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Solve : Dell Laptop Screen Goes Black after BIOS runs?

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I have a Dell Inspiron 8600 with 60 GB hard drive and 2 GB ram with Pentium m. Running Windows XP professional. I was not currently using any anti-virus software so it might have gotten a virus.

When I turn it on the BIOS runs and then it just goes to a black screen with the a dim backlight. I can ENTER the setup mode or boot menu but when I enter boot menu it GIVES me a list of DEVICES to boot including the hard drive which if selected results in the same blank screen. I can also select a diagnostics tool which i ran all test with no errors at all.

I removed all external devices and the CD drive with no change. I then removed the hard drive and instead of a blank screen I got a message stating no bootable devices installed.

Is my hard drive shot? If so why did it pass the diagnostic test?

Any help would be great.Quote from: courtneygorley on March 26, 2010, 09:32:13 PM

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1. Is my hard drive shot?
2. If so why did it pass the diagnostic test?
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1. That's what I was thinking as you were DESCRIBING it.
2. Don't know what the Dell diagnostic test does. Get the hard drive manufacturer's diagnostic CD.


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