Dell laptop black screening at startup

Chrism100 · 03-27-2009, 04:50 AM

I have got a Dell Inspiron 1720 which is giving me sleepless nights. When I start it it just gives out a black screen and hangs there until I start it in Safe Mode. When I restart, it sometimes starts up fine and sometimes just shows a blue flickering screen and gives a blue screen and restarts. i have tried to reinstall Vista, downgrade to Xp, update Bios and still the same. Please help!!

**belfasteddie** · 03-27-2009, 06:43 AM

This is just a suggestion, reason: because it loaded Xp OK then what I suggest might not be the case!
I think you might need to conduct a Hard disk check. Go into the Bios and run hard drive diag/check. If it fails it means your looking at a new Hard drive.

03-27-2009, 04:50 AM	#1 (permalink)
Chrism100 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Johannesburg, South Africa Posts: 1 OS: WinXP SP3	Dell laptop black screening at startup I have got a Dell Inspiron 1720 which is giving me sleepless nights. When I start it it just gives out a black screen and hangs there until I start it in Safe Mode. When I restart, it sometimes starts up fine and sometimes just shows a blue flickering screen and gives a blue screen and restarts. i have tried to reinstall Vista, downgrade to Xp, update Bios and still the same. Please help!!

03-27-2009, 06:43 AM	#2 (permalink)
belfasteddie Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Belfast N.I. Posts: 1,551 OS: Puppy Linux 4.12	Re: Dell laptop black screening at startup This is just a suggestion, reason: because it loaded Xp OK then what I suggest might not be the case! I think you might need to conduct a Hard disk check. Go into the Bios and run hard drive diag/check. If it fails it means your looking at a new Hard drive.