i recently hooked my old comp (dell dimension L1000R) back up and when i go to start it seems like it is going to boot but stops at a black screen with a blinking - in the upper left corner....no clue even where to begin. i do have an emergency boot disc but couldnt find any options there. any help would be greatly appreciated
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Jump to Posti recently hooked my old comp (dell dimension L1000R) back up and when i go to start it seems like it is going to boot but stops at a black screen with a blinking - in the upper left corner....no clue even where to begin. i do have an emergency …
Jump to PostMy Pavilion is doing that right now, it was caused by trying the assorted device drivers for the display adapter... I reckoned I had Intel based chips and the drivers are causing odd results.... so far I don't have a good driver to increase the display properties, but restarting has …
Jump to PostBlack screen with the white cursor flashing in the corner usually indicates a master boot sequence failure. Try testing your hard drive on someone's computer. If it's registered by the other computer then your problem lies with your motherboard or RAM. I would suggest a destructive format
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thanks for the help and followup
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