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Monitors Put to Sleep, Doesn't Wake, Though System's Still Active
Been going on for a couple of weeks now.
First, I had to add this: because I have a display port connected monitor, I this program (Turn off your notebook LCD with one-click | Redmond Pie) to put my monitors to sleep instead of switching them off. 2 monitors, 1 hdmi, the other on DP.
Unlike hdmi/dvi/vga connections, display port monitors seem to be treated as a total disconnect when it gets switched off, which means it keeps causing windows to refresh the screen and readjust the desktop primary/secondary desktop and rearrange the icons, which is extremely annoying.
About 1-2 weeks back, my computer would automatically force the monitors to go to sleep.
The system itself is still active. Whatever programs are playing sounds will continue. I can turn on and off the caps button, etc. However, I don't seem to have control. Ctrl-alt-del is unresponsive, and blind clicks to browser windows playing videos doesn't seem to work.
It could be a hardware issue.
Sometimes when it triggers, there will be a split second buzz, where the sound the pc is playing hangs for a second, then it continues, but the monitors go to sleep.
Almost always, just before the monitor sleeps, the monitor goes black, a console cursor appears at the top left, then they sleep.
It looks very similar to what the program I downloaded does. I've changed the file name, but it still happens, so I doubt it's that program that's triggering.
I must always do a hard power off to restart.
Does so randomly.
Sometimes, it happens a minute after I reboot. Other times, I can get through a whole day without issue.
I've tried playing around with power options, resetting them, resetting then changing it back, and now switching it off altogether. Doesn't work.
I tried looking at some error logs but it seems like gibberish to me. I hope someone can help if it's not like a faulty graphics card or something.
Thanks