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Since I've upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 10, the screensaver doesn't start anymore, and the screen never goes into standby when my gamepad is plugged (even idle) into the computer. "Allow this device to wake the computer" is unchecked in the gamepad's properties.

Disabling the gamepad from the Device Manager works as a workaround, but I would prefer a solution that doesn't involve disabling or unplugging.

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This is old but still an issue, so if you come here with this issue and the stuff above doesn't help, I fixed my issue by turning off GeForce Experience In-game Overlay. For some reason this is the problem.

Bob Phrapples
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Update: It appears the information below, while helpful, do not actually resolve the issue. The best resolution at this time, at least for me, is still just to unplug any USB controller when not in use.

My guess is the analog drift, while not relayed in controller movement, is still recognized by the OS as activity. However, the steps below are still helpful for resolving other issues related to drift, so I will leave them here.

I recently dug out one of my old game controllers (Saitek P880) and started experiencing this problem. It took a while just to get to this level of troubleshooting, so I appreciate all the hard work everyone did to get us to this point.

In my case, the issue was caused by an erratic analog axis sensor, causing the analog axis to drift (actually, more like swap between two different values rapidly). Sometimes rebooting or disconnecting the controller will cause the issue to temporarily go away, but eventually the drift will return. The Windows USB Game Controllers control panel does not have a built-in capability to adjust dead zones.

However, at least in the case of Saitek, their website still includes 32-bit and 64-bit drivers that work in Windows 10, including for my P880. Once the drivers are installed (reboot required), the control panel is updated with a much better representation of the buttons and functions, as well as a new tab to manually set the deadzone.

Bear in mind the files must be retrieved using the FTP protocol, and since this functionality is slowly being removed from the latest browsers, you may need to consider using an alternative utility (such as WinSCP) to retrieve them.

Here are two images showing the updated control panel with deadzone modified. You can right click any of the axes controls and uncheck "Link Deadzones" to more granularly control the deadzone range.

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Test tab Deadzones tab

D.N.
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Updating Windows 10 to version 1511 (build 10586.3) solved the problem.

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The Nvidia Geforce Experience overlay may also be causing the problem. Read https://details-of-note.blogspot.com/2020/12/nvidia-3-year-old-bug.html

Disabling the overlay will allow it to sleep. Or hope Nvidia fixes this.

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A couple posts on this page suggest the following:

Windows 10 don't turn off monitor neither screen saver turns on

  1. In Power Settings, enable "When sharing media: Allow the computer to sleep."

  2. In Device Manager, disable "HID-compliant game controller" and "Virtual XInput device" under "Human Interface Devices."

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Sometimes the Windows 10 upgrade process leaves behind installed drivers that would have been better replaced with the ones that come with Windows 10. I would suggest deleting in Device Manager the device for the gamepad, then also that of its USB hub, then reboot Windows to reinstall them.

Comments on your Energy report, relating mostly to sleep problems but which might relate :

  • It is strange that the sleep-state S3 is disabled, when Hibernate (S4) is allowed by your hardware. Normally I would advice to update the BIOS. But as the last firmware for your Gigabyte motherboard is a beta version from 2011, this hardware seems to be somewhat abandoned by Gigabyte.
  • The energy report says your monitor driver is missing or misconfigured. The last HP ZR24w LCD Monitor Driver from HP dates from 2013, and is verified for Windows 7 (64-bit), so should work for Windows 10. But check first if yours is newer.
  • You might try to enable USB Selective Suspend, to allow Windows to put USB devices separately to sleep.
  • Block Media streaming in Network and Sharing Center / Advanced sharing settings.
  • Final lame advice : Turn off the gamepad when you leave the computer.

If this does not help, please post more details about the gamepad.

Sometimes the Windows 10 upgrade process leaves issues and repeating it with a downloaded full installation media may solve the issue, as described in this answer.

If everything fails and the problem is unsupportable, you can always downgrade back to the previous Windows version, as described in this answer.

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Check:

a) Control Panel -> Power Options -> Change plan settings (next to whichever plan you have selected) -> Change advanced power settings -> USB settings -> USB selective suspend setting - set to Disabled

b) Control Panel -> Devices and Printers -> (right click on the game pad) Properties -> Power Management

If Windows allows, check the first box "Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power", and also uncheck the box "Allow this device to wake the computer".

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