Lenovo ThinkPad on but black screen

[Stacey OCU]

After being in sleep mode, my laptop turns on, I can hear Windows boot up. However, the screen stays lit but black. I'm unable to get the screen to work. It turns on but is blank.

I've tried the battery, power cord, f8, f11, etc. Nothing seems to help.

 

[webworkings]

Try this...

1. Turn the laptop off (not sleep or hibernate but off).
2. Connect an external monitor to the laptop.
3. Turn on the external monitor.
4. Turn on the laptop.

NOTE: You may have to press an "external monitor" button. Could be the f4 button or a button with two monitors on it, for the external monitor to work.

If you can see fine on the external monitor, then your attached display, or the ribbon cable that connects it, are your problem.

If you can't see on the external monitor at all, or the problem occurs on the external monitor as well, then it is probably the graphics card/GPU that is the problem, which may require the motherboard be replaced.