windows xp not placing monitor in standby mode

[chadr]

I have the drivers loaded for my monitor and video card, but xp is not
placing the monitor in standby mode. I have the screensaver set to
none and under the power options for the monitor I have "turn off
monitor after 5 minutes" selected.

Linux works fine so it isn't a limitation of the motherboard/video
card/display.

Any suggestions?

 

[chadr]

I've not figured this out yet. Any help would be welcome. Thanks.

 

[chadr]

I found out that my microsoft wireless notebook optical mouse 3000 is
keeping the system from entering standby. Once I unplug the usb
receiver from the pc the monitor enters standby in the time I selected.
I downloaded the latest mouse drivers, rebooted, and the problem
remains.

I was going to contact ms via email for support but it won't allow me
to open a support request because the pid on the bottom of the mouse is
not recognized on the ms support page.

 

[chadr]

after reading this article

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/911895

I found that a dvd related program was running that caused the problem.
It was not the same program as mentioned in the article above, but I
simply ended it in taskmgr and it worked. So then I removed it from
startup.