Why do I get a black screen on my computer after a while?

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i have done all of these things, at first i thought i was my mouse and keyboard so i switched out, still didnt work. i plugged monitor back(switched from Nvidia Geforce 8500gt to motherboard) into the standard lot on the panel and nothing. the only time this happens is when its been sitting for about ten minutes ( the time my screensaver is supposed to come up after) and goes black. nothing short of turning off the computer will get the screen back up. with it not being GFX card and having tested for viruses and switching out equipment nothing has improved. then i thought could it be the motherboard malfunctioning? i already have a USB port that doesn't work so it does make sense.. ideas? comments?

I had my Toshiba Satellite Turion 64 for several months. Not long after purchasing, my monitor would go black requiring reboot to function. I took the advice in this post and played a CD leaving it to continuously rotate play. Eventually, the screen went black and the CD no was no longer playing either. I guess this means my computer completely stopped working. What does this mean? I did purchase extended warranted which requires me to mail my laptop back to the manufacturer. At this point, it looks like that may be my only alternative.

i have a problem with my toshiba qosmio g30. when i turn it on the screen stays black but i can steel hear the beep, then i have to press fn f5 in order for it to work , i don't know if it's vedio card problem or it's screen.thanks

on my PC, say after playing 10-20 minutes of a video game it will get the black screen, would it be the video card or anything related to that, and i can still do regular things like get on the internet and play video games that are of very low graphics.

My computer crashes in random intervals,
screen goes black and monitor goes into power saving mode, but fans are working and dvd drive
door can be opened and closed, keyboard and mouse
don't work,
after I turn computer off and on again ,sometimes
it continues working and sometimes I get the problem repeatedly even before windows starts to boot.
I have monitored tempreturs and voltages and all are ok.
:s I need help

my computer has a picture on it not from me and it keeping me from getting on the internet or in any program on my computer. I bought a virus tape but it still there.

Thanks to the commenter Chris. I also have a Dell Optiplex GX270 that randomly "turns off", but still shows good power. Inspected the motherboard, and I can see two caps with leaking electrolyte on the top of the cap. Dell's out of stock, so I have a rather hefty boat anchor. The Dell folks did try to sell me several other items - none of which would actually replace the motherboard.

MY COMPUTOR IS A DELL TOWER, IT WENT INTO A BLACK SCREEN, THE POINTER FOR THE MOUSE IS UP ON THE SCREEN AND IT MOVES BUT I HAVE NO PICTURE, THE COMPUTOR IS RUNNING BECAUSE I USE IT AS A SEVER AND I AM WORKING THRU IT ALL THE TIME THE MONITOR IS OK BECAUSE I HAVE A 4 PORT SWITCHER AND THE OTHER COMPUTORS ARE SHOWING. COULD IT BE A VIDEO CARD? THANKS

Ok.. I have read the comment above.
I have a Hp laptop and when I turn it on the screen is just black. I can hear the fans going and they're very loud. I am able to open the CD dreive however, is my laptop in hibernation or has it overheated?

My computer it has black screen then said disk boot failurer, insert disk press enter than when i do that is asking for A:\]

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