First I disabled the cool and quiet variable. Rebooted, monitor turned off after 10 minutes.
I kept reading the manual and found that C1E variable you mentioned. I am testing it now, will report back.
I think these two variables need to be moved within the bios from "advanced bois features," section to "power management setup." Now that I think about it, that would require a new manual to be made, so perhaps a new bios update can include a note stating that the cool and quiet as well as the C1E options are in the other section. This would allow you to make a bios update without having to update the manual. Also, it would make the user experience a lot better, since has taken me so much time and headache and cigarettes to pinpoint the location of this problem.
I am still testing, but so far so good! Don't reply back yet, I will edit this post in a few, I don't want to celebrate too early! I'll finish all these updates and then report back.
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Looks like it is working! Thanks for the help. I will post back later if the problem comes up again.
