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February 24th, 2004 03:00
Monitor Stuck in Power Save Mode
I have a Dell Dimension XPS T600 with a P780 monitor running Windows XP.
The monitor has worked fine for close to 5 years. Yesterday, out of the blue, the monitor has a black screen with this message, "Monitor is in power save mode. Activate using PC."
I've tried rebooting, leaving the PC powered off for a few hours, reseating the video card, and I even replaced the battery on the motherboard. I plugged the monitor into my laptop and it worked, so I think the problem is the PC, not the monitor. The PC seems to power up and boot, I just don't see anything on the monitor except a black screen with the "Monitor is in power save mode" message.
Has anyone else experienced this problem, or have ideas on how to fix it? I appreciate any and all help!
Thanks,
Sean
DELL-Mel
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February 24th, 2004 17:00
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,
kemo768
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February 24th, 2004 22:00
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
kemo768
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February 25th, 2004 02:00
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.