Good call, I know what you mean. I've also seen on laptops when the backlight dies, and when you look very closely you can make out the mouse and menus very faintly... but no, totally black.
I can try the old computer and screenshare across to this one hopefully. not ideal as I need to so some work, but might clue me into whats happening. On 14 February 2011 09:36, Nicholas Holt <[email protected]> wrote: > I'd start with checking whether the brightness button has accidentally been > turned right down which would give a black screen. > Other than that not sure. > Nick > On 14 Feb 2011, at 09:30, Toby Leighton wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > > My Macbook pro screen won't come on. I shut it down yesterday evening, > and this morning the computer turns on but the screen is dead. (I can tell > it boots to desktop because I can hear noises when I press keys and I can > press the power key then enter to shut it down cleanly) > > I've tried attaching a second display (DVI), nothing. and I've tried > resetting the PRAM. nothing. > > > > It was fine yesterday, and has been just fine all the time before... no > strange behaviour or warning signs. Its about 4 years old... out of > applecare. what can I try? > > > > Toby > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
