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I hear the initial "turning on" sound, buy after that there is nothing.
What is wrong and how can I fix it?
This has just happened to my computer, one minute i was using it, one minute the screen went black. I thought i just needed to reboot it so i held down the power button to shut it down and then restarted it. I heard the same start up sound however i saw nothing on the screen. But after looking a bit closer i realised that the stuff on the screen WAS there but so so so faint. I also found that when i pushed f1 (lower brightness) all the way down and then back up again with f2 my screen would come up as normal for a split second. When i kept doing this (back and forth on the brightness) it eventually stayed bright in short time periods so i eventually could navigate my way to the system preferences and this is what I changed:
> Apple button (top left corner)
> System preferences
> Hardware > Energy Saver
> Untick everything under the "Power Adapter tab"
> Put the Computer sleep and Display sleep to "Never" by moving the time slider to the right
> Do the same thing for the "Battery" tab
This has worked for me so far so I just wanted to let other people know that are having the same problem. Before I did this i was contemplating taking it to the Apple store like everyone else and paying 200 quid to get it fixed. Glad I played around with it first though and I hope this means other people will be able to fix their ones too!
Dear Macky 2392,
I did the same to my computer, it works fine. But next day I turn on my computer, the black screen appears. Is there any permanent solution for this problem?
No... Is not inverter problem :-(
Any other idea?
Thanks so much! I have the same model as digressionjim. Removing the battery worked! Thanks again!
thanks- It looks like for the time being, this has fixed my problem.
Your response was so logical. No wonder I didn't think of it. 😝 Thanks very much. My ancient Macbook is back to normal!
I Had the same problem and I held command, option, P, R then the power button while holding those keys and held it until I heard my computer start up twice and it fixed itself.
No idea why but this just worked for me- thanks! You're a lifesaver!
Thank you so much! This WORKED!!! There were so many solutions out there on the web and this one did the trick.
Thank you so much! I was sceptical but it worked! I just wasn't quick enough to hold the keys down in time at first. THANK YOU!!!!!!
Thank you for this! I can now use my MacBook again. Oh how I missed my old white laptop. ;-)
This one is the exact thing that recovered my Mac. I am so glad I found this. Thanks ea_online.
Spend more money you rich *****! I can barely afford a sandwich at the local deli and you're complaining about a Macbook smh.
THis was very helpful, totally worked 🙂
Thanks! This also worked for me. I thought my laptop was shot but after trying this several times it worked.
ea_online -- YOU ARE AMAZING! Thanks for sharing!!! 😍
My MacBook screen went black and now the screen won't turn on
