[RESOLVED] When I restart in DOS, I just get a blank screen!

August 13th, 2000, 12:04 PM

How can I fix this? It is just a blank screen except for a little blinking underscore. The only thing I can do is manually shut down the computer. Please Help!

RGK01 · August 13th, 2000, 12:19 PM

You don't have the C:\ prompt?

In windows, edit the file DOSSTART.BAT, I would place "REM" without the quotes, infront of every line. Then try restart in MS Dos mode. If it goes to dos and gives you the C:\ prompt, try the removing the rem from each line in that file "DOSSTART.BAT" one at a time to find the offending one.

August 14th, 2000, 11:58 AM

I have had this exact same problem if you go into your bios and enable it to assign an IRQ to your video card , that should fix it, that is what fixed my problem, on a brand new machine that did the same,

August 13th, 2000, 12:04 PM	#1
Balto Guest Posts: n/a	When I restart in DOS, I just get a blank screen! How can I fix this? It is just a blank screen except for a little blinking underscore. The only thing I can do is manually shut down the computer. Please Help!

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August 13th, 2000, 12:19 PM	#2
RGK01 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Sharon, PA (USA) Posts: 505	You don't have the C:\ prompt? In windows, edit the file DOSSTART.BAT, I would place "REM" without the quotes, infront of every line. Then try restart in MS Dos mode. If it goes to dos and gives you the C:\ prompt, try the removing the rem from each line in that file "DOSSTART.BAT" one at a time to find the offending one.

August 14th, 2000, 11:58 AM	#3
Philbmayou Guest Posts: n/a	I have had this exact same problem if you go into your bios and enable it to assign an IRQ to your video card , that should fix it, that is what fixed my problem, on a brand new machine that did the same,