T420s sleeps after 2 mins of no activity no matter what power settings. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGH

So this has been the eternal problem with my laptop. No matter what settings for power and battery management they are ignored. the T420s display times out after 2 minutes. plugged in or not, it doesnt care. after 2 mins of no typing the display goes off and it needs password to get back in. I have lived with this for 2 years I have uninstalled and reinstalled power manager, tried everysetting I can find evryewhere. Presentation mode, max battery mode, editted the timing of sleep, hibernation, you name it, set everything to 60 minutes, to "never" sleep. but it just goes off everytime i stop typing. I DREAM about solving this issue. I have accessed the power setting through power manager, throught he control panel. I have looked in the BIOS. I just dont know what else to do.

Hi Ninthtoe,
It’s very simple step you just have to download the iso file and burn it to DVD or to USB and boot from that. If you are willing to do you can check the below link on how to proceed with it.
http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/try-ubuntu-before-you-install
Hope this helps.
Best regards,
Hemanth Kumar
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