power supply flakiness

[DZigas]

Hi -- I have a new laptop running XP2 SP3. I set the power management option
for the screen to blink off after 1 minute, and most of the time nothing
happens. Occasionally, it will go dark, as commanded, but even then the
screen blinks back on to stay after 1 minute. Totally maddening. Anyone have
any ideas? Thanks for your help. -- David

 

[marx404]

My guess is that you have something that activates (an app?) and turns back
the monitor back on.

 

[nass]

Hi -- I have a new laptop running XP2 SP3. I set the power management option
for the screen to blink off after 1 minute, and most of the time nothing
happens. Occasionally, it will go dark, as commanded, but even then the
screen blinks back on to stay after 1 minute. Totally maddening. Anyone have
any ideas? Thanks for your help. -- David

Hi David,
You will be looking for a Screensaver or an application that configured to
updates or run a scan or even your Internet Adapter renewing the IP address !.
To see what in the background you can use shellexview:
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.html
HTH.
nass

 

[DZigas]

Nass -- Thanks for the tip! I will check it out. -- David

 

[DZigas]

Marx -- Thanks for the suggestion. I will check it out. -- David

 

[DZigas]

All: Thanks for your help. I figured it out. There's an "Expressswitch"
utility for optimizing CPU usage that was installed (or I may have
inadvertently activated in Power Options) that overrides other power
management. When I set that, all worked normally. -- DAvid

 

[nass]

Thank you for providing this valuable info and good luck
nass