Something's Wrong with my Screen Saver !!!

For some reason I can't seem to turn off my screen saver. I go to system preferences and swith the "start screen saver" to either "never" or "2 hours", etc and it goes off in like 10-15 minutes anyway. The weird thing is that it doesn't even go into the screen saver, the screen just goes black.
I tried testing the screen saver in the test mode and it works fine.
I'm wondering if the problem is because i'm using a Ben Q monitor instead of an apple one?
Anyways, it sounds like a stupid problem but it's REALLY making life difficult for me. If someone can help me it would SERIOUSLY make my life a lot easier.

Welcome to Apple Discussions!
Are you sure this is the screensaver? Check it isn't the display being set to sleep by going to the energy saver preference pane and ensuring that the display is not set to sleep after such a short time.
Also, while unusual, it's possible that your display has a 'sleep' or 'energy saving' mode, which could be set through it's menus. make sure there is either no such option, or that if there is, it is switched off.
Assuming neither of the above helped, does the power light on the monitor go from green (or whatever it's normal 'on' color) to something like yellow or orange when the screen goes blank? If it doesn't then the screen is still receiving data from the mini and it would thus suggest a problem with the display. If it goes yellow/orange then it means the mini is not outputting video data so the screen is going to sleep - which would suggest the mini or display is sleeping. If it goes off altogether, then the display is powering down and is thus at fault (possibly just a slightly loose power connector).
When this happens, can you bring the system back to life by tapping a key/moving the mouse/clicking a mouse button?

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