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    Black Screen

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by dispute, Oct 15, 2004.

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    dispute Notebook Enthusiast

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    I got my first laptop a Acer Aspire 1681 WLMi. I am just having problems when I watch movies after a minute the screen goes black and I have to knock the mouse to get the movie back. I thought it might be the screen saver but it wasn't. Any ideas?

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    Venombite Notebook Virtuoso

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    It should be your Power Management settings either in the BIOS or in the Control Panel. It's probably set to turn off the LCD after a bit. Just goto the Control Panel and under Power Options you can make your changes. The DVD software should also have an option to stop the screen from going black (at least in PowerDVD).

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    Cheers mate. Will try it out when I get home. Should of brought my laptop to work [ :(]

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    That is definitely the issue. Many movie players switch the power management automatically when they;re in use, WinDVD does this. However, sometimes it doesn't switch back, so watch for that as well. Control Panel --> Power Settings

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    Yeah that fixed it. Cheers guys.

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