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Blank screen of death

Blitzkrieger · 2002-05-03 22:39:16

Not sure this shouldn't be on the OS board but here goes : Sometimes when I boot my computer, (it hurts! Da-dum-tisch) it goes through the boot sequence, but brings up a blank screen when it's done, and won't accept any input. Has anybody ever had this problem before? I've heard that the win98SE CD has a system restore…

03-05-2002 11:39pm

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Blitzkrieger

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Not sure this shouldn't be on the OS board but here goes :

Sometimes when I boot my computer, (it hurts! Da-dum-tisch) it goes through the boot sequence, but brings up a blank screen when it's done, and won't accept any input. Has anybody ever had this problem before?

I've heard that the win98SE CD has a system restore program that examines your system files and replaces any that have changed. Would that be a good thing to do or would I just over write all my directx, etc. drivers?

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#2 04-05-2002 11:47am

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could be a video card proby..maybe.. i updated me Trident 3d card and the pc wouldnt start hehe...except the auld blank screen..does safe mode work?

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#3 05-05-2002 12:15am

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A re-boot usually fixes it. The video card (Tnt2) isn't new so it'd be weird if it was failing now.

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