MacBook Pro - Screen not 'waking up'

mike.kerlinger · mike.kerlinger #1 (**permalink**)

04-02-2008, 03:54 PM

In the last 4 weeks or so, I've been having issues with my computer coming out of sleep mode.
When I open it, the computer itself wakes up and functions normally: I can play music, turn my volume up and down, etc. However, my screen doesn't respond. I just see a black screen. The only thing I've been able to come up with is my 'brute force' technique of doing a hard shutdown and restarting, which I know is not good for my computer, and I lose all information in programs that I had opened.
Has anyone else experienced this, and do you have any ideas for a fix?

kommy · kommy #2 (**permalink**)

04-03-2008, 01:40 PM

ive had this happen recently too. its pretty irritating.

KeatMP · KeatMP #3 (**permalink**)

04-03-2008, 02:23 PM

Ive been having the same problem with my MBP. And the same with my brother. He also has a MBP. Ive called apple about it. You can reset the power management chip, these seems to temporarily relieve the problem.

eliehass · eliehass #4 (**permalink**)

04-03-2008, 03:06 PM

do you have istat pro installed? If so, update it. I heard older versions of istat caused issues like the ones you are having.

FrayAdjacent · FrayAdjacent #5 (**permalink**)

04-03-2008, 07:18 PM

I've had this happen a few times... wake up from sleep and I get the password screen. Enter my account password, then the screen goes black, but has a mouse pointer. I can hear things happening (like emails coming in), but can't get the desktop.

The only solution I've found is to close the screen for a few seconds, then open it again.

Definitely seems like a bug somewhere.

mike.kerlinger · mike.kerlinger #6 (**permalink**)

04-08-2008, 02:06 PM

This may sound ignorant, but what is iStat? I do not have that installed.
I visited the Apple Store in Portland. They said this is an issue a few computers have had, but it hasn't been frequent enough to really diagnose. And of course, I couldn't get my computer to recreate the problem when I was there, just the next day when I got home...
Anyway, I suppose I'll just keep this post updated if Apple gets back to me with a possible cause and/or solution.

FrayAdjacent #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 02, 2008 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 49 Mac Specs: MacBook 2.2GHz	04-03-2008, 07:18 PM I've had this happen a few times... wake up from sleep and I get the password screen. Enter my account password, then the screen goes black, but has a mouse pointer. I can hear things happening (like emails coming in), but can't get the desktop. The only solution I've found is to close the screen for a few seconds, then open it again. Definitely seems like a bug somewhere. The very existence of flamethrowers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, "You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I don't want to have to walk over there to do it."
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mike.kerlinger #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 02, 2008 Posts: 3	04-02-2008, 03:54 PM In the last 4 weeks or so, I've been having issues with my computer coming out of sleep mode. When I open it, the computer itself wakes up and functions normally: I can play music, turn my volume up and down, etc. However, my screen doesn't respond. I just see a black screen. The only thing I've been able to come up with is my 'brute force' technique of doing a hard shutdown and restarting, which I know is not good for my computer, and I lose all information in programs that I had opened. Has anyone else experienced this, and do you have any ideas for a fix?
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kommy #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 15, 2008 Location: Seattle Posts: 6 Mac Specs: MBP 15" 2.2GHz 4GB RAM 200GB @ 7200rpm l 30GB iPOD	04-03-2008, 01:40 PM ive had this happen recently too. its pretty irritating.
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eliehass #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 03, 2007 Posts: 850 Mac Specs: iMac Core i5(3.6 GHz) 8 GB RAM, MBP C2Duo(2.4 GHz) 4 GB RAM, MB C2Duo(2.4 GHz) 2 GB RAM	04-03-2008, 03:06 PM do you have istat pro installed? If so, update it. I heard older versions of istat caused issues like the ones you are having.
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mike.kerlinger #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 02, 2008 Posts: 3	04-08-2008, 02:06 PM This may sound ignorant, but what is iStat? I do not have that installed. I visited the Apple Store in Portland. They said this is an issue a few computers have had, but it hasn't been frequent enough to really diagnose. And of course, I couldn't get my computer to recreate the problem when I was there, just the next day when I got home... Anyway, I suppose I'll just keep this post updated if Apple gets back to me with a possible cause and/or solution.
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