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    Why won't my Hp dv9000z wake up?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Starfleet Captain, Feb 22, 2007.

  1. Starfleet Captain

    Starfleet Captain Notebook Consultant

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    When I leave my notebook idle, my screensaver comes on after a while. So after being left alone even longer, I am assuming my notebook is asleep, since the screen is blank. Now, the LEDs on the quickplay controls and the power button are still on and are blue.

    My problem is that nothing can bring my notebook from this state, short of a hard shut down (pushing and holding the power button). I tried pushing some keys, meddling with the mouse pad, and pushing the power button, but nothing works. Is this a display problem? I ask because I get the feeling that my notebook is functioning but my screen isn't.

    If anyone can provide some info on this, that will be much appreciated.
     
    Starfleet Captain, Feb 22, 2007
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  2. shrike

    shrike Notebook Consultant

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    I have similar experience with my DV6000t. Nothing wakes it up but a hard shut down. :(
     
    shrike, Feb 22, 2007
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  3. Starfleet Captain

    Starfleet Captain Notebook Consultant

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    Are you running Vista like me, or is this a problem in XP as well?
     
    Starfleet Captain, Feb 22, 2007
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  4. shrike

    shrike Notebook Consultant

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    XP MCE...

    What perplexing is that it happens randomly and I am not forced ot do the manual shut down all the time. Sometimes it would wake up and sometimes it won't. So go figure...

    S.
     
    shrike, Feb 22, 2007
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    I have XP media and it does it also. I think its a problem with windows and not the laptop
     
    mtor, Feb 23, 2007
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  6. Starfleet Captain

    Starfleet Captain Notebook Consultant

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    Well do you know of a notebook brand other than HP that this is known to happen with? Admittedly, I don't have much experience with non-hp lappies. And if this is a Windows problem, surely somone knows a fix to this...
     
    Starfleet Captain, Feb 23, 2007
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  7. eoneel

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    I have a dv9000t with vista on it and it does the same thing. If I wait a couple minutes and try to awaken it again it usually does. Weeeirrd.
     
    eoneel, Feb 23, 2007
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    sometimes, I can get mine to wake up by hitting Fn+F4 to switch what screen is active. I am not sure if this always works, but it seems to help.

    I have a dv9000 with Vista
     
    engunneer, Nov 5, 2007
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    panp Newbie

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    I am confused with the same problem after i installed xp from vista. I remember that this problem didn't happen in vista OS.
     
    panp, Nov 5, 2007
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  10. devilcm3

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    mine is vista premium...
    and i just bought i 2 days ago..no changes..
    and it cause this big problem
     
    devilcm3, Nov 7, 2007
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    Mine does the same thing. I tried everything. sometimes if I press the "Quiclk Play" blue button, the display will fire up.

    It's most annoying! (dv9000cto)
     
    oblio98, Dec 21, 2007
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