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Macbook screen Goes Black after a few minutes

I recently had my Macbook Pro 2010 13" model repaired with a new hard drive since the last one failed when I got it repaired from a dodgy Apple re-seller a year ago.

When we ran System Diagnostics at the Apple Store they said the only thing they found a problem with was the old Hard Drive. Everything else on the screen indicated that it was working perfectly I now have a SSD which works great, instead of a Hard Disk. But now when I leave my computer running about 3 minutes later the screen turns black. It's not a big deal but I just keep thinking that the computer turns itself off when it didn't. It goes black every time I leave the machine. However, in Preferences, Put Hard Disk to sleep whenever possible is unchecked, and I have turned the screen saver off, but the screen still goes off. I have tried looking through many different online sites about this issue but none have come up with any acceptable details or solutions. Please help.

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Posted on Jan 6, 2018 5:15 PM

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Posted on Jan 6, 2018 8:22 PM

Maybe it is just the energy saver.

Check this.

Clic on the Apple logo, top top left left corner of the screen... clic on System Preferences then "Energy Saver"

you have two choices:

1- see of the DISPLAY SLEEP level is at 3 minutes, then that is the problem(. I put mine at 15minutes or more). If it is set a 1 hour and still the screen goes to black after 3 minutes then

2- uncheck the box "put hard disk to sleep whenever possible"


Hope that helps 🙂

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Jan 6, 2018 8:22 PM in response to SoniMan91

Maybe it is just the energy saver.

Check this.

Clic on the Apple logo, top top left left corner of the screen... clic on System Preferences then "Energy Saver"

you have two choices:

1- see of the DISPLAY SLEEP level is at 3 minutes, then that is the problem(. I put mine at 15minutes or more). If it is set a 1 hour and still the screen goes to black after 3 minutes then

2- uncheck the box "put hard disk to sleep whenever possible"


Hope that helps 🙂

Macbook screen Goes Black after a few minutes

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