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Dell laptop

spike65

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My sons laptop won't recover from standby mode, without a reboot.. It's a dell Inspiron E1500.....Any ideas??
 



Thanks Jock!!
 
Rajab: detach external monitor and power up the computer -- point a torchlight at the screen. If you can see Windows the backlighting has failed -- if nothing, the screen has failed.