Questions tagged [blank-screen]
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How to turn off screen with shortcut in Linux?
Since my monitor takes an awful lot of time to turn back on after being physically turned off, I'm looking for a command or a simple utility to turn off my screen with a shortcut. Setting a black ...
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how to make one screen pitch black without turning it off / disabling it?
I have two monitors and I want only one of them to be pitch black temporarily for a certain amount of time every now and then.
I don't want to turn the monitor off because then the computer stops ...
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Black Screen when Computer Boots
I'm having a serious problem with my computer; I think I've narrowed it down to the motherboard, but I'd like a second opinion before I spend the money. I have no idea what's wrong.
Before I moved ...
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CMD Prompt is blank, no text
When i open .cmd, .bat files or cmd, it shows as A blank window, with no text.
My questions :
What causes this problem?
How can I fix it?
Some screenshots to give more info about my problem :
When ...
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Blank Screen After Login on Windows 7
When unlocking a Windows 7 computer the screen briefly (less than a second) goes blank before showing the screen (this is normal). Abound once a month (but sometimes within 24 hours) when I unlock my ...
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I cannot boot Ubuntu 10.04 on battery power. What do I do?
Okay, so as the title says, I run Ubuntu 10.04. The problem is that when I boot it on battery, it doesn't come on. I see a blank screen completely. Sometimes, the Ubuntu splash is visible for a couple ...
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Computer runs but monitor is on power saving mode?
This stuff rarely happens, but when it does I simply restart my PC then it works fine. But today after several restart attempts it seems to be stuck.
I tried removing the video card then switched to ...
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Windows 8 sleep, blank screen on resume
I use a SONY VAIO laptop VPCS116FA that came pre-installed with Windows 7. I have upgraded to Windows 8. The experience has been good so far but I am facing a frustrating problem. Whenever, I put my ...
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Why does my Samsung Chronos 7 not boot anymore after installing Ubuntu?
I was just installing ubuntu on my new samsung chronos 7 NP700Z3C, the laptop was stuck at booting ubuntu so I pushed shutdown button for 5 seconds and turned it off. Now it does not boot. It just ...
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Windows 10 sudden blank screen
Lately i re-installed Windows 10 to get a fresh OS. After i have installed and updated everything including drivers, it worked fine until few hours later, screen went blank with no cursor or anything ...
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Chrome: Finding Blank Screens When Switching Back to Tabs
I'm using Chrome 36.0.1985.125 m on a 64-bit ASUS R500V laptop, running Windows 8.1.
Yesterday, I uninstalled Chrome, keeping my data, and re-installed it. I'd been having some problems with it, ...
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My screen remains black after the night, but windows seems to be running ok
I've been experiencing this strange problem lately, basically i leave my desktop PC running all the night and when i come back in the morning i have a black screen and i can't bring windows on.
Today ...
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Could it be black screen on an otherwise good laptop without hard drive?
The M.2 SSD hard drive of my laptop is physically damaged: a visual damage is seen in the middle of the card, and the chip that appears damaged gets very hot while attempting to boot.
Both with and ...
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HP laptop, "General system board failure", what next?
I have an HP Pavilion DM1-3101ea laptop with an integrated AMD E-350 APU. Basically the same as DM1Z, if it is of any help. I have Ubuntu 12.04 on it. The problem appeared as follows: i tried to send ...
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Samsung LCD 214T gets stuck in power saving mode
I've had this monitor (Samsung 214T) for more than 5 years, and had to replace the capacitors a couple years ago. It still works beautifully, but it's always had a similar problem that when I ...
