Can't exit Power saving mode [Solved]

Definer - Dec 17, 2008 11:32am GMT - Last answer on Mar 18, 2010 7:09am GMT Ricob

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Hello,
Hi, I've just got myself a brandnew Dell desktop XPS420 with Vista on it. Everything seemed to work fine, but my computer enters Power saving mode at completely random times while im actually on the PC.
For example: I'm writing a document then suddenly my screen goes blank and it says "Entering Power saving mode" after which the green Power-light on the monitor changes orange-ish. When I try to wake it up again, by either pressing keys on the keyboard or move the mouse, nothing happens. Pressing any power-button (or monitor button) doesn't help either and the only thing I can do is hold the Power-button to shut my computer down and reboot it. This happens alot, no matter what I'm doing and I don't know how to solve it.

I've changed all of the Power save mode-settings into 'off', also in BIOS. This didn't help. All Windows updates are installed and running and I didn't install any other programs yet whatsoever.

Can someone explain how I prevent my computer entering Power saving mode? And how I exit that mode, since that doesn't work either.

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msurf Feb 19, 2009 3:50am GMT

Worked for me! I was having the same problems, cleaned all the dust and reseated the memory, memory battery and graphics cards. Thanks!!!

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CajunMojo 1Posts May 13, 2009Registration date May 14, 2009 8:28pm BST

hello everyone...

i been haven the same problem as alot of you all here... mine seems to happen alot... i done check for dust, as i read... all clean inside mine....

here or my specs...
XP pro....3gkhs pross.... 512 ram.... onbord graphic card... ...

like i said i tried all things above but replacing my graphics card. cause mine is apart of the motherbord...even replaced the battery. and still haven the same problem.... mine started after the 1st of april. could it be from Virus or something that changed some setting we not seeing?

i went as far as putting a turbo house fan blowing on the back of my tower to help keep it cool. and also my pc isn't to far from the A/C vents. they blow right twards it. so i am sure it's not a over heating problem onmy end.

this is what mine does when it happens...
i'll be playing a game or just surfing the web. with out any warning my dell flat screen starts showing Testing screen witht he Color bars. lights stay on the keybord. and the lights stay on the tower, i still hear the fans running.. i hit every key and mouse movement.. nothen wakes it up. only way i have to reset everything is by power button.. even sometimes befor the windows log in screen it will do it again . and i have to power button again.. sometimes it runs find for hours no problem. then wham it can happen a few times in a row..

i check every setting, even tried all BIOS setting that ppl talked about on other sites i ran across nothen seems to work for me.. i do know of that new Virus that was released on April 1st called Confickter C. i am strongly starting to beleave i may have contracted it somehow,, not sure tho. cause none of the virus scans i ran found anything about it... but it does say on the write up about the virus on what it does to your pc.. the shut down and sleep mode was one part of it.. so that is what is pushing me twards the thought it may be some virus or something...

i don't have the money to be going throw away on other parts to try and help fix it. i have to resort to finding a fix. i am hoping mabie thier is something i may run across to help my end.. but some of the things listed here hasn't help me fix mine. tho i am open for anything new to help try and fix.... so 'ill keep checking here to see what comes up. sence this the only one of the forums i ran across that was more uptodate with the problem i am haven...

thanks for your time and Stay Safe.....

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merina Jan 16, 2009 10:46am GMT

Hi,

I am facing the same problem as you having the power save mode kept appearing the moment my screen goes blank. it only happened when I have open quite a number of window as I always online and doing my work in between. Its quite irritating, but after a few press on the keyboard and shaking the mouse, it slowly return back to normal. I have already send to repair and even change the hard disk and same thing happen and on top upgrade the ram. I guess the technician also couldnt help much. I wonder if your problem is solve? I have been searching the web and trying to find a solution to it, could be some software problems, mine already did reboot and not sure what else I can do to take this off.

Please let me know if u know how to get this figure out. Thanks !

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mike12234 - Jan 19, 2009 3:30pm GMT

It seems it is a motherboard battery problem. try this.
It most likely is not the monitor which is in "power save mode", it is the computer itself.

When you cannot get a computer out of "power save mode" by any other means, typically the cause is that the button-cell-type battery of your computer, which is located on the motherboard, is empty.

Usually, this happens on a computer which is a few years old, since its batteries will have run out after such a long time. (The motherboard battery is used to store various settings when the computer power is off, such as date and time. When your computer detects this battery is empty, it goes into a low-power mode).

The solution is to replace the button-cell battery on the motherboard of your computer:

- open the case of your computer;
- visually locate the motherboard (the main electronic circuit board) of your computer;
- visually scan the motherboard for a button-cell battery (it looks like a digital watch battery, but a bit larger);
- remove this motherboard battery from your computer;
- restart your computer: it should now power up normally (you may get some warning messages during the start-up sequence, but ignore them);
- set the date and time of your computer using the "Date and Time" control panel;
- you can now use your computer normally, but you will lose date and time settings when you disconnect the computer power cord, since there is no motherboard battery present to store them;
- take the motherboard battery to an electronics store and get a replacement;
install the new battery in your computer;
- restart your computer, and set the date and time again; the settings will now be saved using motherboard battery power.

snert › mike12234 - Jan 26, 2009 3:43am GMT

Thanks for posting this answer Mike. Even if it does not solve the original poster's issue, it has sure solved mine!

Chford › snert - Jan 31, 2009 2:16pm GMT

And mine - thanks !

AKAnthropus › mike12234 - Jan 31, 2009 11:06pm GMT

I tried to remove the battery and that didn't work. I suspect my problem has more to do with the video card itself, though, since my problem began while playing Far Cry 2 in multiplayer mode and got progressively worse. Now it goes to power save right when Windows XP starts up.

thravrns35 › AKAnthropus - Feb 1, 2009 1:32am GMT

My computer has done the same thing this morning. Its weird we have the same problem on the same day. IDK what to do and the battery switching ddint work either.

Slick › thravrns35 - Feb 3, 2009 6:30am GMT

I am getting the same probs.
I heard from a friend that you could speed up parts of your computer to enhance games that are laggy in. So i went into my (win xp) bios, and turned up my AGP from 128 to 256, because i had put in a PNY 256 card. It ran my game with great new speed and could handle all the graphx. But on the next startup, it would go to loading WIN XP screen, and right when its about to go to desktop, the monitor flashes 'Going into power saver mode, press any key to start'. Then power light on the monitor then go's from blue to orange and then go's black. Right after this happens, my speakers give my login sound while the screen is still black (so i know its a monitor issue). Anyhow, i'v never had my computer on any kind of power saver, so its odd this is heppening. On the other hand, i have been using this monitor from my mothers house (and is not the one i usualy use). Any help is most apreciated.

nord › Slick - Aug 26, 2009 6:29pm BST

Sounds similar.

My son use to play all sorts of games and mess with the settings on his graphics card (I had no idea what he was messing with).

One monitor died plugged in an old one... now after several months - I now have to Power Saving Mode problem right after the logon screen comes up. As soon as I try to logon - up pops the Power Save box.

So I tried a Safe mode boot. Everything works - the screen comes up - but only in safe mode - which is not a full boot. (This would seem to rule out the battery issue that is often cited. ?)

What ever is doing this - it appears downstream in the boot. I tried screwing with control panel setting - nothing.

I notice my print driver was not loaded - so perhaps the full set of drivers for the graphics card were not loaded which is allowing me to look into folders - even look at pictures??? (So there must be graphic drivers???)

I am at a loss.

nord › nord - Aug 31, 2009 12:16pm BST

It turned out to be the battery on the Motherboard.

Many thanks to this board for the help.

SAM › AKAnthropus - Apr 20, 2009 2:09pm BST

Hai
This was the problem even I was facing with my Dad's PC, for an immediate solution you may hold the eject button of your CD/DVD drive and then power on the system. you may over come the problem. later you may get into BIOS mode and change settins if you are sure of the things you are doing.

TulsaTurbo › AKAnthropus - Dec 8, 2009 2:14pm GMT

I had upgraded my sons video card in the spring for playing his pc games. In the fall his computer started randomly going into sleep mode (green blinking light on the Dell). 15 minutes was max before it would go into sleep mode. The only way to get out of the sleep mode was to press in the power button until it turned off or pull the power cord. I tried all the suggestions available on the net concerning this problem and none worked.

I devoted a few hours to try and see if I could come up with a solution. I opened the computer case after multiple failed attempt to fix the problem with updated drivers and noticed how hot it was inide the case. I touched the cooling fins on the new video card and it was extremely hot. I powered up the computer and noticed that the graphic cards cooling fan was not on. I tried to turn the fan by hand and noticed it was hard to turn although you can tell it was trying. I changed the video setting back to the computers original graphics card and powered down the computer. I pulled the new video card out so that it can cool down. Meanwhile I restarted the computer.

I disassembled the tiny video card fan and lubricated the shaft and reassembled the unit. The fan now spun by hand real nice. During this repair the issue with going into sleep mode vanished. I changed the video setting back to the new gaphics card, powered down and reinstalled it. Restarted the computer and the video card fan was humming along nicely. Since I have done this I no longer have the sleep mode problem.

If you are running an aftermarket video card that runs a fan, make sure the fan is working to cool off its cpu. I hope this helps someone out...

Bob123 › mike12234 - Aug 13, 2009 8:39am BST

Mike
I had this same problem and was going to get a new computer tomorrow because it is getting old and I did not think it was worth spending lots of $ to get it fixed. This is a shame because it has all the hw and sw I need. I am very green when it comes to PC hardware but seeing the PC was going to be discarded tomorrow I decided to follow your instructions and try to repair the PC myself. It has worked - thanks a million for your clear instructions. The only problem initially was a lot of programmes were bombing out. I then went into the control panel and corrected the date and time fields and it is now working fine. I hope it stays that way!
Regards Bob

brandon › mike12234 - Oct 25, 2009 7:07pm GMT

i did wst u said and it still says power save mode wat do i do?

monetta › mike12234 - Nov 27, 2009 5:42pm GMT

Hi Mike, I want to thank you for saving me the trip and cost of a computer repair because it's the battery from the motherboard that is the problem. Many thanks to you.

Stefanzor › mike12234 - Nov 29, 2009 7:34pm GMT

THANKS MIKE ! It also solved my problem .... ur good :P

RespeCCCC#T all ....

Stefan (z0R)

Pudda › mike12234 - Dec 30, 2009 2:31pm GMT

Genius!!! ....Unbelievable.... great post. It worked perfectly for me. I left my computer in sleep mode overnight.
The next morning the monitor was blank. I rebooted a couple of times yet it was still blank. The monitor indicated "POWER IN SAVE MODE" I did exactly wht you outlined and it worked perfectly.
Thanks.

Bizzy › mike12234 - Jan 10, 2010 2:32pm GMT

It works !!!!! Thanks Mike, you have saved us from trying to kill each other, or at the very least, throwing the whole lot out of the window. We would never have thought of that solution in a million years.

AL › mike12234 - Feb 13, 2010 11:30am GMT

Thank you so much! Fixed the problem easily. PHEW!!

Jon › mike12234 - Feb 23, 2010 5:01pm GMT

Your answer is nonsense.

The battery on the motherboard has noth8ing to do with powersave features. That battery is there for one thing and one thing only. It retains power to your BIOS EEPROM so that it does not lose it's settings every time you power off your computer. Stop spreading your own special band of ignorance.

The powersave issue is a common one with Windows 7. There are various causes and various solutions, not all are common.

For me, with "Win7 RC7100" (the release cadidate) I installed the Windows Vista ACPI drivers which solved the problem. With7 7600 (home premium retail) I tried the same solution and it did not work. I am still banking on this being an Advances Configuration and Power Interface issue.

annoyed at you › Jon - Feb 25, 2010 1:40pm GMT

You are such a dick headed twat. If it was nonsense, why would it work for all these other people. Go and learn some respect before you talk through your back hole

TREE › annoyed at you - Mar 12, 2010 11:24am GMT

LMAOOOO THAT MADE ME REALLY LAUGH

TONY › mike12234 - Mar 11, 2010 9:36am GMT

CPU/ monitor Solution:
My littl girl turned my Dell OPtiplex Off. When tried to turn on the following message appeared on my dell monitor "In Power Saver Mode, Press any Key or Move the Mouse".
This didnt work.
BUT THE FOLLOWING WORKED:
1. Swiched CPU power off (But Monitor on - though blank )
2. Removed Motherboard battery(its like a watch battery but quite bigger)
3. Then Swiched th CPU on
4. On screen message ( the I pressed F1 on the keyboard) .
AND THE PROBLEM SOLVE. NOE THE MOUSE+ KEYBOARD+CPU+ MONITOR ALL WORKS OK IN LESS THAN 2MINUTES .
I'M HAPPY NOW , NO NEED TO PAY �80+ TO REPAIRERS TO FIX.

sonny - Apr 30, 2009 4:43pm BST

Graphics card needs replaced,that was my problem and it works fine now.

anonimoose1 - Oct 4, 2009 5:57pm BST

After trying to link my other PC to a laptop, this XP home edition Dell unit went to a "power save" mode. Nothing I have tried has given me any kind of a screen, and I'm wondering what could have happened, and what i could do to remedy the situation. This incident is rather humbling, since I always considered myself to be somewhat computer smart.

cristian Feb 9, 2009 10:20am GMT

i have same dell as u and is only 3 months old,this ''power save '' mode is really annoying,if u got a solution to this problem pls,pls,pls, tell me how u do it,thank you very much,
cristian email me at eross4everyone@yahho.com

thanks and hope to solve this isssue

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UFO - Feb 13, 2009 4:03am GMT

Been fightin this and numerous other issues reinstalling XP. F*CK Dell. Thier "support" sucks. This is this first and last I ever buy.

uduman › UFO - Feb 16, 2009 9:32pm GMT

I don't think this a Dell problem or any hardware problem. I have a mish-mash PC with an LG monitor and everything was working fine until a couple days ago.

For all those who are having this prob try this: when the machine goes into power save and does not respond to mouse action or any keys, try your NUMLock or CAPS Lock. Do the corresponding lights on the keyboard react? Mine does not. So I don't think it's a monitor issue. If I hit the restart button on the PC and when prompted go into safemode. It loads fine and I do a restart from here. The machine boots up perfectly fine. But If I shut it off, the next time I turn it on it will go into Power Save mode just before the desktop loads.

This all leads me to believe it is a software issue (or possibly the board battery that was suggested) - possibly a recent Windows update or Norton update (ohh how I hate Norton!).

I just want to see if other people are having the exact same issues as me.

AKAnthropus › uduman - Feb 17, 2009 4:22am GMT

Yes, my problem is exactly the same as yours. After a lot of research I think what happened is that somehow my power supply was unable to handle Far Cry 2 multiplayer and something overheated somewhere, thus damaging the power supply or the graphics card itself (the problem developed somewhat gradually). Safe mode likely works because it's not using graphics card or the power supply to it's full capacity. I'm not sure which part is faulty, but I'm going to swap out my power supply with one from another Dell (same wattage, 375) and see what happens. If that doesn't solve the problem, I'll spend a bunch of money on a new graphics card. I'll post my conclusions here, but it could take a few days (work and baby take priority).

uduman › AKAnthropus - Feb 17, 2009 1:47pm GMT

OK, good luck and I look forward to your progress.

I went to ATI's website yesterday and noticed they had a new version of Catalyst Control Centre which was released on Jan 31/09. I installed it but that didn't help.

uduman › AKAnthropus - Feb 17, 2009 3:39pm GMT

I think I fixed it!

I had a look inside the case and noticed quite a lot of dust on the CPU fan and heatsink. I took it off and gave it a good cleaning. Also, cleaned the power supply fan and vents which had dust caked in it as well. Popped the vid card out to make sure there wasn't any dust in the contacts and reseated it. Popped out the memory and cleaned any dust near the contacts (I had a problem with this in the past). Put everything back together and have had 2 successful cold starts! Funny thing, I've been sayingto myself for months that I should get in there and clean check for dust buildup.

Before you spend any $$ on new parts give this a try and please post your findings.

Good luck!

uduman › AKAnthropus - Feb 17, 2009 3:46pm GMT

I think I fixed it!

I took a look inside the case and saw quite a lot of dust on the CPU fan and heatsink. I took it apart and gave it a good cleaning. Also cleaned the power supply fan and vents which were dusty as well. I popped off the vid card and made sure there was no dust in the contacts and reseated it. Did same with memory. I put the vacuum into every corner of the case and sucked up all the crap. Put everything back together and have had 2 successful cold starts! I also noticed my CPU temp was 38* last night and now it's 30-32* Not sure what is normal but at least it's running cooler. That can never be a bad thing ;)

Before you spend $$ on new parts give this a try and please post your results.

Good luck!

AKAnthropus › uduman - Feb 18, 2009 7:28am GMT

That may have been my problem. I thought cleaned all the dust out of my computer a few months ago, before this problem developed, but while I was trying to change out my power supplies last night, I found a fan I had missed which was pretty clogged up. I was unable to switch power supplies due to differing connections between the two units. I think unclogging the latest fan would have been the solution, but the damage has been done already, so I'm going to replace the graphics card.

guest › AKAnthropus - Feb 21, 2009 6:08pm GMT

before you go spending money try this answer on this link for vista if your using XP then go into settings/control panel power settings and set all of them to never then you are sorted

www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/disable-power-management-on-windows-vista/ -

http://www.puredeadgallus.com

AKAnthropus › guest - Feb 25, 2009 5:41am GMT

Too late, I had already ordered the new card, but I tried these things a while ago anyway and they didn't work. My new card arrived and I installed it tonight and it looks like my analysis was correct. Overheating due to too little power supply or due to too much dust in a fan (or likely a combination thereof) blew out something in the graphics card. Installing a new card seems to have resolved the issue. I certainly wouldn't recommend doing this as a first step though, since so many other people have found other solutions that worked. If anyone is interested, I purchased an EVGA Nvidia GeForce 9500 GT, mainly because it only requires a 350 Watt power supply and my Dell XPS 400 has a 375 Watt PSU. My old card was a GeForce 6800.

trence5 › uduman - Jul 31, 2009 12:58am BST

In response to your question about any of the lights yes, my caps lock light does come on, heck this past time it did it the sound of the os booting on even still played but I still I had to press and hold the power button and then turn it on again to get a display. this is weird indeed.

power save issues › uduman - Jul 31, 2009 9:18pm BST

I have the exact same problem i just blew it out with some air hopefully itll work. Keboard lights do not respond, its already on power save when i turn on. good luck

WonderWoman › uduman - Oct 29, 2009 6:56pm GMT

Uduman, Mine started this POWER SAVE MODE right after my Norton Updating! Hadn't been on my computer in over a month and when it was time to do all this downloading and updating with the Norton Virus Definitions, that's when I started seeing this POWER SAVE MODE ACTIVATE WITH PC but how can I do that when there is no keyboad working or no mouse. I thought I would respond to your comment about updating with Norton because it was right after that I started having this POWER SAVE MODE on my monitor.

cherrybomb › UFO - Jul 24, 2009 5:32am BST

i held down the eject button while i restarted it and it worked fine thank God. :) phew.

KALAS4 Dec 3, 2009 4:15pm GMT

I'm also typing to say that I have the exact same problem as the original poster as well as many of the other commenters. I have a "Dell Core2 Duo inspiron 530" with a "Dell SP2208WFP(Digital) monitor" using the Vista OS, which I got new on Sep. 2008. This "auto detect 2: entering power saving mode" problem has been happening to me at random times ever since I got this computer, so age is not a factor. A few months ago, Dell replaced my "ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT"
video-card with the exact same model--their warranty does not cover using a different model for a replacement-- but the problem still continues.

I have, however, noticed some trends before this problem occurs. This seems to often occur when attempting to upload an image while publishing a WordPress blog. Sometimes this will occur when I simply try and publish a WPress entry with only text. This "black screen of death" (my own nickname) sometimes occurs while I'm listening to streaming FM radio from an online FM radio station using one of their built-in players. It also seems to ocassionally occur when I am using my Zune software or plug in my Zune for charging.

With all this in mind, might my problem be related to "Flash" software? Or javascript? I'm just guessing here so any insight would be greatly appreciated.

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Big Dog - Dec 4, 2009 4:58pm GMT

I have tried everything on this board and others to no avail, just tried every setting and then some but I seemed to have solved this thing at last by discovering an "Audio Power Save" setting accessible only via the monitor settings on my DHell S2409W. By changing this from "On" to "Off" I haven't had a sudden shutdown in a couple days, knock on wood. I use a dual set up and I presume my older DHell is not a part of this mess as I'd never encountered it in the years previous.

Why this suddenly began even though this monitor is a few months old I don't know, but I did update some nVIDIA, Logitech and other drivers over the holiday around the time it began. Also perhaps of note, I had rolled back the nVIDIA driver trying to solve this and have not yet reinstalled, but I will be trying that and checking the Audio Power Save setting and going from there, although it's mighty tempting to quit while behind/even, but I did like those new nVIDIA menus.

The thrill of the troubleshoot! You just can't have these babies shutdown a couple times a day for no reason, especially with no answers or support anywhere amongst the manufacturers. Sheesh.

Good luck to everyone suffering from this nasty nuisance,

Big Dog › Big Dog - Dec 11, 2009 12:22am GMT

Update:

Not sure if Audio Power Save was the fix or not, after a few days and some tweaking the issues returned and some new ones too, including mouse freezing and screensaver crashes. Also got reboots that did not hang.

Have identified the cause as hardware acceleration setting differences between Windows and UltraMon on my dual monitor set up. If you're not careful, you can set up each monitor with a different hardware acceleration rate, which can create mischief at a variety of times, depending on how different the settings are from each other.

dellmania 17Posts September 11, 2008Registration date Dec 17, 2008 2:35pm GMT

This might be due to a hardware conflict. I had that once and my brother repaired it by getting the motherboard out and fixing it back again together with a lot of other stuff but if this is a DELL that you just got, you should be provided with customer support. Either call or email them your problem dude.

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Definer Dec 18, 2008 6:30am GMT

Thanks, I did send them an e-mail before, but apparently this Premium Support thing I should be getting isnt all that great since I didn't get a reply yet. I will call them right away when I have the chance to use a normal phone. Right now i only have mobile phones and those cost a load for that purpose.

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cell1 Jan 8, 2009 7:50am GMT

I recently purchased a new computer because my old one would not stop going in power save mode but while surfing today new one shut down and did same thing kept old moniter could this be my problem

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none - Dec 23, 2009 5:11pm GMT

hi mate, dont know if this helps but. i had this problem with a customers pc and after whole night working on this. it turned out to be a faulty power supply.

change your power supply and it should fix ur problem.

spikey Mar 4, 2009 8:55pm GMT

Same problem. I'm sure its the new LG monitor I just bought. Works fine with my old CRT monitor. Goes into power saving mode after approx half an hour and I can't get picture back. Sometimes does it on boot up just before windows comes on. I can hear windows loading in the backround via speakers. Seems to happen if there's a bit of a delay before windows loads but doesn't switch out of power saving mode when windows does appear. Very annoying. Could it possibly be a monitor problem? I guess best thing to do is check monitor with my regular PC. Will let you know.

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Sean O'Seamus O'Shaughnessy - Mar 18, 2009 11:00pm GMT

Dose of reality time... I tried all the above suggestions and then some. In all, I tried replacing (in this order) the video card, power supply, video cable, Ethernet cable, monitor, and motherboard battery. (Luckily my employer had a bunch of cannibalized parts on hand.) I vacuumed everything out thoroughly. I ran the Dell Diagnostics and all tests passed; still, the dreaded Power Save Mode would appear after just a few minutes of use, and the computer would become unreachable. Thus, none of the above worked for me... even though it was St. Patrick's Day, I had no luck o' the Irish :-( What DID finally work today was to take out the hard drive and slap it into an identical old machine (Dell Precision 450); in other words, I had to replace the whole computer, basically. (And the replacement is the one from which I had swapped the power supply!) So my assumption now is I had a bad motherboard all along and there was no hope for the former machine.

Jakey Mar 29, 2009 11:03am BST

UDUman its not a graphics card fault cause thats just dumb

*FIXES*
-Change BIOS Battery
-Clean Dust
-Unplug Monitor Cable
-Unplug All Of Tower

these have worked fine for me in the past so try it out

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nnnslogan Apr 29, 2009 1:53pm BST

There is no logical reason why dust would cause this problem. If it's being fixed by you disassembling and reassembling your PC, you're inadvertently fixing your problem in that process. It could be that disconnecting the power helped turn off the power save function. Maybe you reset the BIOS in the process. Maybe you firmly reconnected the video cable.

Disabling the power saving functions in the Control Panel seems the most logical solution to this problem. It's most likely a Windows issue, not a hardware issue. Microsoft is usually the culprit behind stupid problems of this nature.

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Nerd - May 1, 2009 2:57pm BST

There is a logical reason that it would be fixed by blowing out the dust in your computers. The CPU will cause the computer to shutdown when it overheats. It could overheat because the dust is clogging the various fans in the tower. Well, I guess whatever works

karoo May 3, 2009 7:43pm BST

Same problem - dusted, bought new HDD, replaced battery.
Windows XP power up in Safe Mode, power saving starts in normal mode. Also power saves when trying to install XP on newly bought HDD

Is there any way to interpret BIOS power information to read if power supply is the problem - replacing MB could not be the easiest solution.

Removed graphics card and ran on onboard graphics - problem is then immediate and not delayed - would that rule out the graphics card as the (a) cause of the problem?

Thanks.

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abahilel - May 7, 2009 4:42am BST

I have the same problem, a few seconds after i see the desktop when the it starts windows it goes straight into sleep mode.

But why in Safe mode there is no problem if it is a hardware problem?

abahilel › abahilel - May 9, 2009 4:15am BST

solved

changed my graphic cards now there is no problem

jewel › abahilel - Sep 25, 2009 6:49pm BST

when power is on.....hold power button down for 15 seconds....when it restarts.....then go to computer and to monitors....tell it not to shut off!

confused May 11, 2009 1:17am BST

The screen is blank and the none of keys on the keyboard or the mouse will bring me to another screen.
Rebooted, removed plugs and cables, cleaned then installed them again, no luck. The number lockk light is off and there is only one light on the tower. What do I do now?

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nunya binness - May 13, 2009 1:51am BST

I found that when I pulled the power cable out of my monitor and put it back in, that it reset itself!

Hope that helps.

Lee Jun 3, 2009 10:48pm BST

I'm having the same issue except mine isn't coming on at all then going to the black screen, it just starts off that way. See, I just built me a computer today and I couldn't afford a decent monitor this month so I decided to use my Dell monitor. I'm on my Dell now but I'm trying to use this monitor in the computer I just built which is this one right here -> http://www.tigerdirect.com/... its obvious everything is brand new because its a barebone kit. I have my monitor hooked up into a graphics card and not to the DVI-D on my motherboard because I don't have the right cord/piece that would fit into it. My monitor version is a Dell E773s. If anyone can help me please contact me at kiq.roqz.graphiqz@hotmail.com or my website at Asilee.com

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wasim Jun 16, 2009 5:09pm BST

computer turns on in power save mode
>power drain did not work
>reseated the cmos battery did not work
>dosent go to BIOS nor to hp invent screen
>it boots up to power save mode
>its an HP computer

what to do in this case can some one help ? what might be the issue ?

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selva Jun 26, 2009 2:05pm BST

friends...even i have the same problem...just like u all ,my pc goes into standby mode frequently at irregular times...sometimes even my keybord stops responding or characters like 5,6 or' are appearing on the address bar and other editors....i have tried reinstalling OS(win xp sp2) and once i reinstalled,pc is working fine for some moment and the prob starts occuring again...but my pc is working fine in safe mode...Itz very very annoying...i'm facing this prob for more than 5 months...plz help me

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Maddog Jul 7, 2009 11:02pm BST

Having the same issue. I have a fairly new (2 months old) motherboard, power supply, memory and video card. All worked fine until recently when my old HD crashed. So I had to get a new HD and install everything. Being that everything worked perfectly fine prior the the HD crash, I'm putting my money on software. It's the only factor in my case that changed.

My PC is going into powersave while I'm in the middle of things. The capslock/numlock are unresponsive along with my mouse and keyboard. My wife tells me that her YIM says I'm typing a message so who knows what is really happening with the PC. Being the only thing that changed is the software - guessing it has to do with some new updates. If anyone knows of a solution please respond.

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nex76 Jul 14, 2009 7:20pm BST

I have the same problem with my HP, when I turn it on it goes straight into power save mode. It lets me get into BIOS, so I disabled the power saving mode and still doesn't work. Could it be that the hard drive is bad? I tried the same hardrive in another computer and it does exactly the same thing. So that discards any problems with the video card, BIOS battery, dusty components... what else is there to do?

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vista sucks Aug 19, 2009 12:44pm BST

This is not a problem with hardware, it just the vista / MS problem just disable all power saving option. you will not get this issue again. Particularly Vista users you may get this problem very often and hell with vista they dont mind to fix it.

I think its better to use microsoft products in future if they keep their reputation like this.. Unfortunately I had only option to buy vista when i choose my laptop with DELL. this is totally unfair as i know VISTA SUCKS very much.

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vista sucks - Aug 19, 2009 12:47pm BST

SORRY ABOUT THE TYPO ERROR .. I MEAN TO SAY IT BETTER NOT TO USE MICROSOFT PRODUCTS

vista sucks - Aug 19, 2009 12:47pm BST

SORRY ABOUT THE TYPO ERROR .. I MEAN TO SAY IT BETTER NOT TO USE MICROSOFT PRODUCTS

denny Sep 8, 2009 7:12am BST

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Girl - Sep 27, 2009 1:13am BST

I'm having the same problem, as everyone else on here is. I had someone look at my tower and they fixed some problems that it had, but when I brought it home to see if the problem was fixed, I got nothing. Everything was running fine when he showed it to me hooked up to his monitor and he had even left it on for several hours to make sure it worked fine. Now I'm starting to think that the problem is with the monitor, because I keep getting the same three messages: "1. Auto Detect Analog Input, 1. Auto Detect Entering Power Save, 1. Auto Detect In Power Save Mode Press computer power button or any key on keyboard or move mouse", when I try to press a button or move the mouse it does absolutely nothing, the monitor just goes black and then it turns off, meanwhile the HD is on, the fans running and the CD drive opens and closes when I press the button. Everything is on except for the monitor. Please help! I don't know how to make it work, I already saw that it works fine with another monitor, how do I get it out of power save mode?? It doesn't respond to any keyboard commands.

RB › Girl - Oct 28, 2009 8:57pm GMT

Did anyone get this fixed without h/w replacment, i'm convinced its a monitor issue (LG) as so many other people (Googlei it) have power save problems with the same symptoms.

sai › RB - Nov 11, 2009 2:12pm GMT

Hi,
Here is my case (same results as everyone):
I had a problem with my old Graphic card (G-force 5200) and I replaced it with new one (G-force 440).
The new one worked once and on the reboot it entered the same "Saving power mode"...
I erased all drivers for the new one installed the older one and it worked.
Is the LG screen "allergic" to G-force 440" ? or may be to more graphic cards ?

Gary › sai - Dec 10, 2009 1:07am GMT

I had a similar problem. It started after my old Dell CRT monitor gave out and I got a flat screen LG HD monitor. It would go to sleep, and not come back. No key would bring it back. The Num lock and Caps Lock both worked from key input. The hard drive would run but the only thing that would bring the monitor back was a reboot.

Dell Dimension 4600 P4 2.8ghz
Nvidia Geforce FX 5200 (Dell Card)
LG W2361(analog) Monitor
Windows XP Pro. Reinstall from a non-Dell windows disk.
Video card drivers from windows or found online instead of from Dell

I reinstalled drivers from Dell for this card after a crash and error notices that I had incompatible drivers. This helped with other things but did not stop the monitor shut downs and reboots.

I did not replace the system battery.

I shut off all screen saver power functions to never (turn off monitor, turn off disk drives, and system standby).

I finally sat down and researched it a bit and found this thread. I installed the monitor drivers that came with the LG monitor. I was previously using the display plug and play drivers from Microsoft.

I also installed the ForteManager software that came with the LG.

This fixed the problem completely.

I haven't tried turning the power saver functions back on yet. Will try that next and let you know.

PS I had previous heat problems with the CPU (Not the video card) and installed a cooling fan on the CPU cooling fins. The whole machine shut down when the CPU would overheat during intense activity like reinstalling Windows XP. I also leave the card slot opening cover off the slot below the video card so are is drawn in over the card processors heat sink. It stays pretty cool that way.

Gary › Gary - Dec 10, 2009 2:21am GMT

It wakes up just fine now from all screen saver power modes (screen saver, not really a power saver mode, monitor shut down, disk drive shut down, and stand by system). Works like it is supposed to.

Matt › Gary - Dec 12, 2009 5:26am GMT

im having an issue here , whenever i am playing one of my online games my monitor shuts off and says something about Power Save mode press any key, i do this and nothing happens so i have to restart my computer and it this happens every 15 minutes , anyone else have this problem or help?

Eric › Matt - Dec 12, 2009 7:20pm GMT

I would really try the MB battery replacement that has discussed. I've been battling the same problem for months. Today I replaced the MB battery for $4.99 and, knock on wood, I think it's fixed.

Seryan › Girl - Jan 11, 2010 4:00pm GMT

I have a Dell Inspiron 530. When starting up my machine, the fans start up for a few seconds then shut down again along with the blue power light which comes on and goes off along with the fans. It tries this about three times by itself. Finally the blue power light comes on and stays on, the red light beneath my mouse comes on but my monitor enters power save mode. I've tried replacing the monitor but both monitors do the same thing. I can turn the machine off by holding the power button for a few seconds. I've disconnected everything from the computer except my keyboard and mouse.

On the few occassions I can get the machine to start up it attempts to run a Start Up Repair but still seems to get stuck on that.

I'll try opening up my machine tonight to see how much dust is stuck in it. Am I safe enough to go ahead and do this without any sort of equipment for grounding myself etc? (something my Dad once told me I should do before poking about in a computer??).

Any suggestions or help would be greatfully appreciated. Thanks.

laughoften › Seryan - Jan 19, 2010 9:06pm GMT

Just wanted to post which 'fix' worked for me. I couldn't get Dell monitor (only 9 months old) to get out of power save mode. I unplugged computer, held computer monitor power button for about 10 seconds, let go, then plugged stuff back in, the turned computer on. At first it didn't work, so I tried again, and it worked. ;)

Sparky › Seryan - Feb 25, 2010 3:31am GMT

Was wondering if you ever resolved your issue? I am having EXACTLY the same issue on my Dell Inspiron 530 as well....Fan starts and stops, starts and stops, starts again before it finally boots. I have found that if I plug my monitor into the on board graphics it will work, but it is only in analog there (unacceptable to me). In that mode I don't detect the add on graphics card and can't do anything with the problem. I am at wits end and was hoping that maybe you had found out something and could lead me into another direction to look for a fix......

Thanks for any input

Veroflo › Sparky - Feb 26, 2010 8:38am GMT

Having same problem but using multiscreens.
I was using two monitors for several months, everything OK, now I decided to get a new LG Flatron instead of one of the monitors... and it goes in safe mode!!

Two screens plugged in:
Philips analogical working fine no problems.
New LG Flatron digital goes in power save mode after few minutes
Tried to plug in ONLY the LG, same problem after few minutes.
So it HAS to be a screen function or problem, don't you think so?

Computer: AMD + 3Ghz + 1,5 Ram + Win XP + Service P. 3
Graphic card: GeForce FX 5900 XT + updated driver and multiscreen function software
One Monitor Philips analogical plug + updated drivers and software
Other Monitor New LG Flatron digital plug + drivers and ForteManager software

Anyone with other good ideas?

mack › Veroflo - Mar 9, 2010 3:55pm GMT

i think its a conflict with monitor and video card cause after i uninstalled video card i plugged my monitor back into default monitor port booted it up everything reset reinstalled card everything is fine now i think it has something to do with maybe the twin view i dunno but it worked for me

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