How To Overcome Lenovo Power Saving Mode SNAFU

Thanks Fingers, Derek & Jeff,

I had a very similar problem with our new Lenovo ThinkCentre M83. Left the computer and monitor on, and went home for dinner. Came back an hour later to a black screen. The computer was in apparent sleep mode. Had to keep pushing screen buttons, and eventually got the small transient floating blue banner “Power Saving Mode” and then black again. I kept trying to turn off the computer without luck (not knowing that the button needs a 6-second hold down). I checked all the cables, etc. If not for your post I wouldn’t have known what to do. Interestingly, after shutting down and rebooting, the computer went into Safe Mode, and then after starting normally after that, the Monitor kept cycling through blank coloured screens: red; green; blue; white; black. I had to reboot again to get past that. I’ve now set my power-off to NEVER and hope that I Never have to deal with THAT programmer’s lunacy ever again ! Aren