I am having a strange problem with my Macbook Pro (puurchased September 2010).Â
When I open the cover to wake it up from sleep the display turns on for about 1 second and goes black. If I hit one of the buttons to adjust the screen brightmess the display turns on as normal. Â
Is this a problem with my settings or should I bring it in for service?Â
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.6)
13" macbook screen goes to sleep but won't wakeup reliably. I can see a faint dark screen and I hear the computer working but can't see anything. If I press the screen light keys it will flash a view and almost seems to fix the problem. Closing / opening clamshell a number of times eventually causes it to work. The sleep light on the front sometimes stays solid instead of throbbing. I can even plug a remote monitor in and it will display on the remote. Using 10.6.8
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My MacBook pro screen is black, not sure what to do? Computer is about seven years old!
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macbook pro, Mac OS X (10.5.1)
Just yesterday I was using my Macbook Pro - with Word and MSN in use - until it gave me a black screen. (Good thing Word auto-saved.)
The screen wasn't dimmed and the fan (or whatever was running) was still running. So I held down the power button to shut it down. When I turned it on again - and everything was okay - I thought it might have been the battery but yeah, it doesn't explain why the fan was still running.
It's fairly new. I don't play games and I rarely watch anything on it. I'm also very protective of it and don't download much... Which confuses/worries me on why a black screen would appear.
So does anyone want to share some insight on why this happened? Is it some 'normal' thing that eventually happens, because I've been looking around and found information with regards to this black screen problem and the Macbooks of those people seemed fine..
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I tried to press power button, etc, but nothing works.
We are rather new to Mac world. What are the things I could try?
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Last night I was using my computer all fine. However this morning I turn it up, the white light where you push to open the lid, is on without flashing, and there is a black screen.
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Is one of my adapters broken?
