Fire stick will not startwhat can I do to start it ? I hook it up once got page that said fire then blank

Check the settings in the fire stick. Make sure it is set to DHCP. Or you may have to enter the wifi IP Address manually. If your wifi uses 192.168.1.1 as a starting IP address then enter 192.168.1.49 change the last 2 digits if already in use. Subnet. 255.255.255.0, Gateway 192.168.1.1.
if it uses 192.168.0.1 then change the 3rd set of numbers to 0. I.e. 192.168.0.49 gateway 192.168.0.1 same subnet.

A number of scenarios may yield a frozen fire stick. And just what screen is visible during the freeze is sometimes relevant. Other than a reset procedure, you can also consider the scenarios mentioned on the following page:

Solved Amazon Fire Stick Black Screen Frozen updated 2018

Here is a discussion of the reset process:

How to Reset Your Amazon Fire TV
This generally involves pressing select and start simultaneously and after a restart, unplugging and re-pluging the power cable after a brief delay.

Do other inputs work?

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make sure that your wifi is a good signal,if you are using a lower tier internet service then it wont work,call your internet provider and verify that your internet is sufficient,also use 5ghz wifi,not 2.8ghz.
if this doesnt work for connecting then,
reset this way,
straight from amazon,reset firestick,
Please unplug the Fire TV stick from power source and then plug it again after 5 seconds.
Once the Fire TV stick is back on, please take batteries out of the remote and re-insert

download the netflix app,enter your credit card info to buy netflix service,,it should work,also,
make sure that your wifi is a good signal,if you are using a lower tier internet service then it wont work,call your internet provider and verify that your internet is sufficient,also use 5ghz wifi,not 2.8ghz.
if this doesnt work for connecting then,
reset this way,
straight from amazon,reset firestick,
Please unplug the Fire TV stick from power source and then plug it again after 5 seconds.
Once the Fire TV stick is back on, please take batteries out of the remote and re-insert