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    M1330 Goes Black for no reason...

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by errorrrr, Apr 11, 2008.

  1. errorrrr

    errorrrr Notebook Enthusiast

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    I play like WoW on the M1330... and i usually turn my notebook on for long periods of time like 10+ hours... My notebook is usually plugged in without the battery... and usually after long period of usage, the screen will go black all of a sudden... and seems like it just turned of the monitor, but it won't come back at all... is this some sort of power saving thing? i turned of all the power saving options in the power manager, is this some sort of overheating problem? I don't overclock at all...

    This is the spec:
    Intel core duo 2.2GHz
    Geforce 8400M GS Forceware 169.04
    Windows XP Service Pack 2.

    Also, it doesn't seem like the monitor will turn off when i close the lid :x can someone help me with these issues? >_<
     
    errorrrr, Apr 11, 2008
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    thelastword Notebook Enthusiast

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    Did you check the bios?
     
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    errorrrr Notebook Enthusiast

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    I believed I did check the Bios... and checked off all the power saving options i've seen...
     
    errorrrr, Apr 11, 2008
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    errorrrr Notebook Enthusiast

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    *bump* anyone help :x
     
    errorrrr, Apr 13, 2008
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    chelet Notebook Deity

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    If the screen goes off and you push the power button, does the screen come back on? or does it turn the computer the rest of the way off?
     
    chelet, Apr 13, 2008
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    errorrrr Notebook Enthusiast

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    it won't go back on... it just stays black... I have to turn it off by holding down the power button and turn it back on :x
     
    errorrrr, Apr 13, 2008
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    Is there activities on the HDD?
    Also, is the fan running at full speed when the blackout happens?
     
    Superman7, Apr 13, 2008
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    errorrrr Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hmm... where is the HDD light... i can't find it... and the fan isn't running full speed.
     
    errorrrr, Apr 14, 2008
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    errorrrr Notebook Enthusiast

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    actually i am not sure whether the fan is running at full speed... but it defintely is working... Can someone help please :x
     
    errorrrr, Apr 20, 2008
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    Not sure if the problem i had is similar to this, but about a week ago

    i had left my laptop on over night downloading.. woke up the next morning with the screen blank like it had gone to sleep and then crashed....

    so i restarted the system and it looked like it was going to start normally, then the screen went blank as soon as it hit windows.

    I found out that i the power was plugged in that it would go blank but the with it just running on battery it would run just fine... few hours later on the phone to dell the laptop died... so they sent someone out to replace the motherboard and its been fine since. well its been ok for about a week :) and ive only had this laptop for about a month and it died on me ;(
     
    nick5ter, Apr 20, 2008
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    errorrrr Notebook Enthusiast

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    hmm... what's the procedue to have dell take a look at what's wrong?
     
    errorrrr, Apr 26, 2008
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    they wont look at it, not untill they have run there diags... mine just happened to die so when i did call them they sent someone out to replace the board.
     
    nick5ter, Apr 26, 2008
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    errorrrr Notebook Enthusiast

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    anyone know if this is overheating?
     
    errorrrr, Apr 27, 2008
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    same problem over here. laptop has been working more or less perfectly since i got it a few months ago but this problem has just started. the screen goes black when the laptop is due to enter sleep mode, but the HD, fan and cpu are still definitely working. the power button/closing the lid doesn't work; the only way out is a hard reset. it only happens when it's plugged into ac power. i reverted all the power profiles back to their default settings but it hasn't fixed the problem. anybody have any suggestions?
     
    ext23, May 28, 2008
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