Dell Latitude 7490 - Random black screen while system is running
Hi all,
I currently own a two week old Dell Latitude 7490 and have been experiencing problems with the screen. This results in the laptop screen going black at times.
I sometimes work with two external monitors connected through a Universal Dell Dock. When the issue occurs, the external monitors remain working.
I have tried to troubleshoot this but nothing has worked so far. These include, updating drivers, resetting any settings to default, running Dell diagnostic tests (no errors found) and replacing the dock.
Having the exact same issue with my Dell Latitude 7490.
I am using a USB C hub to utilize a second monitor with a HDMI cable and other USB devices. The laptop is still using the Dell power supply.
I watch it happen as I was working on a task. The screen flickered momentarily then went black then my second monitor became the primary with no other alerts or warnings why it occurred. Attempted to troubleshoot the issue but could not find any root causes. All drivers appear to be stable, downgrade and upgrade the display driver, and rebooted the laptop several times with no change.
It may be a screensaver issue. Go to screensaver, if its set to Never change to one of the screensaver options. Next… check the box that says "On resume, show logon screen" Apply changes. Worked for me after trying a 100 other things.
We have several of the 7490's that have the same issue. We have tried multiple power supplies (to the monitors and docking stations), switched from the universal dock and back to the USB-C dock.
These are 7490's hooked to Dell P2419H Digital Displays (1-HDMI, 2-DP)
I have a user that is having the exact same problems mentioned above but no luck in resolving this. Did anyone resolve this by chance? I have updated all display and docking station drivers and did the built-in self test and the screensaver troubleshooting but no luck thus far. I was considering updating the bios but not sure if this is something that is needed to be done to help resolve this issue. Any help or advice would be appreciated.
Sorry, did not mention. Works for MS Windows 10 and for Linux (debian/ubuntu/suse). So the problem has nothing to do with the operating system or operating system version.
Monidvls
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Posted November 6th, 2019 07:00
Same here
Any help would be appreciate it.