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memmons111 · 01-17-2008, 07:19 AM

I have a HP Pavillion dv9000 laptop, 17" wide screen, 2 Gb RAM, running Vista Home Premium. I leave it running all the time and close the lid when I am done. The computer works fine except that after an extended time of non-use (over night) the screen stays black (not even backlit) when I open the lid. The power and all the lights are on but the disk light does not come on. The only thing I can do then is hard-boot by holding the power button down for several seconds. The computer will then boot back up and run fine. I have set all the power settings to "never" or "do nothing" when using AC power but that hasn't helped. I have called HP but their only suggestion was to turn off the computer when I was done with it. DuH. Any thoughts??

01-17-2008, 07:19 AM	#1 (permalink)
memmons111 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 6 OS: WINXP SP2/Vista Home Prem	HP Pavilion dv9000 crashes after extended non-use time I have a HP Pavillion dv9000 laptop, 17" wide screen, 2 Gb RAM, running Vista Home Premium. I leave it running all the time and close the lid when I am done. The computer works fine except that after an extended time of non-use (over night) the screen stays black (not even backlit) when I open the lid. The power and all the lights are on but the disk light does not come on. The only thing I can do then is hard-boot by holding the power button down for several seconds. The computer will then boot back up and run fine. I have set all the power settings to "never" or "do nothing" when using AC power but that hasn't helped. I have called HP but their only suggestion was to turn off the computer when I was done with it. DuH. Any thoughts??