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irisheyes 
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Posted on: Aug. 16 2013,7:06 pm |
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Everything seems to start normal with powering up and the light for the hard drive, but screen stays black. Had the video card replaced a year or two ago, and in the past it does this if it's stuck in some type of sleep or energy saving mode. It's on a Toshiba A305-S6898 Harman/Kardon. Running Vista for an OS
Was wondering if anyone had any tips of how to get it going if it's something simple like a sleep/energy saving mode?
Thanks!
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Glad I Left
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Posted on: Aug. 17 2013,9:09 am |
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I had this happen a ton on some Thinkpads I used in the past.
If you connect to a monitor or projector does the display work?
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After we screw up health care reform, let's take on the initiative of unscrewing the education system (gov't education)
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irisheyes
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Posted on: Aug. 17 2013,3:23 pm |
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Thanks, that did it!  I found the port for a different monitor, hooked it up and the other monitor started showing the Toshiba opening for a couple minutes, but then the Laptop monitor turned on again.
Must've been some weird sleep thing again. Thanks again, G.I.L.!
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Posted on: Aug. 17 2013,10:46 pm |
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No problem.
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After we screw up health care reform, let's take on the initiative of unscrewing the education system (gov't education)
Tacitus: (c. 56 AD-c. 117) "The more corrupt the state, the more it legislates."
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Gabe
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Posted on: Aug. 19 2013,1:30 pm |
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It is possible you hit the function key and F5 accidently.
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irisheyes
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Posted on: Aug. 19 2013,8:57 pm |
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Someone else I talked to mentioned that, I don't think those keys would've been hit, even by accident.
I just backed up my hard drive and documents, but I might just buy a new one soon and if it happens again I'll find an external to hook it up to.
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