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    Computer display keeps turning off?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Krane, Nov 16, 2014.

  1. Krane

    Krane Notebook Prophet

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    Display keeps turning off after a couple of minutes. In the power options under Choose when display turns off, I have it set to 30 minutes when plugged in. Despite this, its still shutting off after only about 3 minutes when idol. What am I missing?

    Windows performed some auto updates recently and my BIOS was also updated. The only other change was the GPU update to the most recent drivers.

    None of which have ever effected this before. Other than that, I haven't made any other changes in the system that I can recall.
     
    Krane, Nov 16, 2014
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  2. kais91

    kais91 Notebook Consultant

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    What kind of laptop is it? Some manufacturers have some sort of power management software that has priority over windows. Have you checked for one?
     
    kais91, Nov 19, 2014
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  3. Pirx

    Pirx Notebook Virtuoso

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    Have you checked in power options to see if the system goes to sleep rather than just turns the display off? Is the screensaver set to blank the screen after 3 minutes?
     
    Pirx, Nov 19, 2014
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  4. Krane

    Krane Notebook Prophet

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    Stupid screensaver. That's one feature I never use so it didn't even occur to me to check it. How'd it turn itself on anyway?


    Thanks all!
     
    Krane, Nov 20, 2014
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    Heh, happy to help! :D
     
    Pirx, Nov 20, 2014
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