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black screen on laptop

  • 05-12-2011 1:06pm
    #1
    ANSI
    Closed Accounts Posts: 384 ✭✭


    Left laptop on overnight. In morning the screen was black and would not respond to any click or tapping on keyboard. Reboot fixed. Just wondered why this is. it in on ac power and turns off display after awhile but display should come back when mouse clicked/keyboard tapped?


Comments

  • #2
    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    It should. How long did you wait after pressing power to wake it back up? It could take a while, it wouldn't be instantaneous.


  • #3
    ANSI
    Closed Accounts Posts: 384 ✭✭ANSI


    chin_grin wrote: »
    It should. How long did you wait after pressing power to wake it back up? It could take a while, it wouldn't be instantaneous.
    i did not press power as power is set to shut it down if held down. i hit the keyboard and clicked the mouse button a few times. it takes a while yes but would usually hear a response straight away


  • #4
    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    ANSI wrote: »
    i did not press power as power is set to shut it down if held down. i hit the keyboard and clicked the mouse button a few times. it takes a while yes but would usually hear a response straight away

    You don't hold it down. You just press it once.


  • #5
    ANSI
    Closed Accounts Posts: 384 ✭✭ANSI


    chin_grin wrote: »
    You don't hold it down. You just press it once.
    yes i did that too very quick as long hold will shut it down. Only happened once. Other times left on over night was fine


  • #6
    westcoast1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32 ✭westcoast1


    You should NEVER hold down the power button to turn it off as this can cause data loss and/or corruption!


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  • #7
    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    westcoast1 wrote: »
    You should NEVER hold down the power button to turn it off as this can cause data loss and/or corruption!

    I never said hold it down. I said tap it. Tappa tappa tappa.


  • #8
    ANSI
    Closed Accounts Posts: 384 ✭✭ANSI


    westcoast1 wrote: »
    You should NEVER hold down the power button to turn it off as this can cause data loss and/or corruption!
    it is one of the ways i can do as per laptop book


  • #9
    Skerries
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,710 ✭✭✭✭Skerries


    seems normal to me, as said just hit the power button to wake it up
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  • #10
    ANSI
    Closed Accounts Posts: 384 ✭✭ANSI


    Skerries wrote: »
    seems normal to me, as said just hit the power button to wake it up
    that does not work, it happened again today, had to reboot


  • #11
    holcus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 104 ✭✭holcus


    reinstall your graphics drivers, I had same issue with my laptop. Latest drivers fixed the problem


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  • #12
    Nothingbetter2d
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,037 ✭✭✭Nothingbetter2d


    disable hibernation on your laptop's power saver settings.

    hibernation feature in windows has always been buggy at best.


  • #13
    ANSI
    Closed Accounts Posts: 384 ✭✭ANSI


    Nothingbetter2d wrote: »
    disable hibernation on your laptop's power saver settings.

    hibernation feature in windows has always been buggy at best.
    it is already disabled because on return the network adapter will not work and have to reboot to get on lan. have tried updating etc but still will not work


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