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    XPS 1640 Black Screen of Death ?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by chewyeong90, Feb 1, 2012.

  1. chewyeong90

    chewyeong90 Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi all, I bought my xps 1640 2 years back (2009) and everything is working fine except the throttling problem.

    So recently, I am having this black screen of death problem. Whenever I shut down my laptop or restart, my LCD will not turn on. I tried connecting it to a external monitor and it works. On the screen resolution, it seems that only 1 monitor is detected ( my external).

    I have to resort to multiple restarts in order to get my screen to turn back on. Unfortunately my warranty is expired. What do you think is going on ? The screen is perfectly fine even if I hibernate or sleep, only restarting or shutting down.

    Help!
     
    chewyeong90, Feb 1, 2012
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    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    Perhaps you have a short somewhere? Have you tried making sure all your cables are seated right?
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Feb 1, 2012
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  3. chewyeong90

    chewyeong90 Notebook Evangelist

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    How ? I have no idea how to dissemble my laptop, but if it's short, why would it be perfectly fine if I don't turn it off/restart ?
     
    chewyeong90, Feb 2, 2012
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    I have the exact same issue!! Have you found a solution?

    I tried reinstalling windows, that didnt help.
     
    Cmalt, Nov 9, 2012
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