Power Save Mode

Question

I just turned on my computer and the LED Light on the monitor stays orange and the screen stays black. After pressing a button on the monitor, the screen says that its in Power Save Mode and I need to touch the keyboard or mouse. I touch the keyboard or mouse, but nothing happens. How do I get out of Power Save Mode?

DELL-Chris M · Answer

ajbrunner14, For whatever reason, the video card is not sending a signal. Restart the PC.

ajbrunner14 · Answer

DELL-ChrisM wrote: ajbrunner14, For whatever reason, the video card is not sending a signal. Restart the PC. I have restarted the computer a couple times now and still the same result....

DELL-Chris M · Answer

ajbrunner14,

What Dell PC model? Remove all UPS and surge protectors from the equation. Plug the PC and monitor power cords directly into the wall socket.
* Power the monitor on
* Power the PC on
* What color is the PC power button?
* Is it flashing?
* What color are the four 1234 Diagnostic Lights on the front of the PC?
-or-
* What color are the four ABCD Diagnostic Lights on the back of the PC?

ajbrunner14 · Answer

DELL-ChrisM wrote:
ajbrunner14,

What Dell PC model? Remove all UPS and surge protectors from the equation. Plug the PC and monitor power cords directly into the wall socket.
* Power the monitor on
* Power the PC on
* What color is the PC power button?
* Is it flashing?
* What color are the four 1234 Diagnostic Lights on the front of the PC?
-or-
* What color are the four ABCD Diagnostic Lights on the back of the PC?

The tower itself is a home built type of deal but the monitor is a dell flat screen...what kind I dont know.... The PC power button is solid and green. not sure where the 1234 diagnostic lights or the ABCD diagnostic lights would be on this tower....

hawkster · Answer

We have been having the same problem with the upstairs computor which is a not a Dell. The wife went and bought a Dell flat screen for it (as she hated the old bulky type monitors) when I bought myself a new one and told her she could have the old one.  She has been complaining for the last few days about her monitor not working so today I looked at it and 'it is in Power Saver mode'.  there is nothing I can do to get it out of that mode.  I've tried unpugging it from the wall socket, tried disconnecting it from the computor ( when I do that it goes to seldf test and shows the red-green-blue color test), soon as I plug it back into the PC it goes back to power saver mode.   It worked fine for about 5 months that she had it until last week, I see I'm not the only one with this problem, how do we get it out of this mode??

hawkster · Answer

I figgured out how to fix the monitor, turns out it was not Dell's problem.. seems there can be a multitude of reasons for monitor going into power saving mode

Acda · Answer

Yo Hawkster,   What was the solution??   I got the same problem here, but my pc is a dell-pc dimension E521.   Like to hear what you can tell me.   thanks,   Acda

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