Blank Screen
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Lako42
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It's ****ed
Willlow
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I did think that, but it does bring up loads of writing about what is loading up, but then instead of going to the picture of Windows loading it just goes to the blank screen.
Motown Fox
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Have you tried going through "safe mode" by taking it off main power and taking the battery out whilst itis loading and switched on?
Macky
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It's really hard to diagnose without seeing it, does it look normal before it goes blank or are the messages on screen different to what you're used to?
Have you added any new hardware? Did anything at all change before the problem started?
If you press the 'F8' key after you turn it on does it bring anything up on the screen?
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Macky
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Motown Fox
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Well it worked for me when I had a similar problem
GazLCFC
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Surely if you removed it from the mains and took the battery out it wouldn't work anyway.
bocadillo
Water Gypsy
I presume that what Motown is saying is that after his forced shut-down, the next time he switched the computer on it went into Safe Mode and he was able to start it properly from there.
There are easier ways of forcing a shutdown and there is no reason to assume that the method would not work in every case of 'black screen'.
Motown Fox
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Quite true in what you say Boc and I'm not saying it would work for others just that it does work for me and the method is just one that I did the first time and I've just done the same since me not being a techno geek with computers:icon_wink.
Macky
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Willlow
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Yeah it looks normally before it goes blank, no I havent added any new software, nothing has changed it has just started doing it.
If I press F8 it brings up several set up options but as I know nothing about computers it isnt really that much of a help. I have looked on the set up options for a "start in safe mode" but there isnt an option to do this.
Matt_B
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Well what are the options :icon_bigg
Willlow
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I knew somebody would ask that :icon_lol:
I am at work and it is my home computer so I will have to write them down and post them later.
Macky
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That was my first thought as well, but it would normally come up with a non-system boot disc error if there was
RHYDAL
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Lako42
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I thought he did really well to post the problem in the first place.
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