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Computer screen goes blank after displaying Windows loading screen

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by pgt

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Hi, I have a Toshiba Tecra laptop, about two years old. Yesterday I was working on it and the screen suddenly turned black and gradually faded to white, and I could do nothing but turn the computer off and back on. When I did this, it displayed the Windows XP loading screen, and then the screen turned black again.

I successfully booted the machine in Safe Mode, and there were no problems. However, every time I have tried to run Windows normally, the screen has gone black. One time, Windows loaded and I was able to see my desktop for a few seconds before the screen wene blank. Unfortunately this has not happened since.

When the screen goes blank, the hard drive gets very loud as if it's working hard. I don't know why any of this is happening - I have not made any drastic changes; I didn't even press any buttons or click on anything when it first happened.

Does anyone have any suggestions as to why this may have happened? I would really appreciate any help people can give. Thanks!

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by shaon123

Try flashing the BIOS and upgrading the Graphics Card drivers.

by Former member

Your graphic card (internal) is on the way out, the noise with your harddrive might be because it is overworking due to the graphic card giving up. If possible give your laptop manufacturer a ring to see if they can repair it.

Please post back if you have anymore problems or questions.

by dumphrey

I have had a usb printer go bad and refuse to let windows finish booting correctly. It would hit "loading windows" then hang on the usb driver load, prior to the video driver load, and blank the screen.

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