Dell S2721DGF Standby question for owners

[Neetza]

Hey guys looking at the Dell S2721DGF got a question for the owners of this monitor;

ppl that have more than one monitor plugged in as well,

so when you put the monitor in standby (by pressing the power button on the screen), does it push all active windows onto the 2nd monitor?
and does it disconnect itself, aka removing itself from device manager when in "standby" not sleep

as I often turn of my current (main, 1440) display and turn on my tv when i'm watching things, would be annoying if windows started being shifted to my tv(1080)

 

[SCHUMI4EVER]

It's a Windows thing. Stuff always gets shifted if a monitor gets turned off.

 

[ovisser1]

It's a Windows thing. Stuff always gets shifted if a monitor gets turned off.

What he said.
My previous monitor did exactly the same, just had to get used to it.
My new one also does it.

 

[Oj0]

Same story, two mismatched monitors (a 24” HD and a 27” 4K). I’ve seen it plenty before on other setups as well. It’s just the way Windows is.

 

[Neetza]

Currently that does not happen with my 27" and 42" tv, odd that it works as intended for me :S? I'm confused now xD

 

[1.8Ghz]

For me, it seems to happen when the monitor is connected with DP, but not with HDMI

 

[Oj0]

For me, it seems to happen when the monitor is connected with DP, but not with HDMI

Odd - you're onto something here. All times I've seen it was with a monitor connected by Double Pene - uh - Display Port.

 

[iamgigglz]

For me, it seems to happen when the monitor is connected with DP, but not with HDMI

Did a quick test:

Two monitors: Primary on DP, second on HDMI, mixture of maximised and "restored" windows on both.

Turn off DP monitor: Everything shifts to HDMI monitor.
Turn DP monitor back on, EVERYTHING shifts to DP monitor, even the stuff that wasn't there to start with.

Reset test. Turn off HDMI monitor: Nothing happens. I simply don't have access to the stuff that was on the HDMI monitor.

 

[1.8Ghz]

Did a quick test:

Two monitors: Primary on DP, second on HDMI, mixture of maximised and "restored" windows on both.

Turn off DP monitor: Everything shifts to HDMI monitor.
Turn DP monitor back on, EVERYTHING shifts to DP monitor, even the stuff that wasn't there to start with.

Reset test. Turn off HDMI monitor: Nothing happens. I simply don't have access to the stuff that was on the HDMI monitor.

Yep, exact same thing here

 

[Neetza]

you can use win+shift and arrow keys to move windows between monitors

 

[goldfritter]

Hey guys looking at the Dell S2721DGF got a question for the owners of this monitor;

ppl that have more than one monitor plugged in as well,

so when you put the monitor in standby (by pressing the power button on the screen), does it push all active windows onto the 2nd monitor?
and does it disconnect itself, aka removing itself from device manager when in "standby" not sleep

as I often turn of my current (main, 1440) display and turn on my tv when i'm watching things, would be annoying if windows started being shifted to my tv(1080)

Instead of switching the screen off at the power button, why not just use Windows Key + P to switch to only the monitor you want? Or will that cause the same issue?

 

[Sirus_the_virus]

Same this side. But one display is Dell and other Asus. Asus monitor takes way longer to come online than Dell monitor. Dell is way older as well. Both displays using DP.

I also felt it irritating and even went to check online if this is something with Asus monitors. But have gotten used to it now.

Sent from my SM-N980F using Tapatalk

 

[Neetza]

So testing myself with spare 24" samsung monitor, if i turn off(soft off/standby) any of the monitors the windows remain on said screen they were left on, only if unplug the monitor(s) (data hdmi in this case) will force move the window to an active display usually one over. so you'll need to check if maybe the GPU isnt pushing 3.3v (hdmi does this and think Display port( DisplayPort - Wikipedia check signal) does aswell) , cable perhaps ? to power up the controller on the monitor and detect it before the main power is plugged in, like i unless physically remove the Display connection the monitors stay connected but are otherwise off .

thats with both my tv and 24" monitor off and only my 27" check under "monitors"

 

[SCHUMI4EVER]

Same story, two mismatched monitors (a 24” HD and a 27” 4K). I’ve seen it plenty before on other setups as well. It’s just the way Windows is.

Happens even with matched monitors

 

[Oj0]

Happens even with matched monitors

I know