SCREEN GOES BLACK WITH CURSOR AFTER PACKARD BELL LOGO COMES ON

Had this occur on a laptop myself
was being caused by hard drive total failure
had to replace hard drive

it sounds like the motherboard has blown

try f8 at the logo screen then disable automatic restart on system failure from the menu to find out what the error is

The windows files are corrupted or the hard drive has issues, load cd installation disc if available, if that fails have the hardware checked for possible replacement.

Sounds like a disk problem. Check my hint for what to do.
http://www1.fixya.com/support/r10602176-disk_drive_may_failing_or_disk_boot
I do this for fun not $$$.
Jim

try to change your cmos battery,and first boot your hardrive,and set your time and date properly then save your settings take a look if your settings will be save.if yes,that means your cmos battery is the isue.

Attach a screen to your laptop before firing up

2nd option hit the del button when firing up and reset the bios to factory defaults

good luck

rene

Try pressing the F8 key at the startup (after power-on and before the logo comes up).
Choose "Fail-safe" mode using the arrow keys on your keyboard and press enter twice.

When windows is in failsafe mode there is a number of ways you can fix the problem.

Try this:
Open "My computer", right-click on your harddrive and choose "properties"
From there scan the drive for errors (mark the 2repair automatically") and fix them.
Reboot the pc...

Good luck

you have disabled the vga adapter of your system
now start your system in a safe mode by pressing f8 continuosly during the booting, then restore your computer to the back date

i dont think that you can edit you own pics it depens on what os you are running . is the splash screen your screen saver or what more info on the spash screen