kemo768,

Thanks for using the Dell Community Forums.

When you see the monitor is in power save mode message try pressing the windows key then release and wait 1 second and press the Enter key.   Also try unplugging the power cable from the system wait 15 seconds and plug the power cable back followed by pressing the power button.

Respectfully,

Mel,

Thanks for your suggestion. I should have mentioned that I've tried the Windows key --> Enter key manuever. I've also tried unplugging the power cable, waiting a short period (Probably a minute or two, not 15 seconds--that shouldn't make a difference, should it?), and then plugging power back in. Neither one solved the issue.

I think a bad video card may be the problem. (Tip 'o the hat to The_Namek over in the General Hardware forum.) I'm going to install the card from my older machine and see if it works. Unfortunately, the older card is PCI not AGP, so if the old one works there's still the possibility the AGP slot is bad and not the card.

I'l be sure to post my results.

Sean

I just saw that there's a "Video" forum. That's where I should have originally posted this question, Oh well.

Anyway, the problem was my video card. I took the Matrox Mystique card from my old PC and it works fine.