Macbook Air M3 screen stays black when laptop lid is opened

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Macbook Air M3 screen stays black when laptop lid is opened

Upon opening the laptop lid, instead of the screen waking up, it remains black. Pressing any key makes no difference. The only way to get it to wake up is to hold down the power button and restart it. Is this a known issue? I saw an old post reporting this same problem with an M1 MacBook Air (although the M1 MacBook Air I had previously never displayed this behavior). I ran Apple Diagnostics and it reports no issues. Please advise - TIA.

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 14.4

Posted on Apr 28, 2024 05:57 AM

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Servant of Cats

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Apr 28, 2024 10:55 AM in response to Vixyswillie

If you have two external monitors connected to the M3 MacBook Air, you might try disconnecting one of them before opening the lid. The M3 MacBook Air can only drive two external monitors when the lid is closed, and it does so by redirecting hardware resources that would normally support the built-in screen.

If you're seeing this with only one external monitor connected, or no external monitors connected, I don't know what the problem might be.

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Jun 29, 2024 05:45 AM in response to simpleant

What an unexpected solution. LOL Thank you!

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Apr 28, 2024 11:31 AM in response to Servant of Cats

Appreciate the quick response. Unfortunately, I have no external monitors connected - should have mentioned that in my original post.

And my wife would be extremely pleased that you are an unabashed "Servant of Cats." ;)

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Jun 3, 2024 04:51 AM in response to Vixyswillie

Here is a very weird solution but it works for my MacBook Air M3 with the exact same issue....

Once you've opened the lid and it's still black (Assuming it's asleep and now shut down)....

Tip the whole macbook backwards and then rest it again and voila it awakens.

I think it's something to do with the accelerometer.

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Macbook Air M3 screen stays black when laptop lid is opened

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