dumb monitor question

[gunsmith]

I bought a new E machine PC @ Christmas time, I like it but my old roomie gave me a monitor.
some times after I put the pc on standby the monitor don't work, I get this funny message.
not funny haha but funny as in this sucks.
it says computer in power save mode use pc.
how do i use the durn pc if the monitor is in power save mode?? huh??
I move the mouse around and tap the buttons...nada...I had to turn it off at the power switch, which can't be good.
it's like a 400 dollar PC that i can not afford to replace right now.
I know jack stuffing about computers...help...I saw in the other thread about back up and the hand book says back up...what is this back up thing?...is that why my monitors sucking?

[TarpleyG]

What happens if you turn off the monitor itself and turn it back on?

OR...you can disable power saver in Windows...

>>right-click on your desktop background somewhere
>>click on "Properties"
>>click the "Screensaver" tab
>>click the "Power" button
>>in the "Power Schemes" tab under the "Settings for..." section, set everything to "Never"
>>click OK and OK again and you're done.

Greg

[gunsmith]

How I got the monitor to work was to turn off the monitor, then turn off the PC by flicking that switch on the power surge cord.
I left it off for 5 minutes then turned everything back on, that seemed to work.

I will try your suggestion tarp, thanks.