Hi All, I hope you all had a good Christmas, but I am having trouble with my Dell Vostro 220 I have XP on it because a program I need will not run on W7 - my other machine.
This what is happening: I switch on and the Dell Logo etc displays fine. The screen goes black, but displays a white flashing cursor in the top left corner of the screen.
No matter what is tried I can get no further
The computor has in the past worked fine, I have checked the sockets - all OK, Would it be the motherboard?
What about the video card - bt that should be ok as the Dell logo shows,I assume it is waiting for mor instructions so that is why I wonder about the motherboard
Can anyone assist me please. It will be really appreciated if someone can head me in the right direction.
Alpaca Pete
This what is happening: I switch on and the Dell Logo etc displays fine. The screen goes black, but displays a white flashing cursor in the top left corner of the screen.
No matter what is tried I can get no further
The computor has in the past worked fine, I have checked the sockets - all OK, Would it be the motherboard?
What about the video card - bt that should be ok as the Dell logo shows,I assume it is waiting for mor instructions so that is why I wonder about the motherboard
Can anyone assist me please. It will be really appreciated if someone can head me in the right direction.
Alpaca Pete