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    W3J Question: That fix for screen not turning on after closing lid?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by YakiSOBA, Nov 15, 2006.

  1. YakiSOBA

    YakiSOBA Notebook Geek

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    I think I read about it on the forums before, but couldn't find it when using the Search feature :/

    It was something about when you closed the lid to your W3J, and then opened in afterwards... the screen would just stay black?

    It happened to me today, and nothing I did would turn the screen back on. I had to hit the power button in the end, and restart the notebook :(
     
    YakiSOBA, Nov 15, 2006
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  2. mike105

    mike105 Notebook Guru

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    It does this to my A8Js also. When I close the lid for a while and re-open it, the lcd stays black no matter what buttons I press. Only way to turn the lcd back on is restart the computer.
     
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  4. Nrbelex

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    It's an Asus-wide problem. There's yet to be a true fix. Certain workarounds have been found (they can be seen in about 4342 threads on the topic), but nothing that fixes the issue.

    ~ Brett
     
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    Wraith of Vern Notebook Consultant

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    This started for me last night on my F3Ja!! Is there a fix at all for it besides a restart? Every time i shut the lid now it happens.
     
    Wraith of Vern, Mar 27, 2008
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    It depends on what version of Windows you are running. I had good luck fixing this issue in XP by downloading two hotfixes. These were available on Microsoft's site originally, but then I had to download them from the hotfix library. If I can find those links again, I will post them here for you to try and download. Like I said, they worked for me.

    For Vista, I never had that problem so I cannot comment.
     
    Rosemarycane, Mar 27, 2008
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