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black screen
Thursday, April 24, 2008 at 7:09 am
Posted by E.Levin
(56 messages posted)
help....got up this morning, turned on the computer and the screen remained black
for a moment....then the Dell logo came up , only for a moment and then total blackness....checked
all the plugs and switches and they are fine....what could the problem be?????
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re: black screen
Thursday, April 24, 2008 at 7:57 am
Posted by Ricer46
(19761 messages posted)
see if you can enter the bios setup.
On Thursday, April 24, 2008 at 7:09 am, E.Levin wrote:
>help....got up this morning, turned on the computer and the screen remained black
>for a moment....then the Dell logo came up , only for a moment and then total blackness....checked
>all the plugs and switches and they are fine....what could the problem be?????
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re: black screen
Thursday, April 24, 2008 at 8:11 am
Posted by E.Levin
(56 messages posted)
I appreciate the help but I am a novice and do not know how to get into the bios
screen. no matter which keys I press the screen remains black.
On Thursday, April 24, 2008 at 7:57 am, Ricer46 wrote:
>see if you can enter the bios setup.
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re: black screen
Thursday, April 24, 2008 at 9:26 am
Posted by Ricer46
(19761 messages posted)
The key to press is normally displayed as the very first text in the startup. It's
either the delete key, F1, F2, or maybe escape... those are the most common. If you
can't enter the BIOS, there is nothing anyone here can do for you, since the problem
would be hardware related.
On Thursday, April 24, 2008 at 8:11 am, E.Levin wrote:
>I appreciate the help but I am a novice and do not know how to get into the bios
>screen. no matter which keys I press the screen remains black.
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re: black screen
Thursday, April 24, 2008 at 9:28 am
Posted by Ricer46
(19761 messages posted)
One thing you might try, is to completely unplug the system from the wall socket
for 60 or more seconds then try again to start it.
On Thursday, April 24, 2008 at 8:11 am, E.Levin wrote:
>I appreciate the help but I am a novice and do not know how to get into the bios
>screen. no matter which keys I press the screen remains black.
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re: black screen
Thursday, April 24, 2008 at 10:14 am
Posted by Ari
(1218 messages posted)
You need to say more about the symptoms to get better advice.
Do you see the Dell logo EVERY time you turn the machine on, and then, after showing
you the Dell logo, everything goes black??
Or did you see it ONCE, and now when you turn the machine on, you get NOTHING?
What model Dell is it?
After it goes black, is the machine still turned on? Power light on? Fan spinning?
Have you tried a different monitor? Is the power indicator on the monitor lit up?
On Thursday, April 24, 2008 at 7:09 am, E.Levin wrote:
>help....got up this morning, turned on the computer and the screen remained black
>for a moment....then the Dell logo came up , only for a moment and then total blackness....checked
>all the plugs and switches and they are fine....what could the problem be?????
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