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Cali Camali Posted on Jan 08, 2013
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What does a blinking cursor in upper left corner of a black screen "at power on" indicate on a Inspiron 8500 laptop?

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The operating system gone corrupt needs re-installtion

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SOURCE: Hi My Dell Inspiron 640 m

oreet mate the problem you have here is that its either the charger port or the battery or the charger its self

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SOURCE: blank screen with cursor blinking in left corner

Bad hard drive?

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