In the last week, the screen of my laptop has gone blank probably 2-3
times each day, and the only solution I can find is to turn it off and
restart, thus losing whatever I am working on. I happens in any
program, even games. Is this a vista problem, or a hardware problem?


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I think that would be vista problem or wrong config on your power management.
It is just blank screen where you can't press anything? Is your laptop still
running while it's blank.

If it happens to be hardware problem, possibly overheating.

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In the last week, the screen of my laptop has gone blank probably 2-3
times each day, and the only solution I can find is to turn it off and
restart, thus losing whatever I am working on. I happens in any
program, even games. Is this a vista problem, or a hardware problem?


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Yes, the computer is still running but I can't press anything, so I have
to turn it off and then on again, it then boots up again and I have lost
anything that I hadn't saved. Any ideas would be much appreciated.


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I'm not really a pro but I encounter that problem from time to time in my
desktop. In my case my desktop turn off my monitor after 20min. Most of the
time I can just press anything and it would go back on. But sometimes when 2
or more accounts are open or too many programs are in use, I can't properly
put my computer to sleep and same as you I can't do anything but to reboot.

Doing maintenance would be you best shot so far. Disk cleanup, defrag, disk
check, virus and spyware scan etc.

Ok, thanks for your help I'll try all those things.


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I've also had this problem with my Dell laptop. But somehow it ended up
fixing itself. Now I'm having a similar problem on my desktop
workstation. Its related to having two monitors so that shouldn't be
your issue here. It could also be a video card problem, as in the case
with some ATI cards, theres a small vista workaround posted on the help
pages at AMD. I'll post it here for you incase its related:

NO DISPLAY THROUGH DVI-PORT IN WINDOWS WITH SOME TFT MONITORS:
We are currently investigating this issue and will
update our KB article '737-26586'
(http://support.ati.com/ics/support/d...tionID=2 6586)
when a solution has been provided. Some users reported
workarounds.

_*Workaround_______in_Windows_Vista*_


- Set *ATI EXTERNAL EVENT UTILITY* to *Manual
*



- Start Windows VISTA using a monitor connected through a
VGA port
- Go to *Control Panel* *Administrative Tools*
*Services*
- Click on "*Continue*" on "*User Account Control*"
window
- Select "*ATI External Event Utility*"
- Make a right-click on it and select "*Properties*"
- Under *General* tab change "*Start Type*" to
"*Manual*" [image:
https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206...0002_0000.jpg]



- Click on "*OK*" and reboot the system




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"susemac" wrote:


In the last week, the screen of my laptop has gone blank probably 2-3
times each day, and the only solution I can find is to turn it off and
restart, thus losing whatever I am working on. I happens in any
program, even games. Is this a vista problem, or a hardware problem?


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and did you solve the problem? I'm experiencing the same issues and can't
find a solution...

"susemac" wrote:


In the last week, the screen of my laptop has gone blank probably 2-3
times each day, and the only solution I can find is to turn it off and
restart, thus losing whatever I am working on. I happens in any
program, even games. Is this a vista problem, or a hardware problem?


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have you tried checking the the Power Options (current power plan of your
laptop)?

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"susemac" wrote:


In the last week, the screen of my laptop has gone blank probably 2-3
times each day, and the only solution I can find is to turn it off and
restart, thus losing whatever I am working on. I happens in any
program, even games. Is this a vista problem, or a hardware problem?


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Hi
Did you fix this problem? The same thing is happening to me.


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