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why is emachines desktop booting into power saver mode?

by Apr 23, 2012 7:11AM PDT

First post in forums, cut a beginner some slack. Friend's computer.

Emachines ET1331G-07W
nvidia geforce 6150SE integrated
windows 7 home premium 64bit
amd athion II X2 250u dual-core processor
640 GB HDD
4GB DDR2 memory

its hooked up to Dell monitor via VGA. when computer turns on it doesn't show any of the boot up process, fans run, the keyboard and monitor lights flash green then the moniter goes yellow. if you press the moniter buttons it displays a message along the lines of 'moniter in power save mode, press any key or move the mouse etc.' but the mouse and keyboard are unresponsive, the mouse glows red but nothing happens. i haven't found an answer in my surfing.

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The Dead PC?
by Forum moderator Apr 23, 2012 7:16AM PDT
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&as_q=The+Dead+PC gives you and introduction to troubleshooting dead PCs.

There is no "answer" to be found according to some folk. I think some think they can fix this without swapping parts and for those folk, they get another PC or end up at a shop counter.
Bob
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by authoroncoke Apr 23, 2012 7:56AM PDT

Thanks, i'll have to ask him if he's okay with me pulling it open. quick clarification, when i turn the computer on, while the screen never does anything the power button light is lit, does that mean i can bypass the checking of the power supplys connection to the motherboard?

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Sorry
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Apr 23, 2012 8:01AM PDT

But asking to open the case means I would be returning this the next time I see them.

I have repaired thousands of machines over the years (my background is more embedded computing than PCs) and repair involves a lot of knowledge but the PC is simpler. We don't fix a board today. We swap it out.
Bob

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Issues Monitor etc
by Apr 24, 2012 1:33AM PDT

I had a similar scenario a couple of years ago (quite rare) it turned out to be the Monitor, that would be the first thing, try another monitor

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