Windows 10: External screen used to work, now just goes to sleep

Discus and support External screen used to work, now just goes to sleep in Windows 10 Graphic Cards to solve the problem; Hello, I have windows 10, always worked great with external screens. Without a reason, the external screen goes to sleep between 10-60 seconds after... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Graphic Cards' started by gregurban, Aug 6, 2019.

  1. GREGURBAN
    gregurban Win User

    External screen used to work, now just goes to sleep


    Hello,
    I have windows 10, always worked great with external screens. Without a reason, the external screen goes to sleep between 10-60 seconds after plugging it into my laptop. The display setting shows the screen is connected and working fine (see screenshots), but the screen remains in sleep/ dark screen mode.

    I've checked the sleep settings, put all display settings back to regular, restarted, uninstalled/ reinstalled/ updated NVIDIA, removed desktop background images. All together I've spent around 3 hours researching and trying forum solutions from the past 10 years and nothing is working.

    This screen works fine when plugged into another windows 10 laptop so I'm fairly certain this has to do with my laptop.

    Any help on this?


    External screen used to work, now just goes to sleep [​IMG]


    External screen used to work, now just goes to sleep [​IMG]


    :)
     
    gregurban, Aug 6, 2019
    #1
  2. EESHWAR KUMAR
    Eeshwar Kumar Win User

    Computer goes to Sleep mode automatically

    Hi Anthony,

    Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community. Apologize for the inconvenience caused to you.

    I suggest you to follow the steps provided below if not tried already and check if it helps.

    • Navigate to Start>Settings>System>Power & sleep.
    • In the right pane, select Never from the drop down list for
      Screen       and Sleep.
    • Close the dialog box and check for status.

    Hope the information is helpful. Keep us posted on the status for further assistance.
     
    Eeshwar Kumar, Aug 6, 2019
    #2
  3. DARCYHORTON
    DarcyHorton Win User
    Windows 10 no screen saver, never goes to sleep

    I have a brand new Lenovo all in one desktop with Windows 10. This thing never goes to sleep and the screen saver never comes on even though the settings are turned on.

    Yesterday I got my Brother Multifunction printer/copier/scanner machine (MFC8810DW) up and going with help of Brother. Even though everything prints just fine and the scanner works, the printer model isn't listed as a printer. There is something called a
    Brother pc-fax v.3 listed, but Brother said that's not my printer.. Brother said I should contact Lenovo.

    Not sure if something from printer driver is stepping on something preventing machine from going to sleep and screen saver coming on.
     
    DarcyHorton, Aug 6, 2019
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  4. JEFFERSON ORE
    Jefferson Ore Win User

    External screen used to work, now just goes to sleep

    windows 10 PC will not go to sleep and the screen saver will not work, just after latest windows 10 update

    Hello,

    Corruption within the Power settings is one of the possible reasons why you are encountering issues with the Screen Saver feature and Sleep mode in Windows 10. To address the issue, we suggest running the Power troubleshooter by following the steps below:

    • From the Cortana search box, type Troubleshooting and select it on the results.
    • Click on System and Security.
    • Click on Power and follow the on-screen instructions.

    Once done with the steps, let us know how it goes so we can assist you further.
     
    Jefferson Ore, Aug 6, 2019
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