Windows 10: Display turns off after exactly 10 minutes of inactivity

Hello
I have used this site before for help with my computer problems and it never failed, but now I can't find the answer, hope this thread helps

I have had my pc for 5 years now, it always worked fine.

GA-X79-UD7
I7-3930k
GTX 770

Last week the monitor started to turn off every 10 minutes while watching a movie or playing music. The pc didn't shutted down, only the display turned off and the sound of the movie continued, it didnt even stuttered. So im discarding a heat up of the system. I have cheked the energy plan and they are set to never turn of the display and never put the system in suspension.

I have reinstalled drivers, chequed all conecctions of the pc, everything looks without issue so i guess is not a hardware problem.

I havent isntalled anything new, no new hardware, nothing out of the orndinary
I guess Windows somehow is not recognizing the energy plan

What can I do to resolve this issue?
Many thanks

:)

 

Display turns off after exactly 10 minutes of inactivity

all is set to never

 

Display turns off after exactly 10 minutes of inactivity

Did you go to Power options in the Control Panel?

 

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This post is almost a exact duplicate of a post from Oct 2015 on Tom's Hardware.
Display turns off after exactly 10 minutes - [Solved] - Windows 7

Did you use it as a base to describe your issue? Did you follow the recommendations in that thread to resolve.

If this truly describes your problem and it started a week ago, Window updates were released Dec 13/16 meaning they were likely installed last week. One recommendation was to execute a system restore.