Black screen after WinXP boot, same in Safe Mode

Hi try hitting F8 when system is booting up, you can select safe mode or last know good configuration. Check also if you installed a new hardware/software on the system. Last option will be reinstalling a new windows. Hope this will help. Cheers

Try booting in safe mode by hitting F8 every second after you turn it on until the boot screen comes up. Then select "safe mode" If it loads up in safe mode then delete the graphics driver from Device Manager.

If you were able to delete the driver in Device manager then reboot and get the driver from here:
http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/04

there are steps to resolve this issue ...
first of all remove all the usb devices and start the system and it should go to the desktop
shut the system back and start the system on the dell logo start tapping the delete key and that will take u on the bios screen there u will find USB emulation put it to no boot and save and exit and restart and than connect the devices to the system ... restart to make sure its working fine

Can you boot to Safe Mode. If you can, there is probably an issue with the graphics chip driver. If not, this could be a corrupted system file. Also try to boot to an extarnal monitor, eliminate the possibility of it being a screen issue

Usually what happens with my Dell Inspiron desktop, even on safe mode it goes to the logon screen. I have never experienced that with my Dell Inspiron 1318. When you log in and it shows you the black screen, try pressing the function buttons. Try F8 or F12. You should be able to start the computer in Safe Mode. If possible, enter Safe Mode with Networking so that you are able to search the web. If you don't mind me asking, why is it that you need safe mode? Is it a virus?

Please reinstall the Video Driver and check if the same issue persists. If the issue started within last 90 days, you can try the System Restore

The screen goes black while in normal mode right? So try to boot in safe mode (power on then keep tapping F8 then select safe mode). Check if still happens in safe mode.

If screen does not goes black in safe mode it means there might be a software or driver causes problem when running in normal mode. You can try the following (update your anti virus software then run a full system scan, uninstall the video driver then download and install the latest one, uninstall any previous windows update or you can system restore to the time when it was working fine).

If the screen goes black even in safe mode they try connecting the laptop to an external monitor if still goes black, if yes then absolutely no issues with the LCD panel. You can try (uninstall and reinstall the video driver if still persist then this might end up replacing video card or motherboard, but before doing that update the BIOS first).

If does not goes black in ext monitor then the LCD panel might causes the problem. Reseat the LCD cable or inverter if you can.

Your PC is not completing bootup. It's not the display, it's Windows.

Try booting to Safe Mode (F8) and running System Restore to a time before the issue cropped up. That should get the PC running again.

plz try to boot through safe mode, if you can then log in normally.
if you cant boot from safe mode then you have to reload or repair your os.

You should be left-clicking when the option for safe mode comes up...