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Notebook is dark after closing and opening cover.
Posted by drtom on May 21st, 2008


Dell Inspiron B130 suddenly developed the habit of not coming back on when I
close the lid and then reopoen it. The hard drive is still active, even
though the screen is completely blank. I am able to access it remotely. The
only way to get the screen back up is to put it into Standby, then wake it
from standby. I have tried changing the options in power control panel to
When I close the lid do nothing. I have tried turning off hibernation. I
reinstalled updated video drivers and chipset. I updated and flashed the
BIOS. I even did an update from SP2 to SP3. I am running Windows XP Home.