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    Black Screen on startup

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Bizzle2011, Oct 9, 2007.

  1. Bizzle2011

    Bizzle2011 Newbie

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    Whenever I boot up my laptop (dv9500t) after the welcome screen it goes blank for about a minute or so with the white arrow. I can move the mouse and everything but it's pointless if the whole screen is black. After the minute it finally starts and everything loads.

    I've searched around and only found one thread similar to my case:

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=171887

    I tried doing what that user did and it did not work. Anybody have any suggestions?
     
    Bizzle2011, Oct 9, 2007
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  2. timtravel42

    timtravel42 Notebook Virtuoso

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    hi, welcome to notebook forums
    im the user from that thread.
    after you install the updates from my thread, you need to restart the computer a few times
     
    timtravel42, Oct 9, 2007
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  3. coolguy

    coolguy Notebook Prophet

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    coolguy, Oct 9, 2007
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  4. timtravel42

    timtravel42 Notebook Virtuoso

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    we arent talking about the black screen FLASH
    this is a different thing, this black screen stays for about a minute (give or take some) and just shows the pointer

    also, im pretty sure this only happens on HP laptops and that its not just a generic vista thing
     
    timtravel42, Oct 9, 2007
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  5. FDNY2002

    FDNY2002 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I disabled the UAC and there is a tweak to disable Vista looking for external monitors and I no longer have the black screen issue.
     
    FDNY2002, Oct 9, 2007
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  6. Bizzle2011

    Bizzle2011 Newbie

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    It's been a couple days actually since I updated vista with those updates. I booted my laptop this morning and the problem still arises :[

    I don't want to do a clean install and am thinking about recovering it to its original state later on today. I'll do that and see how it goes.
     
    Bizzle2011, Oct 9, 2007
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  7. Bizzle2011

    Bizzle2011 Newbie

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    I disabled the UAC and it worked! Thanks for all the help guys :]
     
    Bizzle2011, Oct 9, 2007
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