Inspiron E1505 -- Screen shuts off like normal, but won't come back on

Question

Hi. I just got my Inspiron E1505 a few days ago, and it's working pretty much fine, but there's one weird problem that I can't figure out. I usually keep my laptop on when it's plugged in, and I set in my power properties for the screen to shut off if I don't touch the computer for 30 minutes. This isn't a problem; the screen will shut off after 30 minutes like it's supposed to. What's weird, though, is that I can't figure out how to make it turn back on. The power light is on and the computer is functioning -- I know this because I hit 'print screen,' hibernated and came back on, and the picture of the screen had been saved in the clipboard -- but the screen stays black. What's even weirder is that if I hit Fn-Escape, which I have set to 'hibernate,' the screen comes back on with the Windows logo that says 'Hibernating...' before the computer shuts off. It's more of an inconvenience than anything, but it'd be nice if there was some way for me to fix this problem. Any tips?

TheOneAndOnlyT · Answer

By 'briefly' do you mean I have to hold the button down? I've pressed it while the screen has been off but nothing happened.

Mary G · Answer

This confused me, too when I first got my I6000. You must press the Power Button briefly to wake up the computer.

Misera · Answer

err every trouble shooting thing as in... reinstalling latest video drivers, chipset drivers, flashing bios, selective startup, running on adapter, testing it on 1 min, 10 min, 1 hour, and 2 hours, and in the end reformatting/restoring windows. So now I'm to the point of switching the hardware..

Misera · Answer

Did you try closing the lid and reopening it? I currently have this problem and that is the only way to get it back on. Dell has had me do every single trouble shooting tip including a magnet over the palmrest/touchpad. Also try doing that.. move a magnet (not too strong! just a regular one) over the entire area where your wrists rest and the touchpad and see if it turns on. Mine doesn't and I'm about to take apart the laptop to replace the palmrest/keyboard/touchpad to see if that helps. If it does.. I'll let you know :p

TheOneAndOnlyT · Answer

Well, the idea of closing/opening the lid of the computer occurred to me, but I couldn't really test it at the time because closing my computer also causes it to hibernate. :P I'll switch the setting and try that though.

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