Re: Laptop won't power save screen
- From: "Galen" <galennews@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 11:28:06 -0400
In news:BA123977-5E08-4BE0-ACFC-B0A6353B72FE@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
J-10 <J10@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> had this to say:
My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
> Hi, using a Dell C640 with WinXP.
> Don't use a screen saver, just set the monitor to power down after a
> few minutes. Worked like a cherry for a long time.
> Won't power-save anymore. Updated the driver for the Radeon 7500
> thinking that would do it, didn't. This is not a system standby
> issue, just trying to get the screen to shut itself off after a
> while. No odd results when I set the time, just doesn't take.
> Running SP2, everything else honky-dory. For this moment anyway.
> Thanks
Does the cursor move on it's own when you have it just sitting there? The
last Dell lappy I had did and a Toshiba lappy that I have did. This was
cured by disabling the enhanced pointing precision options in the mouse
control panel applet.
Galen
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