posted on December 31, 2008 02:57:21 AM new
I'm using a IBM Think Pad and today it started going black on me.
If I close the top and let it go into sleep mode when I open it again - it works for a few minutes (at first it was seconds) then it goes black again.
Everything seems to be working OK with the exception of this.
Anyone know what this could be?
It's as if it were going to sleep on it's own or something.
TIA
posted on December 31, 2008 04:33:34 AM new
Try searching for your problem at this troubleshooting site there is lots of information on solving problems
posted on December 31, 2008 08:04:11 AM new
I know nothing about the IBM Think Pad but that is exactly how my digital camera was working yesterday. I would turn it on and in a few minutes it would go dead. If I turned it off and back on the same thing would happen. It was weak batteries and when they were replaced t worked fine. Not sure if the Think Pad works on batteries but if so I would check them. -----o----o----o----o----o----o----o----o
“The illiterate of the future will be the person ignorant of the use of the camera as well as of the pen.”
Maholy-Nagy, Vision in Motion, 1947
posted on December 31, 2008 08:39:27 AM new
Thanks for the link Toni, I was able to find a local repair person but I have not call them yet. Hope I don't need to.
I have a external monitor hooked up now and it works fine.
Yes I tried the F7 key as the link the Toni sent suggested that as well. It didn't do anything.
It's a T40.
I'm going to let me DH check out some of these suggestions before I panic.
We're getting ready to go away for a long weekend and dragging this external monitor with me doesn't sound like a lot of fun but we do what we have to do!!!
Thanks everyone for the help - you guys are great.
posted on December 31, 2008 10:18:41 AM new
Hello,
Good luck with this, hopefully it is as others have stated and its just a loose LCD ribbon cable.
Otherwise its possible the monitor burned out.
You could check your Windows Device Manager to see what the Display Adapter you have is currently, then search for any updated drivers available for it.
posted on January 1, 2009 07:23:52 AM new
Thanks for more suggestions Chris.
I don't really think it's the monitor as it's bright when it's running. It doesn't fade out - just goes black. I think we have it narrowed down to a connection or maybe the battery is going.
At any rate I'm not going to worry about it today. Happy New Year all.
