My laptop is not fully starting up the screen is nothing but black. Every time I restart it it does the same thing again and again. I'm at my wit's end

It sounds like it's overheating, make sure the airways are clear of dust and listen for the sound of the fan inside, this could have failed..
if the processor overheats it automatically cuts out and what you describe is exactly that..
good luck !

If the DeLL Post screen comes up it means that your laptop is okay. Pretty much your windows is corrupted and that's the reason why it's not starting up.

Things that you can do: (for windows vista & windows 7 only)

1. Restart the PC and immediately press F8. (You need to tap/press F8 repeatedly while starting up). You should get a screen that says "Advanced option menu."
2. Select Last known good configuration. If it does not work. restart the pc and press F8 again.
3. Select Repair your computer.
4. Run start up repair. If nothing happens. Run system restore. If it fails, the boot manager file of windows is corrupted.

Last option, you could try Dell PC Restore by pressing CTRL + F11 at the same time while the system is starting up. (You could start pressing CTRL + F11 when the DELL flash screen comes up).

NOTE: Running Dell PC Restore will erase your files/data & put your system back to factory settings.

reinstall the operating system

Please try to unplug the laptop from power and remove the battery for over 10 seconds. Then start it up again. There are other things we can try if this does not work.

Hi guys!
I think your problem is one of the following:
1- AC Device or Batteries.
2- RAM.
3- Graphic Card.

So, plz check them by order.
I hope this problem is solved.

Had the same thing happen to me a month or two ago, Battery recharge is taking up all the current flow for a period of time. Leave it alone for about 30 minutes to recharge, then you should be able to operate the laptop again, but will have to remain hooked to outlet power until battery is fully recharged.

Thinking about this one I really think the video had nothing to do with the black screen. I would try to things one is reset the power management. Not know exactly what Powerbook you have I will give the most common way. Remove the Battery and the power cord from the powerbook, wait a few minutes then hold the power button for about 40 seconds. Then put the battery and power cord back in and restart it. The second thing to do is boot from the install disk that came with it and run the disk utility. I have also seen bad RAM do this but you would get at least a chime on startup.

1. Start the laptop
2. when the logo screen turns black start pressing F8 a few times.
3. A Windows Boot Options screen should show on the screen
4. If you see the Windows Logo (the normal thing when Windows loads, then press reset and try again
5. At the Windows Boot Options screen select "Last known good configuration" and press Enter twice

It "should" now load normally, if not then..

1. Replace step 5 above with "Safe Mode" and see if that loads all the way through. If so, then restart and see if its OK now.

If not, then post back with any error messages and we can look at something else.

click start button
click controlpanel
click classic view

double click power options or settings depending on your operateing system.

If you have xp, change the time settings for suspend, hibernationg and so on.

If you have vista.
click on change plan settings on your current plan
change the time on: put the computer to sleep.

If you need more asistance, let me know.

you need to re install windows and when installed if not the original disk that came with pc possibly have to install certain drivers also.sounds like generic drivers for vga were installed and not compatable for ipod,ipod seen as new drive with unknown drivers causing conflict