SHORT SUMMARY: My laptop screen dies and the computer freezes and must be forced off after being on for a few minutes. I need help diagnosing the issue. It is not a loose screen connection or the graphics drivers.
I have had a Lenovo IdeaPad Y500 for a number of years, and starting yesterday, the screen turned off and I had to force the computer off.
When I turned it on, the screen lit up black, and the computer beeped once. I looked up what this meant, and found out it usually means a connection to the screen is loose.
I took out the battery and opened the computer, unplugging and replugging the connections on both ends, and making sure the cord was seated correctly. This made it work, for about 10 minutes, until the screen turned off again.
In my laptop's current state, it will turn on and function as normal, and then the screen will turn off after about 3 minutes, after startup. When the screen turns off, sometimes it recovers and says NVIDIA display driver crashed, so I updated those.
Does anyone have knowledge about this kind of problem and know what it might be? The single beeping noise when the computer fails to boot is my only clue.
I have had a Lenovo IdeaPad Y500 for a number of years, and starting yesterday, the screen turned off and I had to force the computer off.
When I turned it on, the screen lit up black, and the computer beeped once. I looked up what this meant, and found out it usually means a connection to the screen is loose.
I took out the battery and opened the computer, unplugging and replugging the connections on both ends, and making sure the cord was seated correctly. This made it work, for about 10 minutes, until the screen turned off again.
In my laptop's current state, it will turn on and function as normal, and then the screen will turn off after about 3 minutes, after startup. When the screen turns off, sometimes it recovers and says NVIDIA display driver crashed, so I updated those.
Does anyone have knowledge about this kind of problem and know what it might be? The single beeping noise when the computer fails to boot is my only clue.