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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Gumbinator10 on 2024-10-28 00:14:14+00:00.

So kind of embarrassing but I felt it was necessary to share what I did this morning. So last night I was on my laptop and the screen suddenly turned off. I immediately assumed the worst and scoured my phone for possible solutions. I tried resetting it, booting in safe mode, and making sure it was charged. Could not figure it out and decided to create a repair ticket with Lenovo to solve my problem.

This leads me to this morning where I decided to visit Staples to try for a quicker fix/diagnosis since it’s the weekend. As I arrive at staples I’m greeted by a nice guy who leads me to the tech station. He plugs in my laptop and I tell him my issue as he tries some inputs to fix my problem. What happened next made me just want to reset my day completely. He had me type in my password and he looks in surprise as a faint image appears on the screen. He flips the laptop towards me and turns the brightness back up. I’m speechless and unsure how this was the first thing I didn’t try. We laughed and I left feeling like the dumbest person in the world.

TLDR: Thought my computer screen died, turns out brightness was all the way off