After Sleep Mode, Laptop powers on but screen does not

[eriicc]

I know I'm new here so thanks for taking the chance to read this

I put my laptop in sleep mode before leaving to starbucks.
I open my laptop and press the power button
The internal fans start turning as well as the disc drive, but the screen remains blank.

I have heard that Windows 7 has multiple issues with the sleep mode, and I'm pretty sure laptop is now stuck in hybrid sleep??

Also, I noticed that there is a hotfix for this provided by microsoft, but I would have no way to use this since my computer cannot get stuck out of this. After Researching this, I heard some people taking out the battery and holding the power button down for 30 seconds, then running it off of a/c power. This too has failed me

Any help would be great,
And Thanks again for reading this post.

 

[Jonathan_King]

Welcome!

Is this a recurring problem, or did it happen once and you still power on the screen?

If you can use the computer, I would recommend updating your graphics drivers.

 

[eriicc]

I have no access to the computer or windows whatsoever.
This is a reoccurring problem and happens everytime I start the computer.

 

[Jonathan_King]

Can you try updating your graphics drivers?

 

[eriicc]

Like I said, That isn't possible because I have no access to windows or any power at all to the screen.

 

[Jonathan_King]

You may consider taking the machine into a repair shop. It sounds like your screen is dead. Can you confirm this by trying to navigate in the dark? For example, try typing your password in. Does it register?

 

[eriicc]

The screen isn't dead. I know that for a fact..
I'm almost sure it's a software issue because of the fact that I put my laptop into sleep mode.

The Drives Spin, There is power to the laptop, but it does not make any processes (ex. the traditional blinking light doesn't blink even though the power light is on.)

 

[gordug]

Try taking the battery out to simulate a power loss and then start it. Should try and start normally then.

 

[eriicc]

Try taking the battery out to simulate a power loss and then start it. Should try and start normally then.

Tried many times..
What I've been researching is that there is a 30 second fix that people with HP laptops that have similar problems are using
Baiscally you remove all power, battery and AC hold the button down for 30 seconds, plug ac back in and start up.. I have tried this over 10 times and yet again it still just turns the fans and moves the cd drive.

 

[Jonathan_King]

I must confess I do not fully understand your problem. When you reboot it, it does turn on, right? It only gets stuck with the screen off if you put it in sleep, am I correct?

 

[eriicc]

It turns on but the screen is blank the fans move, and the disc drive begins to spin, I have only put it in sleep mode once and this is my result. Again I am not able to reboot or do anything on windows, I am stuck in this phase

 

[Gakinchi]

Try these two steps first:

Plug in an external screen to any display input you have on your laptop to see if your VGA still works. Wait a couple of minutes, If you still receive a black screen from there, you should press your "Fn" key combined with the key with a display-icon on your keyboard.

Do a check if your LCD backlight-button / hibernation-button on you laptop is stuck or not if it's in vision.

 

[Jonathan_King]

It certainly sounds like a bad screen, if the screen never turns on, even after a reboot.

 

[eriicc]

Yeah but its not just the screen thats not working, it the processor itself, it isn't doing any computations such as the light does not flicker at all

 

[milindg2]

I have found something on some site that may be helpful in the 'black screen after wake up' issue.

It is so simple, it is ridiculous...may not work for everybody but works for me.

The problem seems to be that the display turns off due to some reason, everything else is working in the background. Just press the brightness increase/decrease button present on the keyboard (usually in the function keys at the top) and voila...the display is back and you can see the login screen just fine.

I am trying to find the reason for this but I used to power off my laptop and turn it on again every time earlier ...but now no need...I can just continue work where I left off.

Hope it helps.