help the noob out.

stephenzheng · 05-15-2008, 09:22 PM

After I send my PC to standby or hibernate when run on battery power, I can't bring it back by hitting the power switch. the hard drive turn on the fans are running ECT. but my 7" touch screen say " no input " ( my laptop don't have screen to see if it turn back on or not).
however if I turn it on normally it work fine, do you guys think will "devcon" fix it? come to think of it, when I still have screen on the laptop, I did have it hibernate once and DIDN'T turn back on by the power button either.

and one more thing, is it a way to extended the ribbon on the laptop key broad? so I can have it install elsewhere. thanks,Stephen.

stephenzheng · 05-16-2008, 12:00 PM

is winXP home BTW.

rijndael · 05-16-2008, 01:52 PM

it sounds like more of a hardware issue to me than a software issue. Have you updated your BIOS from the manufacturer? try that and see if that fixes it.

stephenzheng · 05-16-2008, 07:18 PM

yes, I did look in the BIOS before but there is nothing there about it ( so I think )
can you tell me little deeper?

rijndael · 05-16-2008, 07:33 PM

if its not that, have you tried updating your video drivers? your video output device may not be being told to turn back on...try that...

stephenzheng · 05-16-2008, 07:48 PM

like I said in my title, I'm a newbie when come to the computer, you have to more detail then that.

when I turn it on normally, It work fine every time.

rijndael · 05-16-2008, 09:03 PM

thats exactly what its being told to do...but what is not happening is its not being told to turn back on after standby...if its not a hardware issue, then you must next check your drivers. turn on your computer from a cold start (not from hibernate or standby), then right click on "My computer" and go to "Properties"...select the "Hardware" tab and click on "Device Manager"...where it now says "display adapters", expand that, and right click on the device shown and uninstall your video device driver.

now i dont know who made your videocard or if its onboard video, i dont know what type it is unless you tell me. what you need to do is go to the manufacturers website and download the latest video drivers and install them.

If your laptop is old, you may not find recent drivers from the manufacturer...but you can hope that the latestones they have fix your problem.

BTW...a driver is a language that allows 2 or more pieces of hardware to communicate with eachother and understand eachother...like if i speak French and only french, and you speak Englich and only English, we wont understand eachother. A "driver" is sort of a translator so we can understand eachother...hope that helps a bit if you didnt know that...

also, download your video drivers before you uninstall your current one...it will help a lot...

keep me posted here, ill be here all night cause im babysitting for some friends...

stephenzheng · 05-17-2008, 10:41 AM

Thank you, I will try to find it out what brand of video card and down load the new driver. and post back.Stephen