Dell 1905FP Issue - Stuck in power save mode

Question

I have a custom desktop, and a 2 year old Dell 1905FP LCD monitor, the monitor is connected through a VGA cable to the graphics card of the PC. The monitor has been flawless ever since i bought it until a few days ago.

My dad turned on the computer and the monitor was black, the power button on the monitor went from green to orange. I pressed one of the monitor buttons to see if it would do anything, and a message came up that says;

1. Analog Input
In Power Save Mode
Press Any Key on Keyboard or Move Mouse

...Only problem is that pressing keys on the keyboard and moving the mouse does not do anything. I tried pressing all the buttons on the monitor but it does not go out of this mode, i have tried everything and unplugged all the cables ect., but nothing works. The computer worked fine for years, and we didn't touch anything, so it's pretty weird that it just did this all of a sudden, is there any way to get out of this power save mode or any way to fix the monitor? I havn't been able to use my computer for almost a week now. Thank you!

andocrates · Answer

Sounds like the PC not the monitor, do you hear beeps (BIOS beeps) when you boot the pc up? You need to stick another monitor and check it out. Mine did that just a week ago and it was the motherboard :-( But it could just be the Ram needs to be reseated. :-) (It sounds like a silly tech support brush off but a PC will not work if a ram files chip is loose or (often) if a chip dies.)

Now I understand more about it, It's helpful to me, Thanks for your explanation!

JeffMerr · Answer

The computer sounds like it boots up fine, sounds like it runs through memory check and then im guessing just sits at the desktop. And we didn't touch anything so it would be very weird if something internal all of a sudden failed. There is no way that the monitor has an issue? why cant i get it out of the power save mode?

andocrates · Answer

It's in power saving mode because it's not getting a signal. You're barking up the wrong tree looking at the monitor, compare the failure rate of PC's vs monitors, it's about 100 to 1. The monitor is what you can see so it's natural to blame that - but a monitor either works or it doesn't - your works because you get the power save mode message.

Take out the Video card and look at it carefully for burn marks, then carefully reinsert it making sure the pins line up and it snaps in securely. a lot of computers are taken to the shop and all it was was a loose card (They don't tell you that of course) But don't get in over your head (I.E. if it doesn't have a card and uses inboard video chip leave it alone). You should find a friend who can look at it, do you ever see any writing on the monitor (when it's booting?) If so as soon as you restart it start hitting the F2 key and look through your bios for a setting called video

I can go one day without a computer, after that people die. Not to alarm you but you are describing could be Motherboard failure, you get power to certain parts of the pc but no video at all. The cd rom might open, the PC may appear to start but the hard drives never spin up. it's important to try and think up a series of key-stokes that could confirm weather it's the PC or not. If you use auto-play stick a cd in the bay, maybe hit a bunch of keys in succession till the PC starts beeping, anything that could confirm.

Message Edited by andocrates on 05-30-200611:38 AM

Barry.Nugent · Answer

Sounds like the PC not the monitor, do you hear beeps (BIOS beeps) when you boot the pc up? You need to stick another monitor and check it out. Mine did that just a week ago and it was the motherboard :-( But it could just be the Ram needs to be reseated. :-) (It sounds like a silly tech support brush off but a PC will not work if a ram files chip is loose or (often) if a chip dies.)

Now I understand more about it, It's helpful to me, Thanks for your explanation!

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