MacBook Pro - macbook pro 15" screen problem

nemesk8r · nemesk8r #1 (**permalink**)

08-21-2009, 04:58 PM

The other day i turned on my laptop only to hear the sound of the machine starting(the welcome tone) but no image. If i leave the computer on it will become very hot, yet still no image. so i tried letting the batter die completely then recharged it. turned it on the following day and it worked fine, when i was done doing my normal operations i closed the lid(as i normally do for later use) and went about my day. came back to it several hours opened the lid only to find the screen would not turn on again. So i tried the same thing last night till today but no screen. any ideas??

pigoo3 · pigoo3 #2 (**permalink**)

08-21-2009, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by nemesk8r

The other day i turned on my laptop only to hear the sound of the machine starting(the welcome tone) but no image. If i leave the computer on it will become very hot, yet still no image. so i tried letting the batter die completely then recharged it. turned it on the following day and it worked fine, when i was done doing my normal operations i closed the lid(as i normally do for later use) and went about my day. came back to it several hours opened the lid only to find the screen would not turn on again. So i tried the same thing last night till today but no screen. any ideas??

This may seen silly...but is the brightness on your laptop display turned all the way down?

- Nick

Luke Bizzy · Luke Bizzy #3 (**permalink**)

08-21-2009, 09:20 PM

Myself.

I thought I had lost my screen when the problem was that the brightness was all the way down. Cheap fix.

nemesk8r · nemesk8r #4 (**permalink**)

08-21-2009, 09:34 PM

i wish that were the case....... because it worked right off the bat when it was turned on the other day, it was the first thing i checked

bobtomay · bobtomay #5 (**permalink**)

08-21-2009, 09:55 PM

Make sure you try adjusting the brightness with and without the fn key.

If it's a no-go, give Apple a call.

nemesk8r · nemesk8r #6 (**permalink**)

08-22-2009, 04:19 PM

tried it.thanks

nemesk8r · nemesk8r #7 (**permalink**)

08-22-2009, 04:19 PM

didnt work

Rocky F · Rocky F #8 (**permalink**)

08-23-2009, 06:27 PM

I'm having a similar problem with my 13". I turn the Macbook on, and I can tell that it's running, but no screen. I noticed that with the light just right, I could see the picture on the screen, it just has no backlighting. To make things more confusing, if you slowly close the screen, when you get to a certain angle, the screen lights up, but it will only stay lit when the screen is a one particular angle, nearly closed. Has anybody seen anything like this before?

(Moderators: I hope I'm not breaking forum rules, I'm not trying to threadjack, if I need to start another thread I will.)

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nemesk8r #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Aug 21, 2009 Posts: 4	08-21-2009, 04:58 PM The other day i turned on my laptop only to hear the sound of the machine starting(the welcome tone) but no image. If i leave the computer on it will become very hot, yet still no image. so i tried letting the batter die completely then recharged it. turned it on the following day and it worked fine, when i was done doing my normal operations i closed the lid(as i normally do for later use) and went about my day. came back to it several hours opened the lid only to find the screen would not turn on again. So i tried the same thing last night till today but no screen. any ideas??
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nemesk8r #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Aug 21, 2009 Posts: 4	08-21-2009, 09:34 PM i wish that were the case....... because it worked right off the bat when it was turned on the other day, it was the first thing i checked
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nemesk8r #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Aug 21, 2009 Posts: 4	08-22-2009, 04:19 PM tried it.thanks
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nemesk8r #7 (permalink)
Member Since: Aug 21, 2009 Posts: 4	08-22-2009, 04:19 PM didnt work
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Rocky F #8 (permalink)
Member Since: Aug 23, 2009 Location: Benton, AR Posts: 1 Mac Specs: Home-Macbook 13" Work-G5	08-23-2009, 06:27 PM I'm having a similar problem with my 13". I turn the Macbook on, and I can tell that it's running, but no screen. I noticed that with the light just right, I could see the picture on the screen, it just has no backlighting. To make things more confusing, if you slowly close the screen, when you get to a certain angle, the screen lights up, but it will only stay lit when the screen is a one particular angle, nearly closed. Has anybody seen anything like this before? (Moderators: I hope I'm not breaking forum rules, I'm not trying to threadjack, if I need to start another thread I will.)
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