Comments on: The laptop turns on without anything on the screen

By: Manny

Manny — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 22:36:02 +0000

When I power up my laptop (HP G60 438NR)I just get a black screen. Before this occur I was experimenting an error at start up. After searching that error it was related to a corrupted registry or a bad hard drive. I access system recovery and it acknowledge me to run a hard drive test under the BIOS screen before proceeding w/ the re-install of windows. So I reboot the laptop and access the BIOS to perform the test. It gave me “hard drive test failed” so I knew I needed a new hard drive. But after pressing “ok” on the result screen, the screen just froze. So after about an hour I decided to turn off the laptop by pressing and holding the power button until it turn off. Waited a couple of minutes then turn it back on and now I just get a black screen. Nothing at all comes up not even the screen you get where you can access the bios or the Hp screen at start up. All lights come on when I power up the laptop. The wireless light is orange. I can hear the fan running while the laptop is on and the hard drive as well. Tried connecting the laptop to another monitor but no go. Could it be that the video card on the laptop gone bad? What else can I try to make sure it’s the video card or the actual screen? If it’s the video card, how much does it come up to replace it? Thanks

By: Laptop Freak

Laptop Freak — Tue, 17 May 2011 06:03:09 +0000

Hubert,

My Toshiba Satellite A65-S1062 won’t start after I replaced the hard drive. I don’t get the Toshiba splash screen, just a blank screen so I can’t even get to the BIOS.

Make sure the hard drive is connected correctly. It’s not a very good design.
The hard drive has two rows of pins and there are two rows of holes on the connector. When you plug in the hard drive it’s possible you are connecting only one row of pins. I hope you understand what I’m talking about. I’ve done it myself before.
Put your laptop on a side and plug in the hard rive vertically. Do it slowly.

By: Hubert

Hubert — Mon, 16 May 2011 15:08:47 +0000

Hi,

My Toshiba Satellite A65-S1062 won’t start after I replaced the hard drive. I don’t get the Toshiba splash screen, just a blank screen so I can’t even get to the BIOS. I re-installed the original hard drive, same problem. I had the battery installed when I swapped hard drives, could this be the issue?

Thanks!

By: darren

darren — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 22:25:31 +0000

im having a problem with my emachines e525 screen ive just replaced it with a new one as other got cracked and now the computer is turning on but the screen is black ive tested the screen in another computer where it worked fine and also tried to connect to my tv with no joy thanks darren

By: Kris

Kris — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 18:32:58 +0000

I have a problem with my laptop similar 2 yours. My Acer Aspire One starts up normally, but after the blue aspire one screen, the screen goes black, the cursor appears then nothing else happens. Any help appreciated.

By: Khan

Khan — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 00:59:03 +0000

Hi, Toshiba Qosmio X300 have bad GPU, how find cheaper and compatible GPU for this laptop and how to find connector type of GPU card.
Thanks
Khan

By: Rohit

Rohit — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 17:54:14 +0000

Hello,
I have a HP Compaq 6510b business notebook.recently it developed a problem that has me completely baffled.when i boot the notebook the screen is unusually bright.the startup procedure runs however albeit very slowly.please note the monitor screen continues to be extremely bright.i can only make out a faint semblance of a otherwise normal desktop with a seeming lag in mouse pointer movement.
i run windows vista business edition.I sincerely hope you can help..
Thank you,
Rohit

By: Tracie

Tracie — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 14:51:08 +0000

I knocked my office CPU off my desk onto the tile floor 3 feet down. It didn’t turn off, but the mouse and keyboard wouldn’t work. I turned it off and back on and now I have a black screen with one sentence at the top “Missing Operating System”. Not good. Also, the CPU makes a beeping noise like an alarm. What could possibly be the problem?

By: marcos

marcos — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 12:42:58 +0000

my laptop just wont boot up, it’s a hp nc6120 it had vga issues although it kept working but one day it jes wont boot up at all, when i plug in the power cable the leds dont work after pressing the power button. But if i press the power button with only the battery the led’s show some sign of life but it still wont boot. wat to do??

By: Laptop Freak

Laptop Freak — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 16:15:03 +0000

Bruce Joe Wilder,
1. Turn off the laptop, unplug the AC adapter, remove the battery. Wait for a few minutes. Now plug the AC adapter and try turning it on again.
2. If #1 doesn’t help, try removing memory modules one by one. Test the laptop with only one memory module installed. Could be faulty memory.