RE: Blank screen on login

I have similar problem. The problem is on my Asus laptop M1A. My windows XP
was upgraded from Windows ME. The blank login screen problem occurred when I
first booted my windows XP. At that time I thought that was my display
driver's problem, so I boot in safe mode and install the most updated i815
display driver and then I got a usable windows xp for any supported display
resolution for a while. However, I recently converted my FAT32 file system to
NTFS (I had not done so during upgrade). After that, the windows xp boot up
like what you described, it pass the splash screen and the screen becomes
blank when it should be showing the welcome/login screen. But I found that it
can hibernate/sleep by pressing the power button and everything returns
normal when it powers up again. I have tried to reinstall the display driver,
check for virus, perform a "repair installation" (it seems working before
windows update), etc. with no sign of solving the problem. Before today, I
have to boot the machine twice --- boot to blank screen first and then press
the power button to hibernate and then on again --- in order to use my
laptop. However, I found another workaround today --- choose shutdown the
machine from the start menu directly, not logoff first and then choose
shutdown, which I used this method previously, for shutting down the machine.
Then the machine can boot up normally next time! I don't know why it works,
but it suggests the problem it is not a display driver problem, it's a
Microsoft's fault.

I hope somebody from Microsoft can figure out why the two methods of
shutting down the machine are so different (which can determine whether my
blank login screen problem appears or disappears) and release a patch to put
it in windows update, so that all the users suffering this can solve the
problem. Thank you.

Regards,
Peter Lee


"nicki_bee" wrote:

> Hello
>
> I wonder if anyone can help me. I have tried looking for a solution on
> the web for this and I can’t seem to find anything that quite
> matches my problem.
>
> I have a Dell Inspiron 2500 which is a few years old. I have not
> recently installed anything new onto it or added new hardware or
> anything, but the other day i switched it on and it appeard to be
> starting up fine. The Dell screen comes up, the Windows startup splash
> screen appears then the screen goes blank. The laptop continues to
> load properly (i think) as you can hear the start up music and
> everything loading up, but the screen is blank, (tho the colour of it
> down change to a slight lighter shade of black!).
>
> I have tried outputting to a different monitor - which does exactly
> the same as the laptop screen - displaying the start-up stuff then
> blank screen before the login bit.
>
> When i start up the laptop in safe mode and VGA mode it works fine. I
> have tried changin the resolution in these modes to a lower one
> 600x800 (the refesh rate is set to 60) but this does not solve the
> problem. I have installed all recommended XP updates, scanned for
> viruses and spyware but there’s nothing there, tried to use the
> troubleshooting tools in Help and Support but not really sure what im
> doing and it says everything is fine!
>
> Can anyone pelase help, I am at a loss what to do. Could it be some
> sort of hardware failure with my graphics card maybe?! Dont know much
> about that sort of thing.
>
> Thanks very much :)
>
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