My Computer is stuck in power save mode.

pip564 · 10-10-2006, 07:56 PM

Hi I'm new here and know absolutely nothing about computers. 2 days ago my computer wouldn't come on after I had shut it down. The light comes on and the cd/dvd drives will open and close. But, the monitor says it is in power save mode and the mouse and keyboard do nothing to get it out of power save mode. A friend of mine told me to hit the f8 key a couple times and this worked. It got me back up and running as if nothing was wrong. I did a virus scan and no viruses were found. Everything ran smoothly until I tried to turn it on last night. Exact same problem only this time the f8 key does nothing. Does anyone know what the problem is?

**koala** · 10-11-2006, 07:21 AM

Hi, welcome to TSF

Tap the 'delete' key as the computer is booting. This will take you into the BIOS menu. Use the cursor keys to navigate to the Power options and disable power management.

Reboot into Windows (or safe mode if necessary) and go to Control Panel > Power Options and set 'Turn off monitor' to never.

Harley Babe · 10-26-2006, 08:51 AM

mine is set to Never, what else could be the problem??

dai · 10-26-2006, 04:05 PM

see if you can borrow a stronger power supply to try in it

**Done_Fishin** · 10-31-2006, 02:42 PM

make sure that it doesn't think it's a laptop .. unless it is!

It could be that it has gone into hibernation mode and might need a special key sequence to bring it out .. I hate that mode since I could never find the right key sequnce, hence I don't allow that to happen to my PC's .. disabled at birth!

10-10-2006, 07:56 PM	#1 (permalink)
pip564 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1 OS: WINXP	My Computer is stuck in power save mode. Hi I'm new here and know absolutely nothing about computers. 2 days ago my computer wouldn't come on after I had shut it down. The light comes on and the cd/dvd drives will open and close. But, the monitor says it is in power save mode and the mouse and keyboard do nothing to get it out of power save mode. A friend of mine told me to hit the f8 key a couple times and this worked. It got me back up and running as if nothing was wrong. I did a virus scan and no viruses were found. Everything ran smoothly until I tried to turn it on last night. Exact same problem only this time the f8 key does nothing. Does anyone know what the problem is?

10-11-2006, 07:21 AM	#2 (permalink)
koala Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK Posts: 11,211 OS: XP/7/Ubuntu My System	Hi, welcome to TSF Tap the 'delete' key as the computer is booting. This will take you into the BIOS menu. Use the cursor keys to navigate to the Power options and disable power management. Reboot into Windows (or safe mode if necessary) and go to Control Panel > Power Options and set 'Turn off monitor' to never. __________________ New members: Subscribe to your thread (Thread Tools) to receive an instant email notification when you get a reply. TSF Folding@Home Team 85015 - details here Last edited by koala; 10-11-2006 at 07:22 AM.

10-26-2006, 04:05 PM	#4 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 53,565 OS: vista 32x 64x ultimate retail	see if you can borrow a stronger power supply to try in it __________________

10-26-2006, 08:51 AM	#3 (permalink)
Harley Babe Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 16 OS: Windows XP	mine is set to Never, what else could be the problem??

10-31-2006, 02:42 PM	#5 (permalink)
Done_Fishin Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brit living in Greece Posts: 6,526 OS: WinME, WinXP Pro SP3, Win7 Beta, Ubuntu 9.04 & Netbook Remix & CD2USB, Mepis 6.5, Fedora 10 My System	make sure that it doesn't think it's a laptop .. unless it is! It could be that it has gone into hibernation mode and might need a special key sequence to bring it out .. I hate that mode since I could never find the right key sequnce, hence I don't allow that to happen to my PC's .. disabled at birth!