicked in. Remove just the keyboard and all is fine. I never installed any drivers with either.

jjw
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[ivanox1972]

It seems I have found solution- simply, UAC must be on... Thats all...

 

[Joe]

It seems I have found solution- simply, UAC must be on... Thats all...

For me the UAC is on, and my screen saver/power management is still not working. Still looking for a solution.