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This may be a long shot but hopefully someone can help.
My laptop screen becomes very dark at times. When i restart it returns to normal but it will happen maybe 5-20 minutes later. The power light it still on. I can hardly see anything but i know that the lcd is also on, just very dark. It has happened maybe 10 times today. I know its not a screensaver or energysaver feature. I have an imb thinkpad t42 with win xp pro. Anybody have any ideas?
Sorry if this is posted in the wrong section and is too undescriptive. I'm not sure if its a video card [ radeon mobile 9600 ] problem or something with the LCD.
edit: Well i just hooked up my desktop monitor to the laptop. I plugged in the power cord to the laptop. The laptop LCD went near-black but i can see perfectly fine on the external monitor.
My laptop screen becomes very dark at times. When i restart it returns to normal but it will happen maybe 5-20 minutes later. The power light it still on. I can hardly see anything but i know that the lcd is also on, just very dark. It has happened maybe 10 times today. I know its not a screensaver or energysaver feature. I have an imb thinkpad t42 with win xp pro. Anybody have any ideas?
Sorry if this is posted in the wrong section and is too undescriptive. I'm not sure if its a video card [ radeon mobile 9600 ] problem or something with the LCD.
edit: Well i just hooked up my desktop monitor to the laptop. I plugged in the power cord to the laptop. The laptop LCD went near-black but i can see perfectly fine on the external monitor.