so most of the time (its intermittent) my screen saver never kicks in, nor does the monitor shut off after the user-set 10 minutes.

also, when turning off the power to the lcd (22 widescreen westinghouse) with windows running, it displays "no input" when turning it back on.

fyi - ati radeon 9700 pro with dvi cable, generic pnp monitor drivers for windows xp pro (i'm thinking it has something to do with this)

 

Try replacing the cables and see if that's the problem. Start eliminating factors

 

seriously?

 

I dunno, no input to me sounds like something interrupting the connection between box-monitor. Could also be a loose video card, etc.

 

check any programs running the background preventing the screensaver or screen from going on standby

 

my old mouse used to move itself every few minutes..... stare at the cursor for 10 minutes and see that it doesnt even move one pixel.