Plz help computer stck on black screen with blinking cursor

[ucmeluvu4life]

Ive tried alot of these ideas but not sure what's going on, some1help, I need this fixed and don't have the $$$

 

[Andrew Wright]

When asking for help, please try and give as much info as possible:

- computer specs
- OS
- age
- any upgrades
- any changes to the machine since this started happening
- what you have already tried

You'll find your issues will be resolved quicker if you get into the habit of giving more info from the start.

 

[crookedmouth]

Your not giving a lot to go on.

Put the Windows disk in dvd drive and choose repair or restore if given a chance?

 

[ucmeluvu4life]

Ok I'm sorry I don't have much to go on either only because its not letting me do anything, all I know is its an hp wit windows 7 when I force it to turn on and of it only shows black screen no warranty and I can't put it on safe mode or any other mode for that matter :-( I have a windows7 64bit cd but even when I put a cd in the drive it runs over and over again, nothing elso not even the welcome screen

 

[ucmeluvu4life]

Ok I'm sorry I don't have much to go on either only because its not letting me do anything, all I know is its an hp wit windows 7 when I force it to turn on and of it only shows black screen no warranty and I can't put it on safe mode or any other mode for that matter :-( I have a windows7 64bit cd but even when I put a cd in the drive it runs over and over again, nothing elso not even the welcome screen

 

[crookedmouth]

Unplug the desktop, press the power button for awhile to discharge any remaining power. Take the side panel off.

Follow the guide under clearing CMOS
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01903990&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&product=4082483&tool=#N456

If it doesn't have a jumper, you can take the battery out for 10 seconds and replace it. The battery looks like a coin and you will need a flathead screw driver to help pry it out gently.

 

[ucmeluvu4life]

Crooked mouth, I did everything u asked and when I turned it back on still the the black screen blinking cursor

 

[ucmeluvu4life]

The cd only spins in the drive stops and tries again

 

[crookedmouth]

Remove the power from PC, open the side panel and unplug the DVD-ROM drive. Both cords, SATA data and power cords. Plug it back in and Restart the computer.

 

[ucmeluvu4life]

Crooked mouth I removed the drive and put it back and no change it spins, reads but the screen is still black with the cursor flashing ughhh idk what to do

 

[crookedmouth]

I meant boot it with no dvd drive plugged in. I think your computer is attempting to boot from a device that is causing an error.

 

[ucmeluvu4life]

Ok I will try, sorry I need to learn more about this, thnx

 

[crookedmouth]

This kind of problem is one of the hardest to diagnose because it can be either software or hardware related and that's a lot to go through.

 

[ucmeluvu4life]

Ok so I'm not sure what I did, but I took out the ( anatel delphi d40 chip) n now it works

 

[crookedmouth]

That's great but may I ask what led you to this idea? Was it in conflict?

 

[ucmeluvu4life]

I have no idea, but I have another? On a windows vista, if u are trying to do a restore to factory settings and after f8 the restore othing is not in the options listed, then wat

 

[crookedmouth]

You don't have the Windows DVD?

 

[ExtraMike]

Go in to your BIOS and look at your boot order. Make sure you are set to boot from DVD first.
If you can't do that, some times as your computer starts to boot it will say something like:
"Press F12 for boot menu"
Press F12 or whatever it says to access the boot menu. The select your DVD drive. As windows starts to boot off the DVD, it will say "Press any key to boot from DVD" Press the space bar and continue to boot. The select the repair option and try to do a system restore.