Re: Black screen at startup
- From: "Jay Law" <jay@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 16:50:50 +0100
On most notebooks you have a key to switch from lcd screen to external
monitors, usually its something like function key + one of the F-keys, try
plugging an external monitor into the back of the notebook and see if you
get a display, if you do, consult your notebook manual on how to switch back
to lcd screen.
Also check the refresh rate, if its set too high you might have display
problems, (around 70hz is normal)
Jay L
"Richard B" <dommy129-reply@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1E0535BC-FFE5-4A4D-86F8-5469AF906CDF@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I have a Dell Inspiron 2500 notebook with 384MB of memory running Windows
>XP
> Home Edition SP2. Up until a few days ago it was functioning normally.
> Then
> one morning I turned it on and, after displaying the Dell BIOS splash
> screen
> and the initial Windows splash screen the screen went black and stayed
> that
> way, although the computer continued to boot normally, playing the jingle
> etc.
>
> There appears to be nothing wrong with the display, because the computer
> can
> be started at low resolution in VGA mode. Once started, the the computer
> can
> be restored to the normal 1024 x 768 resolution through the control panel.
> That seems to agrue against a failure of the video controller. Yet when
> the
> computer is restarted normally the video once more goes black. I tried
> downloading and reinstalling the latest Intel video drivers, but that had
> no
> effect.
>
> I'll be grateful for any suggestions or solutions.
> --
> Richard
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