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    Fix for VISTA black screen of Freeze after lid close + idle

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by joer80, Feb 26, 2009.

  1. joer80

    joer80 Notebook Evangelist

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    I am 99% positive I have figured out why my t500 with vista32 bit will freeze up with a black screen after you leave it sit for a while with the lid closed.

    In this mode, the laptop is on and appears to be working, but will not wake up to clicks, keyboard, or power button. The only thing you can do it hard reboot.

    I thought it was the display driver, and after messing with it, that didnt fix it, then I thought it was turbo memory, after turning it off, that didnt fix it..

    Finally, I got an error message one day that led me to belive it was a vista thing related to requesting a password on resume/wakeup..

    (This caused me to start talking to people, and after talking to 4 different people, that all use vista on different makes of laptops and have the same black screen problems that I did, I have for sure decided it is a vista thing and not a thinkpad problem.)

    After forcing my machine to ask for a password on resume/wakeup from standby, I have not had one single black screen problem on my t500.

    Maybe this will help someone out!
     
    joer80, Feb 26, 2009
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    Personally I think it's more of a driver issue. I used to have a similar problem on my Dell. Here's what I suggest:
    - In Device Manager, disable every device you have never used. (May include: modem, firewire, smart card reader, expresscard, etc.) If you ever need one, it only takes a few seconds to re-enable it.
    - In Device Manager and right-click every major device and click Properties. If there's a Power Management tab, go there. If there's any option like "Allow this device to wake the computer from sleep", uncheck it.
    - Update your BIOS to the latest from Lenovo.
    - Update your video driver to the latest. You may want to try out both the latest driver from Lenovo and the latest from the manufacturer of your GPU.

    EDIT: Sorry, I misread your post and I didn't realize you solved your problem. If it happens again then you can take a look at what I wrote...
     
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  3. joer80

    joer80 Notebook Evangelist

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    I noticed today that my machine woke up from sleep when it was in my computer bag today.. and was black screened...

    I think I have 2 issues.. i will look into this also. Thanks for the suggestion!
     
    joer80, Feb 27, 2009
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