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Black screen hp p6310f

I had a diagnostic test failure a week ago-I want to say short pass test..something like that..but had no problems since (made a restore point to be safe, and have a repair disk). Then tonight I turn it on and I get the HP intro screen with the 4 entry options, and instead of windows booting the screen just went and stayed black. Front PC lights were blue on top, solid yellow on bottom while the screen was black. Powered down, unplugged power for a bit, rebooted, and did startup repair, and restore, which got it working. Any thoughts?

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Time to replace the the hard drive with a SSD drive for that one will make your system faster and it will last 4 years or more. The harddrive is bad

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SOURCE: Dell GX280 no display

I solved this on a Dell GX280 by removing the CPU and then reseating it in the socket. Also cleaned cpu and heatsink and applied new thermal compound.

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SOURCE: graphics card failure

the error: (Under this test, results show Error code 5300: 0119, which different comments for different parameters) Msg: Detected a failure while writing and reading video memory. (e.g.) Video mode: Dh (320 x 200 16) Address A002Ch, expected to read Oh, but read 1Dh instead *

indicates the video card has failed and need to be replaced.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on May 27, 2009

SOURCE: Blue Screen c000021a

boot system into safe mode. locate the icon for my computer. right click and go to properties. locate the computer name tab and select it. find the radio button for "change" and click it. rename the computer to something considerably shorter then what you have. the system cannot boot and complete the logon process if the computer name is longer than 200 "bytes"

gratzo

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  • Posted on Jun 06, 2009

SOURCE: blue power button flashing with blank screen

This is most likely the power inverter board in the monitor - this is common in many monitors. If it started taking longer and longer to display an image, and the power light is blinking on-and-off, that's the problem. You can confirm that it's the monitor and not your computer or the cable by plugging in another monitor if you have one to try.

If it's under warranty, send it back, if not, there are inverter boards for many common models of LCD monitors that are replaceable. The board can run anywhere from $50 on up. Depending on how old it is, you may find it better to just replace it with a gently used one from ebay.

David W Finley

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  • Posted on Jun 23, 2009

SOURCE: Can't factory restore dell inspiron 531 (windows xp).

You might want to try going into setup and setting your boot drive options to DVD drive as your 1st, HD as 2nd and Floppy as 3rd. Put your windows disk in the DVD before boot and run the program from DVD.

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A.Ensure BOTH carriage/flex cables and BOTH ink cartridge contacts are thoroughly clean before proceeding: http://inkjet411.com/?page_id=1519


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