Dell Inspiron 1526 - Windows Vista Home Premium (32-bit) - Service Pack 2 (problem started while using SP1) - AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-60 2.00 GHz - ATI Radeon X1200 Series
This is probably the strangest problem I've ever seen or even heard of. I've owned this laptop for about a year and a half with no problems, then one day, I decided to put my computer into sleep mode by closing the lid (which I've done several times before without problems.). When I lifted the lid, the computer woke up, but the display refused to show. Thinking this was an easily solvable problem, I restarted the computer. The computer turned on, but the screen was black. After turning the computer off and on enough times (probably 20), the screen finally displayed and error message say "RTC Mode Fixed. Date and time may be wrong." I couldn't help but think "What the...." I've ran into my share of computer problems before, but nothing as bizarre as this.
Assuming everything was fine, I let the computer start normally, and shortly after the BIOS screen, the computer abruptly turns off. The only way I could get the boot sequence to go past the BIOS screen and start up normally, I had to remove all the peripherals (including the power cord.) After the computer finally loaded all the way, i was able to operate it normally. Almost every time I cut it off though, the black screen issue happens again.
A solution will be greatly appreciated.