I have a dell dimension 4600 computer. I usually put the computer in sleep mode when I am not using it. Usually I press the ESC button and the computer wakes up. All of a sudden, the monitor won't wake up and stays black. I've done a hard boot on the computer numerous times since there's nothing on the screen. The monitor power button just blinks like its sleeping. Suggestions?

If its truely in sleep mode, and won't come out of sleep mode. Unplug the computer from its power, hold the power button down for 5-15 sec, then wait 2-5 full minutes. Then plug it back in, and turn it on.
If that doesn't work it is NOT stuck in sleep mode. Most dell computers I've worked with the caps go out in the power supply and/or the motherboard. I would next clean out the computer with canned air, check the caps on the motherboard, and in the power supply. If there are any bad caps, replace them, and it should fix it. Hopefully though the above paragraph fixes your problem.

The BIOS information is typically found at or near the top of the POST screen for a very short time ALR PC non / PCI = CTRL+ALT+ESC AMD advanced micro devices=BIOS = DEL Award BIOS = DEL Dtk Datatech Enterprises Co. BIOS = ESC Phoenix BIOS = CTRL+ALT+S Phoenix BIOS = CTRL+ALT+INS Restart your computer during the boot process you will see on the screen to press a certain key usually Delete or F2 to enter setup
this will differ depending on which bios you have Press and hold that key during the boot up process to enter BIOS if you have changed any of the BIOS settings by mistake you can load failsafe or optimised defaults using the arrow keys you can after you make any changes in BIOS press Esc then press the F10 button save to cmos to restart CMOS is an on-board semiconductor chip powered by a CMOS battery inside computers that stores information such as the system time and date and the system hardware settings for your computer.. this will reset your cmos

What are you trying to do ?
Restart your computer

During the boot process you will see on the screen to press a certain key to enter setup usually the Delete or F2 key
this will vary depending on your computer and operating system

Press and hold that key during the boot up process to enter BIOS using the arrow keys load failsafe defaults or load optimized defaults press escape then press f10 to save to cmos to restart

this will set the boot order


if this fails you might try some of these

Acer: - Ctrl+Alt+Esc

ALR PC: (F2) or (Ctrl)(Alt)Esc)

AMI BIOS: (Del), (F1) or (F2)

AST, Advantage, Award, Tandon: - Ctrl + Alt + Esc

Award BIOS: (Del) or (Ctrl)(Alt)(Esc)

If you need more help with this or if i have missunderstood the problem post a reply

Hope this helps

Push your On Button to take it out of the sleep mode

Make sure your computer's screen resolution is fine for that when you power up the computer press F8 key 5 to 6 time untill you can see safe mode and other menu if you are able to see safe mode then enter in enable vga mode then enter as admnistrator go to control panel->display property ->settings change screen resolution to 1024*768 then apply and restart it.Let me know if you need further assistance.Thanks for using FixYa.

Hi there, it appears as though the Power Options are set too short a time and the PC is going into sleep mode. Go to Start menu/Control Panel and look for Power options. Set them all to "never" This will prevent her PC from going into sleep mode. Good Luck.

you need to press the

ctrl + F11 as soon as you see the Dell logo screen when you turn on the computer.

the trick is. as soon as you turn on the computer, press and hold on the ctrl key then keep tapping the F11 key.

u try to just hold in power button shut down all way for min then back on

1. make sure the connections are tight.
2. restart ur system..on dell logo press f2 key..
3. once in the bios screen...press num lock caps lock and scroll lock..make sure all 3 are on
4. press alt and e together
5 press alt and f together
6. press esc
7. select save changes and exit
ur system will restart...it should make the dvd rw get detected

usually, to get a PC out of sleep mode, you either press the ESC key, press the power button a bit quickly, or press the sleep key agian. It really depends on the system. Try any of those to see if it helps.

-Chad