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Monitor screen blacking out

Discussion in 'PC Hardware' started by stinkingdog101, 2008/06/07.

  1. 2008/06/07
    stinkingdog101

    stinkingdog101 Inactive Thread Starter

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    I have a Dell Inspiron Laptop 1000 running windows Xp. With Celeron 2.2 Ghz
    My problem is the screen goes black after no particular time. I can still communicate on IM so I know the computer is still actually running. The only way I can seem to get it to come back on is shutting off the computer and rebooting. While this is erradict it is very annoying. Any ideas ?
     
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    PeteC

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    At a guess I would say a hardware problem rather than a software problem - build up of heat - not necessarily a lot, causing the graphics chip to duck out or a connection somewhere between mobo and screen. May even be the backlight failing.

    Regardless you should reinstall the graphics drivers - get them from Dell website - and see if that cures the problem.
     
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    broni

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    Also, try monitor on another computer.
     
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    PeteC

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    Oops :)
     
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    broni

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    Oooops...LOL
     
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    But you could attach it to an external VGA monitor to see if issue still exists.

    Mike
     
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    Additionally I would reset the display by removing all Wallpapers Backgrounds and screen savers even change the resolution to a higher or lower save it then set the resoloutions back to what you want.

    As generic as possible.

    Power Mnagement is very important to a laptop!

    But turn off Power management, reboot and turn back on and recheck settings.

    Mike
     
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