Ok so I have a Toshiba A105 s4284 that I just bought from a friend that bought it in january and it was working fine until just recently, all of a sudden the screen just goes completly black when I'm in the middle of something, I mean the computer doesn't shut off at all its just the screen. I've looked around on all the other forums trying to see if anyone else was having the same problem i was and I couldn't find anything. It doesn't just fade, it goes completly black, I've tried the fn + F5 key and that didnt work, I've jiggled the hinges to see if that was the problem and still nothing. When I shut the laptop it doesn't even go into stand by mode like it should its like the laptop froze. I've tried to run a virus scan on it and it gets to a certain number then the computer restarts or it goes black again. I'm good with computers but not that good so I have no idea as what to do, any help would be so much appreciated. Thanks in advance :)
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Jump to Posta 8 dollar can of compressed air ,to blow out the heat sinc and fan through the side is recommended to.
Jump to PostThe same problem occurs on all computers when a user is gaming for more than 3 hours. The virtual memory is eaten up and the video memory gets eaten up.
Save often. shutdown every two hours for a 15 minute coffee break.
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Jump to PostCould be a monitor problem, video card or an inverter problem. You have to get a spare external monitor and test it out.
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Jump to PostI would also try to uninstall and reinstall the graphics driver. After that blow out the inside with compressed aiir.
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