After the last minute-long power outage, I had to restart my PC. I have a Dell XPS running Windows10.
The Dell part of the startup ran perfectly, but just when it switched over to the Windows loading process, the screen went black and stayed that way for 15 minutes until I lost patience, and shut down the PC to start again. The same thing again and again.
After more than an hour, I started the PC in Safe Mode. I had disconnected all the USB cables and headsets. In Safe Mode everything was fine. All my programs were open, all the desktop was intact and my internet connection worked. I reconnected my USB and headset with no problems.
Not wanting to stay in Safe Mode forever, I restarted my PC and encountered the same problem. For some reason, during the black screen, I decided to type in my Windows Password sight-unseen. The screen flipped on to the 'pretty picture' and the Windows startup continued. So, what is causing the screen to go black for that interval?
The Dell part of the startup ran perfectly, but just when it switched over to the Windows loading process, the screen went black and stayed that way for 15 minutes until I lost patience, and shut down the PC to start again. The same thing again and again.
After more than an hour, I started the PC in Safe Mode. I had disconnected all the USB cables and headsets. In Safe Mode everything was fine. All my programs were open, all the desktop was intact and my internet connection worked. I reconnected my USB and headset with no problems.
Not wanting to stay in Safe Mode forever, I restarted my PC and encountered the same problem. For some reason, during the black screen, I decided to type in my Windows Password sight-unseen. The screen flipped on to the 'pretty picture' and the Windows startup continued. So, what is causing the screen to go black for that interval?