Problem with screen waking up

[Purrrfect]

I'm having an issue recently where my monitor will turn on for no reason after it has gone to power saving mode from being idle. Is there a way to see what event caused the screen to wake up?

[The Stig]

What applications do you have running when your monitor goes idle?

It could be an application waking it up, but I guess you would've reported that here if that was the case (and switched it off).

[SephYuyX]

What applications do you have running when your monitor goes idle?

This.

Ive had problems when viewing a video stream doing this, even when it's not playing and minimized. So just check what you have running.

If you dont have anything running, and it happens after a fresh boot up.. hmmm

[Purrrfect]

I don't have anything running that I didn't have montsh ago i think just stuff like msn and aim, asus probe, poweriso, ultravnc and maybe a couple others. its not consistent, sometimes it will do it 5 mins after the monitor turns off sometimes it takes hours. I'm kinda thinking it might be the mouse eye because I recently got a new desk that is slightly 'shinnier' (sp?) than the last and wondering if maybe it just happens to think the mouse gets moved every now and then.

[SephYuyX]

Yes, the mouse/surface may be the issue, sometimes ive fond my mouse moving by itself time to time, so I started to use a mouse pad and never had that prob again.

Try it and see if it works.