Recent content by JRHorse

I apologize for not responding in a timely manner. Under my Power Management settings, my multimedia settings are set to Prevent Idling to Sleep when sharing media, and Optimize video quality when playing video.

I have set up a screen saver in several different time settings. I have tried 30 and 60 minutes but the screen still goes to power save after 20. I have tried smaller times and the screen saver activates, but still after 20 minutes, ditto.

Once the monitor goes to power save, the video output is restored when I move the mouse. Once I move the mouse it takes about three seconds to get the picture back. According to my monitor's manual, this is the amount of time it takes for the monitor to "wake up" from power save.

eVGA nVidia GeForce GTS 250. The video card's control panel has no power save options. When I wrote about this issue to eVGA techinical support they said it was an issue with the OS and not with the video card.

Hi, thanks for everyone's responses. My video card has two DVI ports and both ports have been checked. My Screen Saver is turned off. As I wrote in my initial post, my setting is "High Performance", and it is set to never turn off the display and never put the computer to sleep.

Good day. The Acer monitor here on my home-built computer enters power save mode (the power light turns amber) exactly 20 minutes after I last touch the keyboard or mouse. When I am watching movies on my computer, it gets frustrating that I have to move the mouse every so often just so that I...