My old aptiva did that.. except. my computer just would go into stand by and I'd have to move the mouse and everything just to make the screen AND the screen saver go back on... I never could figure it out.. I too wound up turning the moniter off.. now however it is a DEAD computer with no more hopes left... Its been a BIG gigorgantic paper weight on my upstairs desk for the past 3 years.. kinda hurts me too... it was a bat'mitzvah gift from my grandmother