I can see nothing but the cursor when i start up!!

[fabidovalle]

Hi, i moved in the past week and when i tried to turn on one of my PCs and i just get the cursor with a black background. At first i thought was the Hard Drive, but if it was i shouldn't be seing the cursror, right?
I checked some of the cables and they all seem to be alright.
Thanks on any feedback!!

 

[OdiN]

Dunno....had it happen before but it can be various issues. You might try a repair install of windows.

It could be corrupt data on the hard drive, bad RAM, a screwed up driver, registry problem, virus, adware...lots of things.

 

[fabidovalle]

Thanks, i will try a few things tomorrow and let's see!

 

[KB]

Did you try booting into safe mode? Also try logging the boot procedure to see where the boot processes stops. I have had similar problems in the past. Once it was a service that was hanging everything up and I had to remove the software. Another time it was the that the screen was being sent to a monitor that was no longer there.

 

[TonyRic]

Before you do that, try booting into safe mode. If that works, chances are you have a bunk profile.

 

[fabidovalle]

Originally posted by: TonyRic
Before you do that, try booting into safe mode. If that works, chances are you have a bunk profile.

"bunk profile", sorry, what does it mean?

 

[acole1]

what is your OS?

 

[ValuedCustomer]

I had this happen to two users this week. One was an easy fix: IDE not fully set in the HDD. The other I didn't have a clue.. my 1st thought was to boot to safe as well but the black screen/cursor appeared before I ever had the option of going into safe mode. I gave up pretty quick and just reimaged the machine. After that it was able to boot up but apps loaded VERY slowly and everything seemed to be out of whack. I replaced the RAM, same thing. Replaced the CDROM, same thing. Switched out the HDD, same thing. I assumed it was the MB and scraped it. - good luck

 

[fabidovalle]

Win xp pro

Thanks all!! I haven't had a chance to check it yet. I am writing from my notebook!

 

[mcfatty2]

That happened to me too, at first I thought it was my power source, wrong! Its your monitor, its the refresh rate, it has been set to high.

Right click on desktop > Properties > Settings tab > Advanced Settings > Monitor tab > Change refresh rate (to something lower)

 

[ValuedCustomer]

Originally posted by: mcfatty2
That happened to me too, at first I thought it was my power source, wrong! Its your monitor, its the refresh rate, it has been set to high.

Right click on desktop > Properties > Settings tab > Advanced Settings > Monitor tab > Change refresh rate (to something lower)

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[mcfatty2]

Yeah, wasn't really paying attention, sorry...