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Black screen PC wont boot up (Read 116 times)

Jun 12^th, 2005 at 8:38am

SaVas Offline
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Anyone have any ideas?

Dell XPS
P4
XP Pro
nVidia 6800GT 256
1 gig ram
200 GB HD

yesterday while changing a flight plan, my screen went black. had to shut off PC pressing the power button, now it wont boot up at all. No boot up noises. Nada.

I called XPS support but the yutzes dont have me on file for some reason so I have to call customer support tomorrow morning to find out why before they will let me talk to tech support.

My life is like the movie Office Space

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Reply #1 - Jun 12^th, 2005 at 9:09am

SaVas Offline
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just another addendum...

I installed my old 9800 Pro ATI card and still black screen

I can occasionally get a brief (half second) Dell logo with either card but then it goes black again

My life is like the movie Office Space

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Reply #2 - Jun 12^th, 2005 at 11:55am

Fly In Ex Member

I had that problem once with my Dell. I called a local computer shop, and they said to unplug it for awhile, which I did, and still nothing. So they told me I could bring it in and they would take a look at it. Did that and the d*mn thing worked fine when I got it there. Even to this day I dont know why it did it.... Sad

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Reply #3 - Jun 12^th, 2005 at 11:59am

Rob Chrisman Ex Member

Hi Steve... Wink

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I think that this could be a problem with your PSU - it could be faulty - you might want to swap it for another one and see if there's any difference.

Cheers... Grin

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PS. Throw the Dell away... Cheesy

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Reply #4 - Jun 12^th, 2005 at 12:21pm

SaVas Offline
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LOL well of all things it wasnt the Dell, it was my LCD monitor. Apparently my monitor took a nosedive. thankfully I have my other monitor on my other PC that I plugged it into and viola

My life is like the movie Office Space

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Reply #5 - Jun 12^th, 2005 at 3:22pm

Fly In Ex Member

Pretty soon the only thing that is gonna be Dell about mine is the case...I am going to do a major overhaul, but I think I will use the Dell case..... 8)

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Reply #6 - Jun 12^th, 2005 at 4:27pm

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My Dell monitors Great! Roll Eyes

The rest of it is all self built.....

Glad you sorted it SaVas. Wink

Secondhand Dell monitors, sourced from friend for £20 last longer than LCD for 10x the price !

If I were you, I'd replace that LCD with a 24inch CRT monitor,I guarantee you'll get a good one for the cost of a 15inch LCD as long as you don't mind e-bay or similar..... no buggered pixels to boot. Wink

Posting drivel here since Jan 31st, 2002. - That long!

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