Hi,
Any ideas on this issue would be really appreciated, as i have no idea where to start:
Since a few days ago every time I power on my laptop, it displays the initial dell screen, a loading bar fills up and then the screen goes black. At this point the Windows (XP SP3) loading screen would normally appear, but the screen stays black indefinitely.
Note that it looks black in the way that screens look black when they are on but not displaying anything, and not like when it is powered down.
I had a lot of hard drive failures earlier this year, so replaced the drive in May, for a new Toshiba one, but has been running really well since then. In my experience hard drive failures give me an error screen and not the nothingness I am currently experiencing.
If it points to anything, the battery warning light has recently started flashing, but the laptop is currently plugged in, I have an auxiliary battery in the optical drive bay and the main, 'worn out' battery was lasting for about 40 mins the day prior to this failure.
Again, any thoughts would be much appreciated as I can normally get thing sorted once they have been diagnosed!
Many thanks in advance for your help,
Lewis Moore
Any ideas on this issue would be really appreciated, as i have no idea where to start:
Since a few days ago every time I power on my laptop, it displays the initial dell screen, a loading bar fills up and then the screen goes black. At this point the Windows (XP SP3) loading screen would normally appear, but the screen stays black indefinitely.
Note that it looks black in the way that screens look black when they are on but not displaying anything, and not like when it is powered down.
I had a lot of hard drive failures earlier this year, so replaced the drive in May, for a new Toshiba one, but has been running really well since then. In my experience hard drive failures give me an error screen and not the nothingness I am currently experiencing.
If it points to anything, the battery warning light has recently started flashing, but the laptop is currently plugged in, I have an auxiliary battery in the optical drive bay and the main, 'worn out' battery was lasting for about 40 mins the day prior to this failure.
Again, any thoughts would be much appreciated as I can normally get thing sorted once they have been diagnosed!
Many thanks in advance for your help,
Lewis Moore