HELP!! My screensaver won't activate when the comp is on idle!!

[NauTiKa128]

I just built a new computer w/ the following parts but it won't go into standby/suspend or screensaver won't activate within the specified amt of time (10mins).. Is it my bios settings?? Any help will be appreciated!


MOBO: Asus P4P800 Deluxe w/ latest bios
Video: Sapphire Radeon 9500 128mb softmodded to 9700 and OC'ed w/ RivaTuner 2.0
Onboard LAN
Onboard sound (for now)
RAM: Kingston 512MB DDR400 CL3 X 2 (Dual Channel mode)
WinXP w/ the latest updates

Some of the things that I don't understand in bios: (the manual could be quite useless!)

Graphics Aperture Size [64mb]
[4MB] [8MB] [16MB] [32MB] [64MB] [128MB]

Spread Spectrum [Enabled]
[Disabled] [Enabled]

ICH Delayed Transaction [Enabled]
[Disabled] [Enabled]

MPS Revision [1.1]
[1.1] [1.4]

OnBoard LAN Boot ROM [Disabled]
[Disabled] [Enabled]

Plug and Play O/S [No]
[No] [Yes]

Suspend Mode [Auto]
[S1 (POS) Only] [S3 Only] [Auto]

Repost Video on S3 Resume [No]
[No] [Yes]

ACPI 2.0 Support [No]
[No] [Yes]

ACPI APIC Support [Enabled]
[Disabled] [Enabled]

BIOS -> AML ACPI Table [Enabled]
[Disabled] [Enabled]

Power Management/APM [Enabled] Should I enable or disable this??
[Disabled] [Enabled]

Video Power Down Mode [Suspend]
[Disabled] [Standby] [Suspend]

Throttle Slow Clock Ratio [50%]
87.5%/75.0%/62.5%/50%/37.5%/25%/12.5%

System Thermal [Disabled]
[Disabled] [Enabled]

TIA!!

 

[NauTiKa128]

Oh one more thing.. When I set my screensaver to "wait 1 minute".. then it works.. what gives??

 

[Carrot44]

Oh one more thing. This is the Highly Technical forum try the Operating System forum you probably get more help and avoid the inedible lock!

Ken