Dell Inspiron 15r N5110 Windows 8 Black Screen Issue Fix

• #26

How do you do this when the screen is black and you can't see anything?

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This is very easy.<br>
Right when your laptop is booting, spam (press repeatedly like your hand is having a seizure) the F8 button on your keyboard. You must do this very quickly. However, this has been met with little success for me, so another method is to Google search "Booting into Safe Mode with Networking on Windows 8 CP" (Google is AMAZING).<br>
Once you have successfully booted into Safe Mode with Networking, you will realise "OMG WINDOWS 8 LOOKS AMAZING AND CONFUSING (yes, I did go there) and you will also notice after that, "OMG MY SCREEN WORKS".<br>
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Don't feel stupid, that's how I reacted too.<br>
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Next, down load the drivers mentioned earlier in the forum. Now, install them. If they don't work for you, come back here and complain, and I will show you how to get your laptop into a working state that doesn't involve Safe Mode, allowing your screen to work somewhat.<br>
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P.S I haven't tested the drivers yet, about to though, will return with results.

<br></br>Well, I followed all these instructions and no, I still have a similar problem. In my case, the way I can actually get a visible screen is to put my laptop to 'sleep' via the power button, then when I wake it up, voila, I have a full view. This is inefficient to say the least, so WestJ if you can provide me with a working solution, I would be grateful. My Win 8 has been installed on a clean partition and I have not loaded up my software yet.<br></br>If this doesn't get happening soon. I'll just have to go back to Windows 7...<br></br>Thanks for any help.<br></br>Pat. M<br>
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Last edited: Apr 20, 2013

• OS

  Win 7 + Win 8

  System Manufacturer/Model

  Medion Akoya

  CPU

  Intel Core i3 2310M @ 2.10Ghz

  Motherboard

  Medion E7220 (CPU 1)

  Memory

  4GB

  Graphics Card(s)

  Intel HD Graphics 3000

  Sound Card

  Conexant SmartAudio HD

  Screen Resolution

  1600x900@60Hz

  Hard Drives

  699GB Hitachi HTS547575A9E384 (SATA)
  466GB Seagate ST9500420AS (SATA)

• #29

I have dell n5110
I installed windows 8
and the getting files ready has finished when the computer reborted
windows is not opening just a black screen is coming
please some one help me

You need to follow post #22 & #23 above or here's a step by step to resolve your problem:

1. Using an HDMI cable to connect your laptop to a TV HDMI port
2. Boot up your Laptop. You should see the screen display on the TV.
3. Download the BIOS from the link in post #22. The latest version is A11
4. Update your BIOS
5. Disconnect the HDMI cable and reboot.

• OS

  8.1x64PWMC Ubuntu14.04x64 MintMate17x64

  Computer type

  PC/Desktop

  System Manufacturer/Model

  Home Brewed

  CPU

  I7 4970K OC'ed @4.7 GHz

  Motherboard

  MSI-Z97

  Memory

  16 GB G-Skill Trident X @2400MHZ

  Graphics Card(s)

  NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450

  Sound Card

  X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional Series

  Monitor(s) Displays

  Dual HP-W2408

  Screen Resolution

  1920X1200

  Hard Drives

  256 GB M2 sm951, (2) 500GB 850EVO, 5TB, 2 TB Seagate

  PSU

  Antec 850W

  Case

  Antec 1200

  Cooling

  Danger Den H20

  Keyboard

  Logitech

  Mouse

  Logitech Performance Mouse MX

  Internet Speed

  35/12mbps

  Browser

  Firefox

• #31

I have dell n5110
I installed windows 8
and the getting files ready has finished when the computer reborted
windows is not opening just a black screen is coming
please some one help me

You need to follow post #22 & #23 above or here's a step by step to resolve your problem:

1. Using an HDMI cable to connect your laptop to a TV HDMI port
2. Boot up your Laptop. You should see the screen display on the TV.
3. Download the BIOS from the link in post #22. The latest version is A11
4. Update your BIOS
5. Disconnect the HDMI cable and reboot.

I have had No issues with windows 8 with my N5110, before I upgraded from 7 to 8 I updated my bios which I recommend to everyone that has some technical knowledge, and my screen is working at perfect resolutions for the graphics card I have. Please update BIOS to A11 before upgrading so before you even put the upgrade disk or stick into the computer go to the Dell website and download the bios.

• OS

  Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center 64-bit

  Computer type

  Laptop

  System Manufacturer/Model

  Dell Inspiron N5110

  CPU

  Intel Core i5 2410M @ 2.30GHz

  Motherboard

  Dell Inc

  Memory

  8.00GB DDR3

  Graphics Card(s)

  Intel HD Graphics 3000

  Sound Card

  IDT High Definition Audio

  Screen Resolution

  1366x768@60Hz

  Hard Drives

  OCZ VERTEX 4 64gb 6mbs SSD

  466GB Western Digital Red. Installed In DVD bay

Dell Inspiron 15r N5110 Windows 8 Black Screen Issue Fix

Source: https://www.eightforums.com/threads/windows-8-dell-n5110-black-screen.4034/page-2

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