| 4 merina, on Jan 16, 2009 10:46:54 am GMTHi,
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 ! | 5 mike12234, on Jan 19, 2009 3:30:57 pm GMTIt 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. | 6 snert, on Jan 26, 2009 3:43:33 am GMTThanks for posting this answer Mike. Even if it does not solve the original poster's issue, it has sure solved mine! |
| 8 AKAnthropus, on Jan 31, 2009 11:06:37 pm GMTI 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. | 9 thravrns35, on Feb 1, 2009 1:32:05 am GMTMy 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. | 10 Slick, on Feb 3, 2009 6:30:10 am GMTI 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. | 47 nord, on Aug 26, 2009 6:29:25 pm BSTSounds 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. | 48 nord, on Aug 31, 2009 12:16:20 pm BSTIt turned out to be the battery on the Motherboard.
Many thanks to this board for the help. |
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| 25 SAM, on Apr 20, 2009 2:09:57 pm BSTHai
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. |
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| 43 Bob123, on Aug 13, 2009 8:39:13 am BSTMike
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 |
| 60 brandon, on Oct 25, 2009 7:07:44 pm GMTI did wst u said and it still says power save mode wat do i do? |
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| 27 sonny, on Apr 30, 2009 4:43:44 pm BSTGraphics card needs replaced,that was my problem and it works fine now. |
| 56 anonimoose1, on Oct 4, 2009 5:57:22 pm BSTAfter 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. |
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12v out power switching module