Blank Screen at Startup

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In news:4A31CDE9-5D00-4098-B481-FB78A1C0AB06@microsoft.com,
Morefire <Morefire@discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> My PC used to work fine but now during startup displays the XP splash
> screen then goes blank from then on. XP does start ( plays startup
> sound) and I can shutdown normally using the keyboard, but there is
> just a black screen. The same thing happens in Safe Mode but instead
> it keeps displaying the list of loaded drivers. Any help/insight in
> resolving this problem is welcome and greatly appreciated.

Press CTRL + ALT + Delete, in the task manager file - new task and type
explorer.exe... Does that bring up your desktop?

Galen
--

"And that recommendation, with the exaggerated estimate of my ability
with which he prefaced it, was, if you will believe me, Watson, the
very first thing which ever made me feel that a profession might be
made out of what had up to that time been the merest hobby."

Sherlock Holmes

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?)

After the BIOS and XP loading screen is displayed, there is just a black
screen, no display, not even the mouse pointer, but xp does load and plays
the startup music and I can shutdown blindly using the keyboard, but there is
no display so i cant see the task manager. maybe the onboard video is going
bad?

"Galen" wrote:

> In news:4A31CDE9-5D00-4098-B481-FB78A1C0AB06@microsoft.com,
> Morefire <Morefire@discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say:
>
> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>
> > My PC used to work fine but now during startup displays the XP splash
> > screen then goes blank from then on. XP does start ( plays startup
> > sound) and I can shutdown normally using the keyboard, but there is
> > just a black screen. The same thing happens in Safe Mode but instead
> > it keeps displaying the list of loaded drivers. Any help/insight in
> > resolving this problem is welcome and greatly appreciated.
>
> Press CTRL + ALT + Delete, in the task manager file - new task and type
> explorer.exe... Does that bring up your desktop?
>
> Galen
> --
>
> "And that recommendation, with the exaggerated estimate of my ability
> with which he prefaced it, was, if you will believe me, Watson, the
> very first thing which ever made me feel that a profession might be
> made out of what had up to that time been the merest hobby."
>
> Sherlock Holmes
>
>
>