posted on May, 12 2007 @ 10:18 AM
This just started yesterday.
My laptop decided it would go into standby mode and wouldn't wake up. I shut it down and when it started back up, it appeared to be fine.
However, this morning when I started it up, the screen stayed black even though the power up function was working. There were quick flickers of login
information, a split second of the Compaq welcome screen before it went black again.
After getting upset and fiddling a bit, I found that if I repeatedly push the little switchy thing that gets pressed in when the unit is shut, that
the screen will come back on. I checked my Standby and Hibernation settings in Control Panel and they have not changed.
Any idea what is causing this and how I can fix it? I'm pretty handy, but have never taken my laptop apart. All my experience has been with my
desktop. I have no problem changing, adding and removing hardware in the desktop.