Fredrik Eriksson wrote:
> On Sun, 09 Mar 2008 07:44:54 +0100, Chambers <ben### [at] pacificwebguycom> wrote:
>> I have a USB input device, a game controller.  When this is plugged 
>> in, my monitor never gets turned off by the Windows power management 
>> (the hard drives, however, spin down as they should, so the problem is 
>> only limited to the display).
> 
> It is possible that the device prevents the system from entering a 
> reduced power state, in which case the problem is not limited to just 
> the display. Note that the hard drives are controlled by separate timers.
> 
> One thing to try is updating to newer drivers (if available), both for 
> the device itself and for the USB controller (i.e. chipset drivers).
> 
> If on Vista, make sure to enable "USB selective suspend" in the power 
> management options.
> 
> If on XP, there is a hotfix that may or may not help.
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918005
> 
> 

I tried the hotfix, and no go - it still won't sleep.  Thanks for the 
tip, though.

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...Ben Chambers
www.pacificwebguy.com

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