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One beep then black screen with flashing cursor

Started by NiQ! , Jan 29 2011 03:04 PM

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NiQ!

Posted 29 January 2011 - 03:04 PM

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After I start my computer it gets to the packard bell startup screen, but after that it beeps once and comes up with a black screen with nothing but a flashing underscore at the top left of the screen.
If I press ctrl+alt+del it goes back to the packard bell screen.
At this screen I can either press f2 for bios or f8 to boot device.
I am using XP.
What can I do?