Everything goes black?
955576
yep, you got it in one, you're a real little philosopher.
787138
I am having the EXACT same problem...any resolution yet?
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Go to Start Menu, then Programs, then Accessories, then System Tools.\n\nDo a system Restore and set it back to a couple of days so that you can get it back to way it was.\n\nSometimes after a blackout or a power outage, if you dont have a surger protector, you can really screw up your system. You might need to reinstall windows if system restore does not work.
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If your lcd monitor boot up with the pc and able to show the desktop, then 99% you are okay, 10 sec of black screen is normal unless it happen just recently. \nFor a pc to boot up to the desktop, the bios recognize the hardware then the loading of platform, there is not much to show unless you change the bios settings on some motherboard, so it should be generally dark.\nConnection between pc and monitor shouldnt be a issue as normally you won't touch that, if it's connected, it should work, otherwise it won't be 10 sec delay only.
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SHIT........\n\nok, Your Graphics card is definetly gone. Probably a capacitor has exploded or chip got corrupted. Change your AGP and thinks will definetly get back to normal.\n\nSee those red lines and misplaceed graphics. That happens when the AGP cannot retrieve data of a chip (which is probably corrupted)
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It might be a single resolution burned out of the screen. I hope I'm wrong. The screens are so cheap now, I doubt it's worth fixing..Good Luck.
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use a blacK light and see what happens
586652
If this is a problem that started out of the blue without you touching any of your settings, chances are there is a problem with either your motherboard, graphics card or processor. I had this same problem and it turned out that my motherboard had burnt out.\n\nI don't know how old your computer is but if it is more than 3 years old, chances are it is burnt out and you will need to replace your base unit.
979768
All these things are leading us to a blackout!
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It may be possible that your Windows get corrupt. Try reinstalling it.
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It sounds like either your harddrive crashed or has been disconnected.  Check to make sure the harddrive is connected properly.  Beyond that you'll have to replace the harddrive and re-install your operating system.
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try re-booting the system.
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if it happened recently try system restoring it back to before it started. Click START - All Programs - Accessories - System Tools - System Restore. Then as i said restore it to the point at which you think it worked.
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Honey...go to System Restore...it will fix everything! I do it all the time!!!!!!!!
258296
Try reinstalling it. That's happened to me plenty of times. Believe me, I'm a full blown nerd...
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1. It could be in Hybernate: try to turn off all power and restart the whole thing from the no-power stage.\n\n2. graphic-card / video setting: \n2.1 there's nothing much you can do if you cant see it but i suggest to turn it all off from the no-power stage and press <del> to go to your BIOS setting. Check if you can mannually overide the settings to a lower mode. If so, try restarting again.\n2.2 from the background, the laptop is starting up with windows but u cant see anything coz the video just might have been toggled with. try pressing <F8> by the time you boot it up, chances are u might be lucky enough to go on safe mode and u can level your video setting to a lower degree.\n\n3. if 1 and 2 doesn't work - i damn hope you have backed up you files coz you have to bring it to a DELL shop\n\nHope I helped you out- coz i had that prob once and # 2 did the trick for me
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Sounds as if your video card has no output.  Check to make sure your monitor cable is not loose.  If it isn't, your video card could have died.