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    Dell Inspiron E1505

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Tl2IGG3l2, Jan 2, 2009.

  1. Tl2IGG3l2

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    My Dell Inspiron has a problem, everytime i connect the power supply to charge it while its on the monitor will completely black out on me... Has anyone had or heard of this problem before? :confused:
     
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    Nope, I have not heard of that problem. Are you under warranty? Which video device do you have? What OS are you running?
     
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    Im running windows Xp and it has factory hardware... It starts making a lil screech and then the monitor goes black...
     
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    Are you able to hook up an external monitor to see if the output to it is also affected when you connect the AC?
     
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    Havne't tried that yet, but i'll give it a shot... Just almost sounds like my laptop is gonna blow up before the monitor shuts down lmao...
     
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    Ok it seems that my monitor isnt completely going black... My light shuts off, because i can still see my desktop or whatever im running but its really dark... Anyone know what it might be?
     
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    That sounds like the panel's backlight is going. It's curious though as to why it only acts up when on AC power.
     
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    Ya i don't know why it only does it when it gets connected... Is there anyway to fix it?
     
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    There is no easy way to troubleshoot it. It could be a few things in my opinion, maybe a faulty adapter that isn't providing the correct voltage. It seems though that the inverter is going bad as you say it makes a noise.
     
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    IMO it's the power supply. I've seen a similar thing happen. Do you have another to try? I've had many LCD's backlight not power on due to lower than necessary power coming in.

    Try changing your power profile to maximum battery and try charging the laptop while it's off. Once fully charged, boot the laptop with it plugged in so that there isn't the extra load of charging the battery on the power supply. If these things remedy it I would put my money on the power brick.

    Also might be worth mentioning that you can try messing with the backlight brightness (lower = better) in order to try and get it working again. If it's being starved of electricity though, I would definitely not recommend running it that way if any of these things work.
     
    Kamel, Jan 2, 2009
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