Comments on: Blank Screen On Bootup

By: Crystal

Crystal — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:33:48 +0000

I have windows xp, and my computer worked perfectly just yesterday. I go to get on it now and I see the first 2 or 3 boot up images and it then when it’s supposed to have me select my login, it goes black. I haven’t tried anything, since it just now started happening, but this is NOT a usual occurrence.

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:47:20 +0000

I also have simular problem as above and I disconnected monitor as suggested. My pc automaticaly turns on when i switch on the power supply on back of PC, hitting reset and power off button on frot dosen’t do anything. Nothing shows on monitor but when unplugged it dose do self test, so monitor is good. I also switched out video card with known working card from parts pc. And finnaly I put new BIOS battery in motherboard still nothing, and my keyboard and mouse lights do not light up as usual. I have a feeling its my motherboard am I right? Tommorow I will try bare bones system but I have feeling MB is bad??? Hope someone has something else I didnt think of to try any suggestions??

By: matt

matt — Mon, 19 May 2008 11:21:27 +0000

David, if you have tried everything in this answer already, ie shutdown, unplug the wires, plug them back in, restart, and you still have the same problem then everything points to either your computer is not starting up or your video card needs to be replaced.

Does your computer beep when you turn it on? If there are beeps when you turn it on then it is most likely your video card. If there are no beeps when you turn it on then it might be a bigger problem.

By: david

david — Sun, 18 May 2008 23:03:25 +0000

monitor is in power save mode activate using pc….I press the space bar nothing happen…also I try the monitor on another pc and it worked fine… please help

By: travins

travins — Mon, 05 May 2008 06:23:07 +0000

alright thanks alot dude!

im resigned to getting a new motherboard anyway.. but i just cant take it lying down without knowing the reason how such an innocuous action killed my com.. lol

you’ve been very helpful.. thanks!

By: matt

matt — Sun, 04 May 2008 11:52:48 +0000

It almost does sound like you might have had a little electrical charge on you when you were doing the different things to the computer. Maybe you even used a vacuum to clean the computer?

The bad part is it sounds like it is getting worse and worse and not better, which makes it sound more like an electrical charge on your body or an item you used to clean the computer is the cause which means you might need a new motherboard.

By: travins

travins — Sat, 03 May 2008 13:24:24 +0000

hi bro, but the thing is i tried replugging the gfx card for like 10 times.. lol. and let me describe the whole process ind etail.

1. clean com
2. close cover, boot up, speakers have sound that indicates my windows was started, however screen doesnt show any image
3. thought that gfx card was loose, thus open cover replugged it
4. now, things get worse, no sound no image.

things to note, all along, lights were on for my mother board, fans were all running, gfx card’s fan was also spinning.. what could be the problem? and the monitor cable was screwed to the max..

i went to this guy and he said my mother board was spoilt but im not really convinced…

what could be the other possibilities?

thanks alot dude

By: matt

matt — Sat, 03 May 2008 11:29:01 +0000

The fact that you cleaned out the inside of your computer suggests you should disconnect the monitor then connect it again to make sure the connection is tight.

If that does not work I would suggest opening up the case again and then taking out the video card and then put it back in. It is very possible it got moved out of it’s socket just enough to mess things up.

By: travins

travins — Sat, 03 May 2008 06:16:33 +0000

hey matt im facing the same problem as ben, it happened after i tried to clean my interiors with compressed air. the problem now is that all fans are running, and lights are on (etc power on/off light, and lights of keyboard slot, and the green led light that connects motherboard to hdd) , its just that my monitor cannot be detected. what can the problem be?

By: matt

matt — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:39:11 +0000

In your case you might have a different problem.

When you say you hear your CPU running what I think you mean is you hear the power supply fan making noise. The CPU itself will not make any noise.

When your computer turns on do you normally hear beeps? If you do do you still hear them when it starts up now?

The fact that the lights on your mouse, I assume it is a laser mouse and the laser is not coming on it makes me think that it is possibly your motherboard that has died and not your video card.