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Rant

Power Saving Mode

May 2, 2015 7:37AM PDT

This usually only happens when I play games like Minecraft, Diablo, Skyrim, etc.. And it only happens randomly, I could go days without it ever happening and sometimes it just doesn't stop doing it. But the problem is I get a black screen and a sign pops up saying it's entering the Power Save Mode and then it just goes back to staying black. Another thing is if there's sound on when it does this, it just turns into a long beep for around 5-10 seconds or until I turn the computer tower off. And that seems to be the only solution I can think of, to turn the tower off then turn it back on. The computer is still on or at least I think it is because the white light to the power button is still on. I've tried buying new chords for it and I've tried updating everything I could think of and it still does it.

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My bet is the PC is not showing that message.
May 2, 2015 7:42AM PDT

Many monitors show that message on loss of signal. It's rarely a cord issue.

Let's here more about this PC, canned air use and how old it is.
Bob

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hi
May 2, 2015 7:57AM PDT

I've had this computer for around 4 years now. It's an XPS 8300. The processor is XPS 8300 Intel Core i7-2600. And I don't know what you mean by canned air use. If you mean if I spray it out regularly with air, then no, I rarely do that.

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If it does it after a while.
May 2, 2015 8:04AM PDT

Google "How to clean your desktop PC." There are now 1,000s of videos and more on this.

If you feel uncomfortable doing such work, almost any shop can do this for you.
Bob