Good day all,
I am trying to help my friend with his Dell Vostro 1000 laptop.
The problem started about a week ago. While you are using the laptop, the screen will go black all of a sudden and will stay that way unless you shutdown Windows and then boot it again.
I don't think the system is going to Stand By or Hibernation. I played a video while this happened and I can hear the video playing but nothing shows up on the screen.
The screen goes out after about 10 minutes when Vista starts.
Of course the warranty has already expired and I tried to search on Google for answers but could not find anything relevant to this problem.
No drivers have been updated so I am assuming it's not a driver problem.
Any insights on this problem? I am afraid that the screen is on it's way out.
TIA
I am trying to help my friend with his Dell Vostro 1000 laptop.
The problem started about a week ago. While you are using the laptop, the screen will go black all of a sudden and will stay that way unless you shutdown Windows and then boot it again.
I don't think the system is going to Stand By or Hibernation. I played a video while this happened and I can hear the video playing but nothing shows up on the screen.
The screen goes out after about 10 minutes when Vista starts.
Of course the warranty has already expired and I tried to search on Google for answers but could not find anything relevant to this problem.
No drivers have been updated so I am assuming it's not a driver problem.
Any insights on this problem? I am afraid that the screen is on it's way out.
TIA