Any time I leave my computer unattended, it shuts down and the power light blinks on and off, It's a Dell but of course the warranty has expired. Please help!
2007-07-07 11:27:32 · 8 answers · asked by Shannon A 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Check your power management settings - it might be set to shut down after a certain amount of unattended time.
1. right click on your desktop away from everything, choose properties, screen saver tab, power management settings and have a look at what is selected.
2. Also check in your bios for the power management setting there - go into the bios - when you boot your computer there is usually instructions on how to enter set up on the first screen you see. usually it is delete, or F1, F2 , etc.
If all the power management settings are set okay and the computer keeps shutting down you might have an overheating problem which will also shut down the computer to protect it.
Good luck
2007-07-07 11:35:17 · answer #1 · answered by ms_Lila 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your computer is probably "hibernating".
You can adjust this setting in Windows XP by going to control panel, power options.
Then you can choose how often (if at all) you want the computer to "hibernate" or go to "sleep". This is a power saving function that does not totally shut down windows, but just pauses all of the functions.
2007-07-07 11:32:20 · answer #2 · answered by EEJ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Check your settings in Power Options via Control Panel.
2007-07-07 11:31:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it sounds like its a power setting problem
go to display properties click on screen saver
at the bottom of the block u should find a rectangle thats saids power click on it
thatll take u to power options properties
where it reads power schemes it should say home office if not change it by clicking on the arrow to the right
going lower down the page
where it said turn off monitor change it to never
turn off hard disk change to never
system stand by change to never
2007-07-07 11:41:11 · answer #4 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi. If you get your screen back when you move the mouse or press a key then this is normal if you have the power management set up this way.
2007-07-07 11:33:43 · answer #5 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to control panel and power options
and set hard drive to turn off 'never'
hope this help!
2007-07-07 11:32:23 · answer #6 · answered by jaseaka06 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just press the power button again an it shout go back to regular
2007-07-07 11:32:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
uh.. control panel, power options, change sleep in to off.....
2007-07-07 11:32:00 · answer #8 · answered by cao_boy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋