Screen fades to black

[Monza13]

Hi all.

After being on a few hours, my Sony Vaio laptop screen keeps fading to black, and then it takes a few mouse clicks to restore. This then happens every 30 seconds or so. When I restart my laptop, it's OK for a few hours then same thing happens and the black out gets progressively faster.

[jumpsuit]

Hi 

Which laptop do you have?

There could be a couple of things that are causing it but maybe first double-check your settings for when the display is set to turn itself off?

Click "Start"

Click "control Panel"

Click "System and Security"

Click "Power Options"

On the left check the setting for "Choose when to turn off display"

Also check if you are set to a 'balanced' or 'power saver' in "Power Options"

Again it may be something more troublesome, but its worth checking first

[Monza13]

Hi there, thanks for being so prompt. It's a VAIO VPCEB3C5E. I've looked at those settings, but I'm always plugged in and set to 5, 10, 10 minutes.

but this issue is actually when I'm in the middle of typing, so not when I've left the laptop alone. And it goes to black rather than screensaver. It's alright now for instance, for a few hours in the morning, but by the afternoon it starts to do this. Has happened for about a week now.

Thanks

[IckleL]

Hey,

I'm having the same problem - did you find an answer?

Thanks,

Lyn

[Monza13 · Accepted solution]

Hi, no I still have the problem - sometimes not at all for a few days, then comes back. I find rebooting usually helps but Sony just told me to go to an approved fixer.