Boots to black screen

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Boots to black screen

Jan 10, 2013, 09:50 AM

My 12.04 desktop boots to black screen. There are no error messages. I suspected GRUB only because it goes nowhere after posting. I tried rescatux (supergrubdisk) and rewrote a new MBR. It made no difference. Hitting Shift at boot-up quickly show "grub loading" (or something like that) but I never see any options.

Not sure where to start.

Dell Inspiron 531/AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ 4GB RAM/GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
Kubuntu 16.04
"I have a problem with the fact that they just make really 3rd rate products." Steve Jobs on Microsoft. From “Triumph of the Nerds"
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Jan 11, 2013, 06:20 PM

Lots of tips and troubleshooting techniques.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1743535
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ICMike

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Jan 16, 2013, 05:10 PM

Bad hard drive. Mods you can probably remove this post.

Dell Inspiron 531/AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ 4GB RAM/GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
Kubuntu 16.04
"I have a problem with the fact that they just make really 3rd rate products." Steve Jobs on Microsoft. From “Triumph of the Nerds"
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