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laptop screen turned black but laptop still running
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@ducatichick,
You are right about it not being good for the laptop. Since ist in warranty, best get it changed.
You are right about it not being good for the laptop. Since ist in warranty, best get it changed.
POSSIBLE SOLUTION for screen going black!!
My Girlfriend's Toshiba Satellite A75 screen started flickering once in a while for a few weeks and eventually went out. It would boot up and would be working fine until the Windows start-up screen started, then it would display nothing but the backlight. but it would still load up to the sign-in screen (I only know this from the usual sounds of it booting up). I took it back to where we bought it and the service guy claimed that it was a twisted wire and said he fixed it. but as soon as we got back home it still happened. I eventually took the laptop apart and looked for myself. and found nothing out of the ordinary.
As I was putting it all back together I saw what the problem was....the additional RAM that I installed had become loose. I took it out and put it back in and the machine ran perfectly. Hopefully this helps someone before they take it somewhere and they charge you $80 for a half hour of work to tell you the wrong solution.
My Girlfriend's Toshiba Satellite A75 screen started flickering once in a while for a few weeks and eventually went out. It would boot up and would be working fine until the Windows start-up screen started, then it would display nothing but the backlight. but it would still load up to the sign-in screen (I only know this from the usual sounds of it booting up). I took it back to where we bought it and the service guy claimed that it was a twisted wire and said he fixed it. but as soon as we got back home it still happened. I eventually took the laptop apart and looked for myself. and found nothing out of the ordinary.
As I was putting it all back together I saw what the problem was....the additional RAM that I installed had become loose. I took it out and put it back in and the machine ran perfectly. Hopefully this helps someone before they take it somewhere and they charge you $80 for a half hour of work to tell you the wrong solution.
Wow! when i read this i was amazed. I have the EXACT same problem. I have a toshiba laptop and the screen turns black but the computer is still on. I think it is more a problem with the brand of the computer. It has already happened to me twice today. I usually turn it of by pressing the on button though. 
I have to tell everyone that I never thought in a million years that would work. I had the same problem and I took the battery out and held the power botton for 20 seconds and my sreen came back to life. Thanks for the helpful post. It really works!!
Scotty
Scotty
I am having this problem also, only I had something totally different happen ...just before it went black...
I have an acer spire 3100 and yesterday when I opened my laptop to use it, my desktop screen was devided into 4 seperate squares..this never happened before so I rebooted it and I could hear windows running, but a completely black screen...any suggestions?...i have tried taking the batter out and holding down the power button for 60 seconds then replacing the battery and restarting...stil I can only hear windows' little opening sounds..just a black screen.
will teh fan posibly need cleaning?..will system restore maybe help?...im lost...please help.
I have an acer spire 3100 and yesterday when I opened my laptop to use it, my desktop screen was devided into 4 seperate squares..this never happened before so I rebooted it and I could hear windows running, but a completely black screen...any suggestions?...i have tried taking the batter out and holding down the power button for 60 seconds then replacing the battery and restarting...stil I can only hear windows' little opening sounds..just a black screen.
will teh fan posibly need cleaning?..will system restore maybe help?...im lost...please help.
i have a acer aspire 5920 and have tryed the above methods but it did not work for me i still get the black screen with the writing visible only when you use a flash light to shine on it, it has froze on microsoft corporation with the small box above flshing the green bars left to right as if loading, does anyone have any ideas as what the problem could be,thanks in advance.
The screen on my daughter's Toshiba Satellite A105 would not come on when she turned on her computer. I read the thread that said this-
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Turns out is something to do with excessive charge stored within the components of the laptop. In this situation there is a failsafe that will stop current going to different parts and being the screen uses more power than anything it is most often affected.
Unplug the power, take the battery out and hold down the power button for around 60seconds. This will release any excess charge built up in the machine. Put the power back in and turn on. That's it. You can also then of course replace the battery.
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Anyway, we did the "unplug the cord, take the battery out and hold down the on button for sixty seconds" and wala... It is working again.. Wow.. That is so cool..
jschert
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Turns out is something to do with excessive charge stored within the components of the laptop. In this situation there is a failsafe that will stop current going to different parts and being the screen uses more power than anything it is most often affected.
Unplug the power, take the battery out and hold down the power button for around 60seconds. This will release any excess charge built up in the machine. Put the power back in and turn on. That's it. You can also then of course replace the battery.
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Anyway, we did the "unplug the cord, take the battery out and hold down the on button for sixty seconds" and wala... It is working again.. Wow.. That is so cool..
jschert
I have an HP Pavillion laptop, and one day the screen was black. I rebooted and I could hear it start up and the Window's sounds, but cannot see anything. I hooked it up to another monitor, and I can see the Window's logo loading page, but nothing appears after that. I tried removing the battery, holding down the power thing, but that had no effect. I do see a bit of light behind the screen when I power on, so something is lighting up. It's not really visible.....I only notice it when I power on and power off. Any suggestions?
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Originally Posted by Justadash 
Hi.
I just found this post and have joined to answer it for any others with the problem who may also stumble across this site in search of an answer. I recently contacted Compaq with this problem which happened after my laptop crashed in the middle of graphics intensive apps' running.
Turns out is something to do with excessive charge stored within the components of the laptop. In this situation there is a failsafe that will stop current going to different parts and being the screen uses more power than anything it is most often affected.
Unplug the power, take the battery out and hold down the power button for around 60seconds. This will release any excess charge built up in the machine. Put the power back in and turn on. That's it. You can also then of course replace the battery.
Now there will always of course, be various reasons for your screen to fail etc but most will not allow your laptop boot with all lights on and all the little 'plink' noises you can hear which suggest the laptop has fully booted.
I hope this helps although I would imagine far too late for the person who posted the original problem
I just read this and tried it. I have an HP DV6000. I spent four hours on the line with HP and they had me try that. They decided it was a backlight issue. I found that it is cheaper to replace entire screen vs backlight. Just did that and screen still black. Any ideas out there?
Unplug the power, take the battery out and hold down the power button for around 60seconds. This will release any excess charge built up in the machine. Put the power back in and turn on. That's it. You can also then of course replace the battery.
I hope this helps although I would imagine far too late for the person who posted the original problem
But it wasn't too late to help me! Thanks so much for posting that.
I was panicking! My Toshiba is only a week old!
I hope this helps although I would imagine far too late for the person who posted the original problem
But it wasn't too late to help me! Thanks so much for posting that.
I was panicking! My Toshiba is only a week old!
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