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  • dropped9
    Registered User
    • Jan 2001
    • 26727
    #1

    Need some laptop help from the gfy techies...

    Ok here's the problem... every time I shut my laptop and put it in standbye she wont wake up from it.

    I can close the lid.. wait a few minutes, go an open it again and all I get is a black screen. It looks like she is going to wake up, but never does... This just started happening within the past 24 hrs... And its real annoying....

    I've run a virus check, checked for spsyware shitz, clean the disk up, and have double check the wakeup settings... and its still doing it...

    anyone have any ideas on whats going on? its a dell...
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    • BRISK
      Too lazy to set a custom title
      • Feb 2003
      • 12240
      #2
      Press the "ON" button
      I post on GFY so that when people ask me what I do,
      I can tell them that I work with the mentally retarded.

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        • brand0n
          been very busy
          • Nov 2002
          • 26983
          #3
          what make and model
          want to buy this spot for cheap? it is of course for sale. long term deals are always the best bet. brand0n/ at/ a o l dot commies.

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            • taibo
              Confirmed User
              • May 2005
              • 3720
              #4
              lol i had a feeling it was a dell

              dell laptop screens are fucking HORRIBLE. when you leave it on for too long it'll start acting up and the more and more this happens, you're screen will never turn on. Only way I gotten around it is to shut off my computer when I'm not using it.

              BTW DELL SUPPORT FUCKING SUCKS

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                • Headless
                  Registered User
                  • Jan 2001
                  • 26727
                  #5
                  Originally posted by taibo
                  lol i had a feeling it was a dell

                  dell laptop screens are fucking HORRIBLE. when you leave it on for too long it'll start acting up and the more and more this happens, you're screen will never turn on. Only way I gotten around it is to shut off my computer when I'm not using it.

                  BTW DELL SUPPORT FUCKING SUCKS

                  My wife got me this dell over a year and a half ago... Its rocked ever since... this is the first time I have had any problem with one of my dells... I still have my original dell from 1998 and it runs like a champ.

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                    • Headless
                      Registered User
                      • Jan 2001
                      • 26727
                      #6
                      Originally posted by brand0n
                      what make and model
                      It's the basic one... the 1100 or some shit...

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                        • Headless
                          Registered User
                          • Jan 2001
                          • 26727
                          #7
                          Originally posted by BRISK
                          Press the "ON" button

                          I know you're being a wise ass... But I do press it and it acts like it is going to boot... but doesnt... it just flcikers the lights and stalls out with a blank black screen...

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                            • brand0n
                              been very busy
                              • Nov 2002
                              • 26983
                              #8
                              inspiron 1100?

                              your fucked pretty much. you need a new screen. i had one of those and it gave me the same shit after about a year and a half. finally after fucking with dell for a fucking month we just agreed to them upgrading it for free. i got the inspiron 2600 outta the deal, and it works like a charm, no probs as of yet.

                              to avoid talking to some guy in sadui arabia, instead of calling the support numbers call the "i want to buy" numbers
                              want to buy this spot for cheap? it is of course for sale. long term deals are always the best bet. brand0n/ at/ a o l dot commies.

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                                • Machete_
                                  WINNING!
                                  • Oct 2002
                                  • 14579
                                  #9
                                  Dell got a tollfree 24 hour support line - call them

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                                    • Headless
                                      Registered User
                                      • Jan 2001
                                      • 26727
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by brand0n
                                      inspiron 1100?

                                      your fucked pretty much. you need a new screen. i had one of those and it gave me the same shit after about a year and a half. finally after fucking with dell for a fucking month we just agreed to them upgrading it for free. i got the inspiron 2600 outta the deal, and it works like a charm, no probs as of yet.

                                      to avoid talking to some guy in sadui arabia, instead of calling the support numbers call the "i want to buy" numbers
                                      Really? You see if it wont wake up after going into standybye I can pull the battery and then she will boot up from scratch and the screen works fine... Which makes me think its not a screen issue...

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                                        • BRISK
                                          Too lazy to set a custom title
                                          • Feb 2003
                                          • 12240
                                          #11
                                          Originally posted by Headless
                                          I know you're being a wise ass... But I do press it and it acts like it is going to boot... but doesnt... it just flcikers the lights and stalls out with a blank black screen...
                                          Actually, I wasn't trying to be a wise ass. I have a Dell and pressing the "ON" button is one way to bring it out of standby mode. Maybe it depends on the model though
                                          I post on GFY so that when people ask me what I do,
                                          I can tell them that I work with the mentally retarded.

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                                            • chupachups
                                              Confirmed User
                                              • Dec 2002
                                              • 6576
                                              #12
                                              Try windows update, I know I downloaded a patch to fix exiting hibernation/standby.

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                                                • Headless
                                                  Registered User
                                                  • Jan 2001
                                                  • 26727
                                                  #13
                                                  Figured out what it was.... For some reason this bitch updated itself recently with a new video controller... So I went to the dell support site and downloaded the previous version and wallaaaaaaaaa it works!

                                                  Must be some sort of conflicting issue with the new update... Now I just made this bitch shut off the auto updates....

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                                                    • tranza
                                                      ICQ: 197-556-237
                                                      • Jun 2003
                                                      • 57559
                                                      #14
                                                      Why do you call your laptop "she"???
                                                      I'm just a newbie.

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                                                        • Violetta
                                                          Affiliate
                                                          • Jul 2004
                                                          • 28735
                                                          #15
                                                          Originally posted by tranza
                                                          Why do you call your laptop "she"???
                                                          lol.. good question!
                                                          M&A Queen

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                                                            • KK2K3
                                                              Confirmed User
                                                              • May 2005
                                                              • 190
                                                              #16
                                                              Originally posted by tranza
                                                              Why do you call your laptop "she"???

                                                              Because he likes to stick his "floppy" in the 3.5" floppy drive

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                                                                • BV
                                                                  wtf
                                                                  • Sep 2001
                                                                  • 10914
                                                                  #17
                                                                  i turn off all that power saving sleep bullshit

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