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    Dell Inspiron 1420 Screen Problem

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by koiboi, Mar 7, 2009.

  1. koiboi

    koiboi Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello,

    My 1420 is suffering from a bad screen problem. There is a horizontal split in my screen so it is showing double. Also I cannot start up my laptop. It runs the Dell thing then some garbled letters/numbers are everywhere. This problem started when I took off my battery since my notebook was charging. Afterwards my screen froze, I got the BSOD and when I rebooted I was stuck with this problem. Any help? I am running it on XP Pro.

    Thanks
     
    koiboi, Mar 7, 2009
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    koiboi Notebook Enthusiast

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    Now the screen is fine, but it still won't start.
    It says "Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM"

    I need all the help I can get... finals in 2 weeks!
     
    koiboi, Mar 7, 2009
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  3. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    The garbled letters and blue screens generally indicate an impending GPU failure; if you have an 8400M, I'd say that this is likely your problem. Nonetheless, if that's the case, it's strange that these issues have vanished... It's doubtful, but you might just have had some massive driver failure instead; can you get it into safe mode? Try doing a reinstall?
     
    Commander Wolf, Mar 7, 2009
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