Screen goes blank on laptop?!!

[jodipodi]

Anyone who knows a thing or two about computers would be greatly appreciated at this precise moment as my laptop screen keeps going off randomly, not the power just the screen! -ITS MY LIFELINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE HELP ME. Ive tried putting it in safe mode but it wont connect me to internet? :cry: xxx

 

[Ruth Mills]

If you move the mouse, does the screen come back to life? Does the screen only go off when left for a few minutes? If so then it's probably the power saving settings.

Although if from what you are saying it's totally random, then probably not. Hopefully not a loose connection or something nasty like that.

 

[loubylou]

I'm useless when it comes to PCs and laptops but my mate had this problem last week and went to pc world for advise,
they told her it was due to a static build up and to take out the battery for a few seconds then put it back in and turn on laptop again,
it worked, i don't understand it myself but its worth having a go hun, hth :hug:

 

[MINKUS]

What make of laptop is it? is it still under warranty?

is it when you move/tilt the screen or just randomly?

Done a virus check?

Amb x:hug:

 

[jodipodi]

It happens randomly, usually a couple of minutes after logging in. Just noticed that I still have an image its just so dark I cant see it can just see that its still there so not a total loss of screen. It also happens sometimes when I plug the ac adapter into it?!! God I cant cope lol......itll go off in a minute!

 

[Ruth Mills]

It happens randomly, usually a couple of minutes after logging in. Just noticed that I still have an image its just so dark I cant see it can just see that its still there so not a total loss of screen. It also happens sometimes when I plug the ac adapter into it?!! God I cant cope lol......itll go off in a minute!

Sounds like the backlight playing up then (there's a fluorescent light behind the LCD matrix in most laptop screens) - if there is still a really dark image then the LCD itself sounds like it's still working OK. So either the backlight coming to the end of its life, or a loose connection. Either way, sounds like it could do with a service, I think...

 

[jodipodi]

Thanks Ruth hun, you little computer techno geeky thing you! Lol, it goes straight off now when I plug the adapter in. Defo taking it to the PC pitstop before I have a malfunction of my own he he.... Thanks guys xx

 

[Ruth Mills]

Thanks Ruth hun, you little computer techno geeky thing you! Lol, it goes straight off now when I plug the adapter in. Defo taking it to the PC pitstop before I have a malfunction of my own he he.... Thanks guys xx

Thank you - and thanks for the compliment too

 

[del3]

I'm not going to undermine anything Ruth says,because I know absobloominglutly nothing about comps :lol: But this happend to me a few months back and my brother said it was the backlight.
Befor I had a chance to get it sorted my hubby cleand out all the bits of fluff and food :green: from a conection thingy ( when you close the lid part, told ya I'm not compy geeky :lol and hey presto it started working again.
Give it a try lol

 

[Ruth Mills]

I'm not going to undermine anything Ruth says,because I know absobloominglutly about comps :lol: But this happend to me a few months back and my brother said it was the backlight.
Befor I had a chance to get it sorted my hubby cleand out all the bits of fluff and food :green: from a conection thingy ( when you close the lid part, told ya I'm not compy geeky :lol and hey presto it started working again.
Give it a try lol

That's OK - you didn't undermine what I said anyway, as I suggested possibly a loose connection to the backlight

 

[jodipodi]

Hmmmmmm....only seems to be happening now when I plug in the adapter/power? Doesnt add up? x

 

[Ruth Mills]

Hmmmmmm....only seems to be happening now when I plug in the adapter/power? Doesnt add up? x

So it works on battery but not AC power? Now that's just weird! Unless your power management setup is spangled.

 

[jodipodi]

Well it wasnt before but it is now!!! W.T.F? As soon as I plug in the cord it goes off but not off altogether just black and u can barely make out the screen?......x

 

[Ruth Mills]

Well it wasnt before but it is now!!! W.T.F? As soon as I plug in the cord it goes off but not off altogether just black and u can barely make out the screen?......x

Am well confused now! I'd need to see it to figure out what was going on, even if it was something I could fix without needing a PhD in electronics!

 

[jodipodi]

Ruth hun I am as puggled as you are its still on the blink, just dont want to get shafted with a big bill from a computer place incase its something little lol. Never mind Im using it at the moment in battery mode and just keep charging it while its turned off so I dont get withdrawl symptoms! x

 

[marioned]

Back up everything NOW!!!!! you know what will happen, it'll go off completely, and then you'll b kicking yourself! xx

 

[jodipodi]

Thats easy to say I havnt got a flippin clue how to lol!? haha God help me Im useless x

 

[marioned]

I just mean, save all your pictures, documents, etc onto a cd/dvd/pendrive before they disappear, never to be seen again xx

 

[user 28883]

Any news on your laptop. Mine is playing up I'm on my computer now as I think mine is overheating and it just freezes. Sometimes screen blank sometimes goes as far as starting up then freezing.

 

[jodipodi]

Not yet love, just aint got the cash to put it in this week lol! Im a bit scared incase I get a huge bill for some made up technical problem! x