# The screen that would not wake up

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 24, 2004, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-screen-that-would-not-wake-up/270861 "2004-10-24T03:46:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![aka\_10003](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@aka\_10003](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aka_10003)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-screen-that-would-not-wake-up/270861/1 "2004-10-24T03:46:50Z")

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My screen would not wake up when my laptop gets out of standby or hibernate (Windows XP pro.)

I have tried to play with the Power Options, changing the value of “turn off monitor”, but no solutions so far.

Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-screen-that-would-not-wake-up/270861/2 "2004-10-24T03:50:59Z")

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I’ve occasionally had that problem. Try hitting alt-F5 - on my machine, it seems to refresh the screen or something.

Disclaimer: IANA tech person, have no technical expertise, etc.

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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-screen-that-would-not-wake-up/270861/3 "2004-10-24T05:31:32Z")

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Check your MB BIOS power down settings. Turn them all off and see if the problem persists.

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**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-screen-that-would-not-wake-up/270861/4 "2004-10-24T06:23:03Z")

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My solution: Hold down the power button until the computer turns off 😛

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**Author:** ![sleestak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-screen-that-would-not-wake-up/270861/5 "2004-10-24T08:30:07Z")

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I seem to remember that XP Pro has a known issue with the sleep function.

Ahhh, google is good.

[http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=142446&p=56](http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=142446&p=56)

Slee