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When I try to start up my Dell Vostro 1088 it just shows a blank screen. The hard drive and the CD drive works. I can hear some sound. But I cannot even see the Dell startup splash screen. How can I fix this?

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I don't know what happened but when I started it today it worked.

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Sounds like something is loosely connected - temperature changes will encourage em to wriggle back & forth over time. – Kara Marfia Oct 19 '10 at 15:09
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Do you have an external monitor you can plug into? that would point to a display/video issue

Does it beep? If so, what's the beep pattern?

Are any lights coming on?

Was it doing anything unusual before this started?

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Yes, I tried plugging into an external monitor. No beeps. Just the Power and Bluetooth lights are on. Hard disk light lights up for a few seconds after boot but then goes off. It wasn't doing anything unusual before this. I had installed Ubuntu 10.10 on it a week ago and it worked fine. – Shubhkarman Oct 16 '10 at 20:50
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It sounds like parts are gettin power, but the BIOS is never firing. My guess would be that either the motherboard has come loose or is failing. Pop open the case and reseat the connections? – Kara Marfia Oct 19 '10 at 15:08
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