Question Windows 11 power settings not working - My display will not turn off and my PC won't go to sleep

[Gjunki 619]

I just bought an oled monitor and I'm terrified that my monitor timeout or sleep function is not working. I've tried so many things but nothing seems to work. I'm currently on balanced mode which windows recommends on 1min "Turn off display" and 5min "put computer to sleep" I walk away for over 5 minutes and both my monitors are still on and my PC does not go to sleep either.

I never had this issue with my old IPS monitor. I'm currently using an AW3225QF if that helps.

Its none of my USBs as I unplugged them all and my monitor still wont turn off.

I ran powercfg -requests to see if anything was keeping my monitor/pc on and it shows none. Although if I try and open command "powercfg" the screen pops up and immediately exits out.

C:\Windows\System32>powercfg -requests
DISPLAY:
None.
SYSTEM:
None.
AWAYMODE:
None.
EXECUTION:
None.
PERFBOOST:
None.
ACTIVELOCKSCREEN:
None.

 

[helpstar]

all gpu drivers up to date?
unplug the monitor and have a look if the PC is getting to sleep after 5minutes

 

[Gjunki 619]

all gpu drivers up to date?
unplug the monitor and have a look if the PC is getting to sleep after 5minutes

Yes GPU drivers are up to date.
Ill try unplugging the monitor and see if that works.

 

[ubuysa]

Do you use Steam at all? I have had a situation where my monitor wouldn't sleep with Steam running, even with no games loaded. If I exit Steam the monitor sleeps. Try exiting Steam and see.