Since your laptop goes black randomly, there can be two reasons: (1) incompatible display driver software , or (2) a failing backlight, which means a hardware issue.. Hi, laptop model: asus q501la-bsi5t19 recently it developed this problem, when i move the lid screen goes off. i have to use fn key to turn it back on.. Hello, i've had my laptop for about 4 months and recently started having a black screen problem. the problem is that my screen turns black randomly... i need to disable the screen (fn+f9) and enable it or sleep/restart to fix it... i have tried installing other drivers and currently use 326.83 driver, also i'm still on windows 8..
What's wrong with my laptop? fast forward to around 5:20. about 5 minutes after starting up my laptop the screen will randomly turn black. the only way to get back on it is to press the power. Computer screen blank out ok, so the past month or so my asus laptop has been experiencing some black out screens. this typically happens everytime i log on, like immediately once i log on, the screen turns black.. Recently my computer has had problems with its screen. the screen goes black, but the backlight is still on. all my mouse and keyboard strokes work fine but i screen goes black but not off randomly i have a asus laptop with windows 8. recently my computer has had problems with its screen..