have you tried the support forum? These are the guys who specialise in hardware problems. If you haven't just let me know hereand I'll move this thread over, saving the problems of rewritting such an epic post.
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No problem, that's what we're here for. Now fasten your seatbelts as we are about to take off.
Work around for now is to just disable the power mangment and turn your monitor off. 
It is most likely not the monitor powering down that is the cause however. More likely you may have your diskdrive set to power down.
At any rate please give us full system specs.
It is most likely not the monitor powering down that is the cause however. More likely you may have your diskdrive set to power down.
At any rate please give us full system specs.
Are you sure you have the other power managment turned off in both the software (operating sytem or 3rd party) and the harware (CMOS). What are your CMOS settings. CMOS is the stuff that is accessed when you hit del when booting the computer.
Other possible problem include a TRS that is doing something, Like an auto update, virus check, system maintenance, ...