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Keiy

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    Problem with Startup
    « on: March 26, 2008, 02:51:52 PM »
    After my laptop flashes the Dell screen, it goes straight to a black screen with a white underscore in the top left and will not progress any further. Any suggestions?

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    Re: Problem with Startup
    « Reply #1 on: March 26, 2008, 03:50:30 PM »
    Make sure all CD's, floppy diskettes, USB drives, etc. are out of the computer. It's possible it may be trying to boot from one of them.

    If that doesn't help, have you recently added any new hardware or moved the computer?

    If not, are you able to enter the CMOS setup (pressing F1/F2/Del) as computer boots up?

    It's likely if you're down to this point and same issue that there may be a hardware failure with the computer.
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      Re: Problem Solved
      « Reply #2 on: March 26, 2008, 03:58:49 PM »
      Thank you, your advice helped. It's back to normal now.

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      Re: Problem with Startup
      « Reply #3 on: March 26, 2008, 04:06:38 PM »
      Thanks for the reply. Glad it helped.  ;D
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