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Vaio Screen blank


I have a Sony Vaio Laptop. VGN FE28GP.
This model has S1 and S2 buttons above the keyboard.
I pressed the S1 button while working and the screen went black. It seems this button is a Shortcut key and appears to have put my monitor into sleep mode.
I have tried switching the Laptop off and on again. When I switch, I can see the Vaio startup and then the Windows XP startup. There is a whirring/humming sound and the screen goes black again.
I wonder if I have put the screen to sleep but I can't see anything to try to fix the problem.

Anybody got any ideas how I can get my screen live again?

  • Sera Johnson May 11, 2010

    Can you boot the system into Safe Mode successfully (it boots to a visible Desktop) or is the screen still blank?

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Go to power setting and see if ur pc is set to sleep....if so change it....
u will find the power setting in control panel

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