Turn PC on but nothing shows but Black Screens?

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So I turn my PC on today, the PC starts everything comes on, but the monitors are black and I can move the mouse around? Normally it would go to a screen but it's literally just black screens where I can move the mouse! Nothing else loads? What do I do? It was working perfectly fine the day before?? What has happened and any ideas on how to fix?!
 
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corroded
Sounds like a failure of Sleep or Hibernate.

With the power on, pull the power from the computer (if a laptop, remove the battery first). Wait a minute, plug it in and power it back up. This should force it to "Repair" and then should boot up OK.
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Sounds like a failure of Sleep or Hibernate.

With the power on, pull the power from the computer (if a laptop, remove the battery first). Wait a minute, plug it in and power it back up. This should force it to "Repair" and then should boot up OK.
 
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It's a desktop, when you say pull the power do you mean switch it of by the mains while it's on or just hold the button? Because I held the button to restart it a few times before starting the thread yet it still does the same thing, I went and left it for a while came back and it went into standby mode, I moved mouse screens came back on as black and yet I can still move mouse... What is happening! :(
 
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... :) ...

Glad it worked... Disable Hibernate and set Sleep to 0 (zero/never)

Press Windows + X keys to open Power menu and select Command Prompt (Admin)
To enable the Hibernate, type command powercfg/h on.
To disable the Hibernate, type command powercfg/h off.
Reboot
 
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I am having the same problem as him but I don't exactly know what you mean, do you mean just unplugging the power cable from the PSU or outlet and then putting it back in a minute later or do you mean something else. Any help is very appreciated because it is my first build and I'm kinda stressing out
 
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Hey I have the exact same problem as you but I don't understand what it is you did exactly, like which cable did you pull out and where? Any help is really appreciated
 
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the AC power where it plugs into the PSU on the back of the desktop tower case. If you have a laptop, remove the battery and unplug the power adapter.

Do this when it is up and running windows, it forces a repair cycle, most of the time.
 
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