Why is it when my flatron monitor is plugged in to my laptop, the flatron screen reads "power saver on" and then turns off???

This is most likely due to the computer itself is not functioning in and this is the typical reaction of a monitor that is powered on and not receiving a signal from the computer. What is the state of the PC when you turn it on? Any lights, fans do you get picture at all on the monitor before the power saver mode kicks in? Most likely scenarios

• Video card is bad on the computer
• Power supply is bad on the computer
• Motherboard is bad on the computer

P.S. Even if you have lights and fans working on the computer one of these three parts can still be bad. You can rule out the monitor by plugging it into your laptop and toggling the display (generally done by pressing the FN key and F7 or whichever F key has a screen icon on it)
Comment back for further troubleshooting. Thanks!

HI kissakiwi,

In the control panel's power option , you need to change the SYTEM STANDBY settings to never , and then the problem would be solved.

There are three options , turn of monitor, turn of hard disk and , system standby , if you select all of these three to 'never' then you won't have this problem.

Remember you can also change the settings via the screen saver tab when you right click and select properties on the desktop.

Let me know in case you have any queries. Hope this helps ...:)

personalize > screen saver > power management here you can turn off power saving and other settings

Most common failures in the LCD monitors are bad capacitors (bulging top/seal or leaking) in the power supply, blown fuses, failed inverter circuits (blown fuse, shorted transistors, shorted/open transformers), bad lamps (poor solder connections or worn out lamps). You will need to open it up and inspect the inside, see example of failed LG monitors to get some ideas what to look for: http://s807.photobucket.com/home/budm/allalbums
Post back what you see inside so we can guide you further and it will help out other people in the future also.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague
http://www.badcaps.net

right click on the desktop -- properties -- screen saver -- power -- turn off monitor select' never'.

change the setting in the screen saver option (Power)
or look in Power in control panel...also check the hybernation time

Go to desktop properties>screen saver option>power option & select the turn off monitor never.

check your powersaving options in windows>control panel>power options

there is a bunch of options in there that could make your monitor go into power saving mode.
also check your video card options and menu of the monitor itself all could possibly contain a sort of powersafe option.

most likely indicated with amount of minutes untill... either power off screen blank or screen saver.

before anything else... just try to check or diagnose if your video card is not defective..and you try also to use another computer to connect to identify the problem...

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