Sometimes my puter goes to sleep and will NOT wake up,,,5 hours late I come back and all is normal.
But another odd ball thing is the screen started flashing rapidly. Sometimes it quits on its own,sometimes NOT and you have to boot the whole thing.
Posted by kam (Member # 3410) on :
Me thinks it has lyme and company!!!
If I get the problem with my computer quitting on its own I will let you know what helped Don.
But, my screen is not flashing rapidly before it up and shuts itself off so not sure it is related.
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
don,
my vista windows/gateway goes to sleep after 5 minutes of non-use.
i just hit enter button several times and it comes back to live.
yours goes off for hours?? boot it using control/delete/alt and chose RESTART.
don, what is screen flashing? it is a fixed picture or what? don't quite understand that one....sorry.
Posted by MusicMan (Member # 11966) on :
Hi JD
By the way thanks for joining my site!
Soon now I will be starting a PC Tips and Tricks group in LymeLand so watch for it.
What OS is it? Win XP or sometihing else?
Have you done all your Windows Critical Updates?
Just a FYI for everyone? I always turn off sleep mode and screen saver oh and power saver if it's not a laptop.
Steve
Posted by just don (Member # 1129) on :
UH,,,its a newer Dell Insiporn using vista I spose.
Sorry isd thats not what you ask,,I am puter dumb.
It gets worse sometimes then better for awhile.
when its flashing sometimes it alternates digital,,analog in the upper left corner.
how do you take OFF the sleep mode? It sleeps way too much. and too fast,,,sometimes its merely a few seconds after using it.
But the flashing,,not even a full boot with power off everything fixes it when it gets in the flash mode. its like a rapid roll like tv's used to do.,but more like a video of BAD nature.
EVERYBODY I ask about this gets a strange blank stare on their face!!
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
wow, don, you got a real lemon, not lyme!
is the store close by where you got it? i'm into best buy weekly or bi-weekly..
i know mine is set up for sleep 5 minutes of no using it; a few seconds for you....growl...
Posted by DadOf2 (Member # 3189) on :
Hi Don, To me it sounds like either a bad cable connection between your computer and your monitor, or a problem with either the video card in the computer, or possibly a problem with the monitor. The first thing to do would be to make sure the cables are connected tightly.
Do you have either another computer you could hook your monitor to, or another monitor you can hook onto this computer? Doing either would help isolate which end the problem is on.
Steve
Posted by Katie Kuksenok (Member # 19632) on :
Hi Don,
My computer (also Dell Inspiron, but older and with XP, not Vista) used to refuse to turn on after a while. Turned out that it was overheating. When it goes to sleep and won't turn on next time, touch the computer's body - is it really hot?
I had to take it apart and clean the fan - it had been filled with dust, and wouldn't work properly! It's not a difficult procedure, perhaps you could get someone at a hardware store to help you out... if this is indeed the case.
So the Inspiron, far as I know, is a line of laptops. Do you hook yours up to anything, like an extra keyboard, monitor, dock station...?
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