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Dell Inspiron Black Screen

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Hello, I have a dell inspiron that i got in July 2008.
Recently -about a month 1/2 ago-, the battery has stopped charging. Basically, it's all the way down -0%-, and the computer will only work if the power cord is plugged in, and then the second it comes out, it turns off. I figured that it just needs its battery replaced -all through it shouldn't, so soon.
And then, yesterday, it told me to do a StartUp Repair scan thing. I thought, OK, this shouldn't take long - my cord comes out a lot, so recently i've done a few of these. But then, when i turned my computer back on, it went to the Dell startup screen, and then went to a blank black screen with nothing but a small, horizontal white line in the top left. It looks like an underscore. I pressed CTRL+Alt+DELETE, and it took me back to the Dell screen. After that, the black screen came back.
Does this have anything to do with the power cord?
My computer worked fine until yesterday, besides the cord.
I have Vista. Does that affect it?
HELP!

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kieferschild, on May 29, 2009 11:35:43 pm BST
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Hello
reboot and keep pressing F8 until you get to a menu.
select "good known configuration"


see if that works.

   
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chris, on Jul 1, 2009 8:48:15 pm BST

What if that don't work.

   
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kieferschild, on Jul 21, 2009 11:07:50 am BST

If that doesnt work use the system recovery CD's that came with the laptop and go to factory defaults ;)

   
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 Andy, on Oct 22, 2009 9:04:55 pm BST

Which recovery cd would that be i have DELL Applications,Drivers&Utillities,Roxio Creator,Works 9 , Operating system as i also have this prob??

   
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The_Gooch, on Jul 31, 2009 2:10:15 am BST

A'ight,

I had the exact same issue with my 1545, I called Dell and they took it away for repairs, when it came back they said that the Motherboard had fried as had the HDD. So call them up and they'll repair it for you

   
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chris..., on Aug 13, 2009 10:56:03 pm BST

How much did it cost you?

   
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The_Gooch, on Aug 14, 2009 2:15:07 am BST

Due to my Laptop being under warrenty it cost me nothing, but if it weren't then I imagine it would cost around £50-100.

   
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