Why does my screen go black after the Windows screen when I boot?

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Almost definitely a hardware problem. Where to start is really hard to say. RAM, power supply and motherboard are the three most likely culprits, but you'll probably want to take it to a technician for diagnosis.

My system also goes blank after boot, sometimes it freezes the mouse pointer, goes blank and returns moments later.

Other times while the system is booting it goes blank and stays blank, I have to reboot. All began after Microosoft send an automatic update

Hey people,
Forget windows, if your machine is frozen, use a Live Linux CD like PCLinux - http://www.pclinuxos.com/page.php?7 or Knoppix - http://knopper.net/knoppix-mirrors/index-en.html

I tried this and successfully recovered my data from my new Acer 1.73 iNtel Centrino laptop that froze up Windows XP after 4 months of purchase.

Try Live Linux,
It really doesn't need your hard disc boot and runs off entirely of your RAM,
Linux Rocks,
LinuxNewbie2007.
"...and I just moved to Linux 4 months ago... no more viruses"

Reinstall XP ?

I have the same problem as "John" on here has listed. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get past this. Thanks.

you suggestions on going to safe mode are fine, but I can't get to safe mode...as one poster menioned I see files loading then it stops...flashes the safe mode logo a couple of times and then reboots.

having the same problem as "Frank" on here
any safe mode makes that magic line pop up and then it goes black again just this time with some magic writing at the top that almost looks like part of na adress bar

little help please

hey guyz,
rite now i'm on a teribble situation. i have window XP professional edition and use NVIDIA GEFORCE FX5600 graphic card. last night i disabled my vga card and was propmted to reboot my system. When i did, my monitor went blank after displaying the windows Xp logo. though i can hear my system booting up i cant see anything, my monitor is blank. i tried getting into safe mode but a lot of lines comes up and my system is stuck at that. i even tried using the enable VGA mode option but my monitor is still blank. i removed my VGA card from my motherboard and selected the onboard option in BIOS but it still dosen't work. PLEASE HELP!!

my screen also goes blank after the windows logo display, i have tried restarting, starting in safe mode and the monitor continues to remain black after the windows logo. When i restart in safe mode my computer shows files in ms dos and appears to crash. I changed my dispay settings and can't get back on to my normal desk top. i cannot get back on to change my settings. i have also tried to start at last known save point and this neither doesn't work. cheers 4 help

Thanks Leo! With the article's help I was able to reset my hardware setting for the monitor which was beyond the signal it could handle and restore everything to good working order. The key was the F8 function key as I was too familiar with older Windows version which involved the ESC key instead of that. In short, just the needed tip I needed to make short work of restoring.

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