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CPU STUCK ON POWER SAVE

Jul 22, 2010 2:10AM PDT

I WAS GIVEN A DELL COMPUTER 1 1/2 AGO EVRYTHING HAS BEEN WORKING FINE UNTIL JUST ABOUT A WEEK AGO, MY COMPUTER FOR SOME REASON OR ANOTHER WENT INTO POWER SAVE MODE AND I CANNOT GET IT OUT OF IT. I HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE READ ONLINE BUT STILL THE COMPUTER IS STUCK ON POWER SAVE MODE. CAN SOMEONE HELP ME?

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Dell computer power mnagement problems....
Jul 23, 2010 10:35PM PDT

Do you know how many models of Dell computers are there - Desktops and Laptops....each may have a different power management system. Please provide some numbers so that we can find the exact model to work with. In the meantime,find "Power Management" [ Control Panel...The Tray...]and play with the settings...

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Stuck on Power Save
Jul 27, 2010 6:49AM PDT

Had this problem before but fixed it
I have this exact problem every time I move because when I put the computer back together, I always accidentally plug the monitor into the wrong place. My CPU has a spot at the top and a spot at the video card towards the bottom. The top one causes that problem; the bottom works perfectly. If you're sure yours is in the right place, you may have a problem with the video card, but I'd double check if I were you.

I hope this helps!

Brett M,
Windows Outreach Team