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    I have a Dell Inspiron 640m...

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Popcorn., Mar 5, 2008.

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    ...and when I shut the lid to my laptop it goes black, like it's supposed to but when I reopen it, it is still black. The desktop never comes back. I can hear sounds from me pushing buttons and clicking, but you can't see nothing. Anyone have a solution or any idea what is up? Thnx.
     
    Popcorn., Mar 5, 2008
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    I'd try reinstalling your video drivers. That should solve it. If that doesn't work, I'm not sure where to go next other than a reformat.

    It doesn't sound like a hardware problem though.

    Greg
     
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    Oh, alright cool. I just reinstalled windows xp on it and it couldn't find none of the drivers, so I had to manually install them. I still have a few to install.
     
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    Alright, I re installed the video driver and it's fixed now! Thanks.
     
    Popcorn., Mar 10, 2008
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    Glad to see that it helped you.

    Greg
     
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