Okay so i had a school project to do and stayed up doing it late on my macbook pro... i had to wake up like 2 hours later so i decided just to let my macbook pro sleep instead of shutting it down... fast forward to about 2 hours later and tried to revive my macbook pro from its sleep state but all i see is a black screen. I tried to restart it, took the battery out, etc but no dice. Its weird because when the macbook is open (when you can see the screen itself) i don't know how to explain it but the white light on the macbook pro is very dim.. but when i close the macbook pro the light is bright white... i'm not sure whats happening. Additional details : I don't hear the chime or anything.. i know the cpu is working because i hear a noise.... what should i do? Thanks.
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Macbook Pro Black screen
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same thing happened here -
repeated power on and off -
after the 2nd cycle it worked -
no explanation - I did have one tell me to take it to apple store - but have not had the issue since.
by any chance were you in windows? - I have had trouble before shutting this partition down with similar issues on sleeping and screen.
good luck
repeated power on and off -
after the 2nd cycle it worked -
no explanation - I did have one tell me to take it to apple store - but have not had the issue since.
by any chance were you in windows? - I have had trouble before shutting this partition down with similar issues on sleeping and screen.
good luck
Yeah i was on windows lol. Tried repeating power on and off and it looks like it doesn't work for me
Might have to take it to the apple store but my warranty expired a few months ago Mine does same thing waking up from sleep. I did figure out if I hit the brightness button (f2) a couple times the screen comes back on. Other than that, I have to hold the power button to restart.