My del inspirion b130 screen is black... sometime I bearly sees a little something then it's black again. any ideas?

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I'm affraid you just installed a clean XP on your laptop which would mean that all data has been lost (you probably formatted the hdd at some point).

Such data could be recovered, but it takes quite a lot of work and a pro to do it.

Incase you don't have any thing important on the computer try a factory restore. This will wipe out everthing and make the cmputer like new. To start it power off the laptop. Power it on and hold down ctrl and tap f11 severl times at the Dell logo screen. Try this q couple of times as it may not work the first time. If this does nothing you'll need the os cd (xp cd) tO repair or reinstall windows.

yes your lucky thing is this problem is LCD CCFL lamp worn, change a new lamp should be fixed.
hwo to change CCFL lamp, step by step:
1) buy a CCFL lamp from eBay, reference:
http://shop.ebay.ca/?_from=R40&_trksid=p3907.m38.l1313&_nkw=Dell+Inspiron+B130+CCFL+lamp&_sacat=See-All-Categories
2) take out LCD panel
3) open the back light cover and change the CCFL lamp, reference:
http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2007/12/09/replace-laptop-backlight-ccfl-lamp/comment-page-3/
hope help you fix it, please feedback any question any time, pleaae take a rating let me know how much helped you thanks!

First thing you're gonna want to try is reseating the memory.

Second, see if you can get into the bios by pressing F2, F10, DEL key it depends see if you see something on the screen, sometimes pressing ESC does it. It all depends.

Try that first and let me know what happens.

You could have a defective screen - a defective inverter or a CCFL lamp.
To determine if you have a LCD screen or video card problem, read this and follow the instructions.

Defective CCFL backlight, it may have the following symptom:

• Screen flashs on red/pink and off.
• Picture stays on in red and slowly be come normal.
• Picture flickering with dim display.
• Picture flickering on and off.

All these symptoms indicate that the LCD backlight lamp (CCFL Lamp) has reached the end of the life and all you need to do is replacing the CCFL lamp

Connect an external monitor to your laptop and power it up, if you see the normal Windows images then the video card and laptop is OK and the problem is definitely the backlight.

Dim image and/or dark display on the laptop's LCD screen indicates a faulty LCD backlight and it could be the inverter that supplies high voltage to the CCFL lamp or it is the CCLF lamp is nearly burnt out or burnt out, most likely this is the case.
The inverter can be replaced easily but the CCLF lamp is more time consuming and requires soldering skills.
Check out www.lcdparts.net for parts, repair service and DIY info.

Turn the system over, remove the battery and the hard drive cover to see if the hard drive has simply become disconnected http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins1300/en/sm/hdd.htm#wp1084976

as for the wife, I don't have a manual for mine either :(

Connect an external monitor at the back of your laptop and see if the display is fine. If the display is fine with the external monitor, it means to say that there's something wrong with your LCD's backlight. You may have to contact Dell Technical Support to check if your system is still under warranty.

Thanks! :)

sometimes, this happens when the connectors inside the LCD screen come loose. another issue is the motherboard, where it's all connected. believe it or not, sometimes just opening and closing the screen, can make this go away.

Patrick