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GotWoodzy

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    Laptop screen goes black
    « on: January 08, 2009, 09:06:46 PM »
    I have an HP n5415 running Windows xp home. Just recently the screen on the laptop would just go black, with no warning or error. The laptop does not turn off I can hear and see that the harddrive is doing its thing, the lights are still on, I can open the cd drive, etc. I have tried to hook it up to the desktop monitor and it does the same thing. I can not run any anti virus software because it goes black to quickly. Anyone have any thoughts? Thanks Bill
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    JJ 3000



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    Re: Laptop screen goes black
    « Reply #1 on: January 08, 2009, 10:21:30 PM »
    Does the screen malfunction before windows loads?
    If you go into BIOS, does it do the same thing?
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    GotWoodzy

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      Re: Laptop screen goes black
      « Reply #2 on: January 08, 2009, 10:27:03 PM »
      Some times I see the windows logo, other times is does not get that far. I can get into the bios sometimes and it has gone black while I was in it.
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      JJ 3000



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      Re: Laptop screen goes black
      « Reply #3 on: January 08, 2009, 10:38:15 PM »
      Have you checked your power saving options in BIOS?
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      GotWoodzy

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        Re: Laptop screen goes black
        « Reply #4 on: January 08, 2009, 10:52:12 PM »
        No how do I do that? ???
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        Re: Laptop screen goes black
        « Reply #5 on: January 08, 2009, 11:09:27 PM »
        All BIOS screens are different. You use the arrow keys to navigate through the various menus. Your BIOS might look something like this:


        Notice the Power Management option?

        Or maybe it looks more like this:


        Do you see the Power option at the top of the screen?
        Find this in your BIOS and disable sleep mode. It may say something confusing like S1 or S3 mode. Just disable the power saving options and see if that helps you at all.
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        GotWoodzy

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          Re: Laptop screen goes black
          « Reply #6 on: January 08, 2009, 11:18:50 PM »
          I look in the bios under the power tab. There were two things listed.
          1. enable/disable docking options
          2. speed steps ?
          Nothing anywhere said anything about sleep mode.
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          GotWoodzy

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            Re: Laptop screen goes black
            « Reply #7 on: January 09, 2009, 08:15:24 PM »
            Anyone else have some thoughts or ideas that may help me? Thanks for your time. Bill
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              Re: Laptop screen goes black
              « Reply #8 on: April 14, 2011, 05:34:18 PM »
              Quote from: GotWoodzy on January 08, 2009, 09:06:46 PM
              I have an HP n5415 running Windows xp home. Just recently the screen on the laptop would just go black, with no warning or error. The laptop does not turn off I can hear and see that the harddrive is doing its thing, the lights are still on, I can open the cd drive, etc. I have tried to hook it up to the desktop monitor and it does the same thing. I can not run any anti virus software because it goes black to quickly. Anyone have any thoughts? Thanks Bill
              This same thing has happened to me---  Did you get an answer ?
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              Re: Laptop screen goes black
              « Reply #9 on: April 14, 2011, 05:55:20 PM »
              Quote from: chuffer on April 14, 2011, 05:34:18 PM
              This same thing has happened to me---  Did you get an answer ?
              You're replying to a thread that's over 2 years old!
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