Black Screen

[SomeOne..]

Yesterday when started COD4 my computer locked up. So I had to reset it, done
that, but it wouldn't start up anymore. So I put in the vista cd-rom, but
when it had loaded all the files, there is just a black screen, nothing more
.....
What can I do?

 

[Malke]

Yesterday when started COD4 my computer locked up. So I had to reset it,
done that, but it wouldn't start up anymore. So I put in the vista cd-rom,
but when it had loaded all the files, there is just a black screen,
nothing more ....
What can I do?

Is this a black screen with absolutely nothing on it? No blinking cursor? Is
there any activity on the computer at all? Light on the hard drive? Noise
of fans?

You see, you just haven't provided enough information to get focused help.
From your description, all I can say is that you may have hardware failure.
I can't tell you what components because you haven't described your
machine, its recent history, or exactly what it's doing well enough.

You can take the machine to a local professional (don't use someone from a
BigComputerStore type of place), or call the OEM's tech support if you have
that sort of computer (Dell, HP, etc.). Or if you want to try and do
self-help here, see these links for what details to include in your next
post:

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenet
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 - How to Ask a Question
http://users.tpg.com.au/bzyhjr/liszt.htm - How Not to Get Technical Help on
Usenet

Malke

 

[Bistey Csaba]

Well from the little info you gave i would tip on hardware
overheating/failure.

Csaba

 

[SomeOne..]

Well, the computer is about 6 months old,

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+
GPU: nVidia Geforce 8500GT
Ram: 2047 Mb
OS: Windows Vista Home Premium

There is activity and such, after about 10 minutes the arrow appears, but
there is nothing to click on, it'ts a black background.

The computer starts, it checks the discs and all that stuff.
Then it asks to push a button to start from the dvd, so I do that, it loads
the files, then the windows loading bar comes up. but then it's just a black
screen, so I can't choose to repair the computer ...

 

[JW]

Without the Installation DVD in the drive can you perform a SafeMode F8
boot?
If yes try running an full antivirus scan from SafeMode or try a repair from
the F8 boot screen.

 

[SomeOne..]

It's doesn't, the computer didn't start, that's why I put in the dvd, to
repair the start-up problems

 

[Malke]

Well, the computer is about 6 months old,

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+
GPU: nVidia Geforce 8500GT
Ram: 2047 Mb
OS: Windows Vista Home Premium

There is activity and such, after about 10 minutes the arrow appears, but
there is nothing to click on, it'ts a black background.

The computer starts, it checks the discs and all that stuff.
Then it asks to push a button to start from the dvd, so I do that, it
loads the files, then the windows loading bar comes up. but then it's just
a black screen, so I can't choose to repair the computer ...

Why would you be getting a prompt to start from the DVD? Either you've
removed the hard drive from the boot order or the hard drive has failed.
Time to:

1. Do hardware troubleshooting yourself; or

2. Call the computer mftr.'s tech support since it's only 6 months old and
presumably still under warranty; or

3. Take the machine to a local computer repair shop.

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Hardware_Tshoot

Malke

 

[TechMaster]

hop on your other computer and download BartPE. You will need a full version
Windows XP disk. Run the PE creator and create a BartPE disk. Put the disk
in your computer that is broken and boot to it. Go to a43 file managment
utility and run check disk and repair all errors: chkdsk /f . If this does
not work, use the file managment utility to go into the filesystem and remove
COD4 and the registry entries. My guess is that the check disk will fix the
problem to the point that the computer will boot up or at least run a repair.

BartPE saves lives!