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    Failing to restart, black screen

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by sacredevil, Jan 9, 2009.

  1. sacredevil

    sacredevil Notebook Consultant

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    I have an XPS1530, VISTA 32bit Ultimate, 8600 card with 176.44 driver

    the internet was working slow for some odd reason, so i restarted the computer just in case (was on hilbernate all the time), it wouldn't restart, after the Dell screen, the Vista screen would not appear, just black screen and I can hear loading noise.. so i manually shut it down and started again, again black screen for a while but it started.. what could be the problem?
     
    sacredevil, Jan 9, 2009
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  2. pixelot

    pixelot Notebook Acolyte

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    Can you load Windows in Safe Mode (Press F8 at BIOS screen)? :cool:
     
    pixelot, Jan 9, 2009
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