Windows 7 – Monitor Doesn’t Sleep on Power Off

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The monitor that came with my computer doesn't sleep on shutdown or computer standby. This is particularly annoying since it's an LCD, so the monitor is black but the backlight is still on. I know the monitor can sleep, which it does when I unplug the monitor cable (the DVI cable, not the power cable), use a tool, or when it reaches the inactive time set in my power plan. Specs:

HP Pavilion Elite e9262f

Memory: 6 GB

Video Card: ATI Radeon™ HD 4650

Monitor: HP L2445m

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01916917&tmp_task=prodinfoCategory&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&lang=en&product=4057515

If it's not possible to have the monitor power off with a setting of some sort, is it possible to set Windows to run a task that turns off the monitor when it goes in standby or shuts down?

Edit: I think this is something wrong with the motherboard or video card; it's not sending a DPMS power off signal to the monitor, it's only sending a black screen.

Edit: There is also no option to change this in the (bad) HP BIOS.

Edit: Unplugging the DVI cable does not work, apparently.

Best Answer

Check if your BIOS has an entry similar to "Video Off Method".
If it doesn't, maybe a BIOS update if available can help (but to be done with extreme precaution, as failed BIOS update can brick the computer).

Quoted from Power Management Settings :

Video Off Method : The DPMS (Display Power Management System) option allows the BIOS to control the video display card if it supports the DPMS feature. The Blank Screen option simply blanks the screen - use this for monitors without either power-management or "green" features. The V/H SYNC Blank option blanks the screen and turns off vertical and horizontal scanning. If your computer and monitor were built within the last four years, I recommend setting this to DPMS.

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