When I leave my X220 running idle for a short period like 10-15 minutes and the timer kicks in and turns off display, upon moving cursor I am greeted with a gradually graying and extremely weird gamma corrupted display. In the past I would actually put it to sleep or hibernate and then reboot to get it back to normal, then I realized a trick, I just hit projector/external display button and cycle through Duplicate and then back to Display only, this fixes it.
Any ideas? Is this common. When this happened first time I thought display was damaged.
What causes washed-out screen after display turns off & on?
What causes washed-out screen after display turns off & on?
8/18/2011 - X220, Intel i5-2540M, 12.5" IPS, FingerPrint, Cam, BT, Intel 6205 Wifi, 8GB, U2312HM Mini Dock Plus 3
1/15/2012 - S405 (Wife's), AMD A6-4455M, 14", 4GB RAM, Windows 8
7/02/2015 - T450s Intel i5-5300U, 14" FHD IPS, FingerPrint, Cam, BT, SSD + M.2, Intel 7265, 12GB
1/15/2012 - S405 (Wife's), AMD A6-4455M, 14", 4GB RAM, Windows 8
7/02/2015 - T450s Intel i5-5300U, 14" FHD IPS, FingerPrint, Cam, BT, SSD + M.2, Intel 7265, 12GB
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emeraldgirl08
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Re: What causes washed-out screen after display turns off & on?
Turn off the 'Intel Power Saving Technology.'
Right click on desktop>>graphics properties>>Power Features>>Graphics Power Plan Settings (click to show 'On battery')>> uncheck the 'Intel Power Saving Technology' box
Hopefully that helps! Good luck
Right click on desktop>>graphics properties>>Power Features>>Graphics Power Plan Settings (click to show 'On battery')>> uncheck the 'Intel Power Saving Technology' box
Hopefully that helps! Good luck
Thinkpad X230 | Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2 | mATX Haswell Desktop
Re: What causes washed-out screen after display turns off & on?
Thanks, I had "Display Power Saving Technology" enabled. I disabled that.
Thanks for the suggestion.

Thanks for the suggestion.

8/18/2011 - X220, Intel i5-2540M, 12.5" IPS, FingerPrint, Cam, BT, Intel 6205 Wifi, 8GB, U2312HM Mini Dock Plus 3
1/15/2012 - S405 (Wife's), AMD A6-4455M, 14", 4GB RAM, Windows 8
7/02/2015 - T450s Intel i5-5300U, 14" FHD IPS, FingerPrint, Cam, BT, SSD + M.2, Intel 7265, 12GB
1/15/2012 - S405 (Wife's), AMD A6-4455M, 14", 4GB RAM, Windows 8
7/02/2015 - T450s Intel i5-5300U, 14" FHD IPS, FingerPrint, Cam, BT, SSD + M.2, Intel 7265, 12GB
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emeraldgirl08
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Re: What causes washed-out screen after display turns off & on?
Supposedly it is a power saving feature but its side-effects consist of PITA and more PITA 
Not sure why it is enabled as a default setting
Not sure why it is enabled as a default setting
Thinkpad X230 | Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2 | mATX Haswell Desktop
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