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apytel
Cruncher Joined: Aug 15, 2005 Post Count: 1 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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I have the same problem on ThinkPad with WinXP.
Monitor is never turned off, whatever power profile says. For some reason, PowerManager thinks that system is actively used - not just something running in the background. The was no problem before. This stopped working about a month or two ago. I've updated PowerManager and BOINC agent too, so I do not know which one to blame - but apparently there is a conflict. Cheers! |
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Former Member
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You should check whether the Thinkpad software is conflicting with the normal XP power saving features.
Try disabling the PowerManager software completely and using the built-in power management. |
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dfalso
Cruncher Joined: Nov 24, 2005 Post Count: 6 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Are u using the BOINC screensaver and if so, have you set the box to blank the screen after X minutes (to protect e.g. old CRT displays). Don't know how that interacts with power-saving though. I use the Blank Screensaver. I've found that at times I'd had to resave the settings. No idea why but than I'd have a blank screen, but not powering off, even just a few weeks ago. Well, this was it (for me). The "blank the screen" box was unchecked, though, same as you, I had had it checked. I was just unlucky in that the "forgetting" coincided my monitor change, which put me down the wrong path. Thanks all for everyone's advice though. I appreciate it, and I'm glad I can still contribute my cycles to the cause. |
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