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  • PSSuperstars
    Confirmed User
    • Jan 2006
    • 1477
    #1

    Laptop Going into Sleep Mode

    So my XPS M1210 Dell is about 2 years old.. Its my "beside the bed for emergencies while sleeping" laptop... and since I'm recovering from surgery right now... and wanna actually WORK from bed.. it's decided to take a shit on me.

    It will boot up just fine.. Windows will load.. and about 3 mins in... the screen will go black..

    I could then put it in standby.. and hit the power button... and it'd come back on.. then go back dark in 3 mins...

    I've switched all the power settings to "never".. so as to not allow "sleep" mode... however.. I then went into advanced in the power settings and selected to never enable standby just to see.. so now I can't put it into standby and wake it up either...

    Anyone had anything similar? How did they fix it?

    It never runs on battery.. always on AC...
    Last edited by PSSuperstars; 07-18-2009, 11:56 PM.
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    • PSSuperstars
      Confirmed User
      • Jan 2006
      • 1477
      #2
      Oh so it's not going into sleep mode.. I just noticed that it's just going VERY dark.... dim...

      I can hold my iphone to it.. and still see the screen to work on it..

      so would this mean it's an LCD issue? or spyware issue?
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        • mrwilson
          mrwilson 2.0
          • Jul 2007
          • 5122
          #3
          Does it do it when the power lead is plugged in and not getting power from just the battery?

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            • PSSuperstars
              Confirmed User
              • Jan 2006
              • 1477
              #4
              Originally posted by mrwilson
              Does it do it when the power lead is plugged in and not getting power from just the battery?
              I don't get power from the battery.. battery died a while ago.. it's always plugged in and on the night stand...
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                • PSSuperstars
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                  • Jan 2006
                  • 1477
                  #5
                  Apparently my backlight has failed. That's what I'm learning from all the googling..

                  With the prices of Dells at WalMart and other places right now.. I'll probably just buy a replacement.. BAHHHHHHHHH.
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                    • xenigo
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                      • Jan 2001
                      • 8067
                      #6
                      That sucks dude. You could always order a replacement display off Ebay, too. I was going to suggest calling Dell, but it sounds like you already figured it out.

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                        • PSSuperstars
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                          • Jan 2006
                          • 1477
                          #7
                          Originally posted by xenigo
                          That sucks dude. You could always order a replacement display off Ebay, too. I was going to suggest calling Dell, but it sounds like you already figured it out.
                          Someone on the dell boards said the replacement might cost 150-200ish... I think I may look into it a bit in the morning.. compare pricing and see... if it's gonna be anything over 300.. I'll just go get a new one.. or if replacing it is gonna be something that hurts my brain.. lol
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                            • xenigo
                              Confirmed User
                              • Jan 2001
                              • 8067
                              #8
                              Originally posted by PSSuperstars
                              Someone on the dell boards said the replacement might cost 150-200ish... I think I may look into it a bit in the morning.. compare pricing and see... if it's gonna be anything over 300.. I'll just go get a new one.. or if replacing it is gonna be something that hurts my brain.. lol
                              You know the XPS 1210 is actually a pretty nice machine. One of the last of the full powered sub-notebooks. I'd hate to see it go to waste.

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