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- Aug 2, 2014
Hello experts, noob here.
Not sure where to post this troubleshooting question on the forum, so please feel free to re-locate it to it's appropriate place as needed.
PROBLEM: Computer boots to black screen with blinking cursor.
There appears no way to access bios . tried f2,f10,and delete,
Just goes straight to the black screen with cursor. No response from the keyboard, keyboard lights don't even light up.
What Happened ?? : I tried connecting an IDE hardrive to my Dell optiplex . It normally runs on an SATA harddrive. To connect the IDE, i used the cables from my cd/dvd rw drive, maybe that was it, idk.
But when I turned it on I got a black screen with a blinking cursor, with no bios start screen at all.
That freaked me out, so i disconnected the new hard drive and put everything back the way it was.
Still, just a black screen with a cursor.....
so, how do I get to bios.
Tried: disconnecting from power, removing motherboard battery for 30 sec. while holding power button. Disconnecting the hard drive and starting produced the same result.....
Help please. I'm trying to avoid this being the second computer I have fried !!!!
Not sure where to post this troubleshooting question on the forum, so please feel free to re-locate it to it's appropriate place as needed.
PROBLEM: Computer boots to black screen with blinking cursor.
There appears no way to access bios . tried f2,f10,and delete,
Just goes straight to the black screen with cursor. No response from the keyboard, keyboard lights don't even light up.
What Happened ?? : I tried connecting an IDE hardrive to my Dell optiplex . It normally runs on an SATA harddrive. To connect the IDE, i used the cables from my cd/dvd rw drive, maybe that was it, idk.
But when I turned it on I got a black screen with a blinking cursor, with no bios start screen at all.
That freaked me out, so i disconnected the new hard drive and put everything back the way it was.
Still, just a black screen with a cursor.....
so, how do I get to bios.
Tried: disconnecting from power, removing motherboard battery for 30 sec. while holding power button. Disconnecting the hard drive and starting produced the same result.....
Help please. I'm trying to avoid this being the second computer I have fried !!!!