states---2: analog input  in power save mode press computer power button - or press any key on keyboard or move mouse--------- I tried pressing F8  an F2  to get into the BIOS but can not the message as STATED appears on the screen again---this has happened before and an out of state visitor fixed it   HELPIs this a D410 or XPS410 or some other model?

Do you have the system recovery set for this computer to perform a repair INSTALLATION?All Dells are F2 for BIOS entry at power up before Windows starts to load.  If this doesn't work, you're doing something wrong or keyboard is not working.Dell 410 xpsDid a google search deeper on the subject and it appears that Dell Monitors give this message when there is no video signal present, such as the computer itself is dead or video CARD or port is not passing a video signal to the display. As found at the link for 2006.

Has this display been tested on another computer to see if it works on a different system - or - have you tried a different monitor on this computer to see if another monitor will work?

If its found to be the computer with no video output, it can be caused by a number of problems: Video Card, Power Supply, Motherboard, RAM, etc.

You should see POST information or a Splash screen on boot up of the computer. Once we can get that we can start from there to dig further if the problem doesnt go away with simple display swap out or video cable swap out etc.

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