Inspiron won't boot up

[mwanamwega]

I've a Dell Inspiron 1420. When I turn it on, it won't boot; it only shows me a blank screen. It won't even show me the DELL.COM logo. Occasionally, it boots all the way to the Desktop, but then freezes, leaving a grainy desktop. Is the problem with the operating system of hardware? I need help guys ASAP. Thanks!

 

[The_Other_One]

If you don't get the Dell logo at times, it's most certainly hardware related. I'd check your RAM first since it's easily removable. Pop a stick out, see if it works. If not, try the other stick. If it still acts up, you could try removing the hard drive and optical drive just to see if anything more works.

I will say, I know those had a problem with the onboard video, at least the dedicated cards. If you have the Geforce 8xxx onboard, I suspect it's a GPU problem. I know for sure with these they are NOT removable.