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 Post subject: Black screen after BIOS splash scrn
PostPosted: Sun Dec 25, 2011 2:47 am 
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I have a Latitude D830 and it turns on fine and loads the BIOS but when i press F2 or F12, the screen just goes black and stays black. The power is still on and it looks like everything is on, I have a dvd boot disk in the drive so it spins it up but then stops and nothing. No matter which F button i push, it goes to a black screen. If I don't push F2 or F12, it will still go to the black screen. I won't load up the Windows Install disk that i can see. But it might be I just can't see the screen. I've been having issues with this laptop since the BIOS was updated on it. I don't know if it's the BIOS causing these issues right now, but I think i will need to re-flash the BIOS from a USB flash drive and I don't remember exactly how to do that or what buttons to push at start up. Any thoughts?
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 Post subject: Re: Black screen after BIOS splash scrn
PostPosted: Sun Dec 25, 2011 5:32 am 
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Here are the dos instructions from the machines website:

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Run the BIOS update utility from DOS environment (Non-Windows users)


NOTE: You will need to provide a bootable DOS diskette. This executable file does not create the DOS system files.

Copy the file D830_A11.EXE to a bootable floppy.
Boot from the floppy to the DOS prompt.
Run the file by typing Y:\D830_A11.EXE (where y is the drive letter where the executable is located).



You will have to go into the bios and set first boot device for floppy if you have one, if not, then usb device.

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 Post subject: Re: Black screen after BIOS splash scrn
PostPosted: Sun Dec 25, 2011 5:37 am 
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How to make the usb drive bootable:

http://www.gadgetcage.com/how-to-make-a ... able/8803/

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