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safe mode

Feb 15, 2010 5:45PM PST

Dell monitor stuck in safe mode

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Re: monitor in safe mode
Feb 15, 2010 5:49PM PST

I've never seen safe mode as a state of the monitor. Only as a state of the OS (like Windows XP). So please tell more.

Just a small experiment: what happens if you try another monitor?

Kees

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dell safe mode
Feb 15, 2010 6:10PM PST

Thought it wno 2nd onitor.
monitor. Second light on tower won't stay on. Message says "entering safe mode"

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Re: safe mode
Feb 15, 2010 6:40PM PST

Unluckily, lights on towers aren't standardized. Nor are OS'es. So without knowing what your OS is, and what that light means, it's difficult to say anything other than "it could be a hardware issue or it could be a software issue".

Kees