Help...power save mode!

[janitor53]

Tried to turn on my computer tonight and on the monitor it just says "display in power save mode". I punched the keyboard, etc.
After cooling down, I popped the case open, pulled out the CMOS battery for a couple minutes, unseated the video card for a couple minutes, and hooked everything back up. I'm still getting the same message. Does anyone have any other solutions? I'm out of ideas here.
Core 2 duo
2 gig RAM
evga 8800 vid card
running windows vista 64

thanks in advance.

 

[btcomm1]

Display in power save mode just means there is no video signal going to the monitor, Anytime I see that, the most likely causes are the video card, the motherboard or the ram. Do you have a spare video card you can use to see if you get any video? Have you tried 1 stick of ram at a time? Do you have another computer to test the video card in? I am assuming all the fans start up when you turn it on. Is that true?

Have you tried using the cmos clear jumper on your motherboard?

 

[janitor53]

you know what, I haven't used the CMOS clear jumper, I will go check that out. This is about a year old build and has been rock solid from day one. Parts can fail of course, worked completely fine yesterday. I'll check that jumper and report back.

 

[janitor53]

okay, I'm back, is the cmos jumper the same as the bios jumper? do i just need o take it of completely?

 

[janitor53]

well, I put the jumper in the clear position for a while and then switched it back. I'm still getting nothing. This is really frustrating.

 

[jackschmittusa]

Moving the jumper to the "clear" position is the same as taking the battery out. It removes power from the cmos chip.

What is the state of the computer when you try to turn it on? Any fans, lights come on?

 

[janitor53]

yep, fans and lights all come on. It just seems I can't get a video signal. Very frustrating.