Blinking Cursor Black Screen Windows 10 - EASY FIX - Samsung RV520

A single blinking cursor on a black screen of a laptop or desktop computer with Windows 10 is usually caused by a hard drive issue in most cases, even in other versions of Windows. This troubleshoot and fix is rather simple, and if you know how to use as screwdriver, how to order a replacement drive, and you can follow a couple of tutorials on how to create a USB installation drive, then you can easily repair your own laptop or desktop computer, let’s tech it out.

This client’s laptop, a Samsung RV520, has Windows 10 Pro and is no longer booting up. When turning on the laptop you get an initial splash screen showing the Samsung logo and then the single blinking cursor.

To troubleshoot this, the best tool to use in my opinion is a live USB Linux Installation drive. Today we are using Linux mint 19.2 64 bit, feel free to use any distro, even a 32 bit if unsure, and since this is an older computer, I am using an MBR version rather than a GPT version, so bear that in mind when creating a Linux installation drive as in this tutorial, link above and below.

Turn off your laptop, remove the battery, press and hold the power button for about 30 seconds to discharge any static electricity, then plug in your charging adaptor. Next plug in the Linux USB drive, reboot, and press F2 (or whatever key you need to press for your computer), to enter BIOS. Once you are there go into the boot order menu, check if your existing drive is being detected, and then change the boot order to enable the Linux USB drive as the first boot drive, press F10 to save and exit, and reboot.

Once you are logged into Linux, press start menu and type in disks, select and press enter. In our case we can see the 160GB Hard Disk present, with 4 partitions, but they are not currently mounted. The biggest partition is not currently being recognised, coming up as unknown, which tells me there could be hardware failure issues.

Time Stamps:

00:00 Hook/Intro

01:14 Pt 12 | Check PC's HEARTBEAT With 5 PARTS ONLY | POST Beep Codes | One PC To Rule Them All Challenge

02:04 How To Create A Bootable Linux USB Drive From Windows 10 | Pt 16 One PC To Rule Them All Challenge

03:27 Proof That Linux Is Better Than Windows | Live Uncut Test | Pt 17 One PC To Rule Them All Challenge

04:03 Pt 15 | How To Create A Windows 10 Bootable USB Flash Drive | 2 WAYS | OnePcToRuleThemAllChallenge

04:15 How To Install Windows 10 From USB On A New Computer | Pt 20 One PC To Rule Them All Challenge

04:43 NEVER Upgrade An Old Laptop - Windows 7 End Of Support 2020 Advice

04:45 How To Fix Windows 10 Startup Problems | Pt 10 Troubleshoot A Computer Not Turning On

04:51 Troubleshooting Hard Drive Problems | Pt 9 Computer Turns On But No Display On Monitor

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[Shea_J]

I completely shutdown the rig, unplugged everything from the rig that used a USB port, and turned it on. This was able to get me passed the black screen for some reason.

[Latno-Ziroh]

I had an issue where I didn't get a splash screen, it booted up only to the dash on screen, but it wasn't blinking.
I got around this by flipping the switch next to the power cable on the back, then waiting a bit to turn it on again and it worked. No idea why.

[streetdrmer]

i get just a black screen, and a white dash but it dont blink. And i cant get to the boot manager either just all black... what i gotta do???

[ChizueSan]

wait a minute....your title say "blinking cursor black screen win 10 - Easy fix" not "how install linux/win10/win7 again... where is the part of "fixing the blinking cursor"??? changing HDD? i have a SSD M.2 and i have this problem, or maybe someone can tell me where he explain how to "FIX" this "blinking cursor blackscreen"... thanks in advance...

[darcylim]

I fixed it by turning my pc off then pulling out a usb i was using then turning it back on... WTF

[smartduck]

Just build my own PC have two drives in the system won't boot from the drive or a thumb drive I just get a blinking Dash only works if I plug in a Linux system

[doubleatriplea]

Yo ive figured it out for real, when you boot up the computer spam the keyboard until the keyboard error pops up instead of the cursor and black screen, from there change any setting that wont impact the computer, save it and when it asks which device to boot up go down to hard drive

[joeblow]

It's not a failing " hard drive" my 970 evo booted with a underscore for a few seconds, so does my 980 pro. I just want to find out how to get rid of it or "fix" the admittedly non-issue. Starting off with how it might be failing doesn't make me confident you know what you're talking about. It's more than likely simply trying to boot from or looking for something else to boot from other than your Windows disk. Thing is, my ssd's are perfectly fine

[Its_Syxx]

Replace the hard drive because of a boot device issue?? This is related to UEFI and not booting from the correct boot device until it times out and automatically corrects itself.. no need to purchase a new hard drive dude.

[mattd]

had this issue exactly 1 year after this video. 0_0

[dangerousdragons]

i am having this same problem after i removed the processor from mother board and reinserted it many times but still this problem coming and not booting after 100 attempts it boots once and on restarting again same problem, what might have gone wrong? do you know how to fix this i mean troubleshoot this issue my hard disk is perfectly fine i have checked in other laptop...😢😢😢

[mrmagoo]

What does it mean if there is 2 quick blinks before booting into OS?

[boeing_RBLX]

Me: this stuff confusion, I'mma slap some snapdragon 650 processer and call it good.

*Gets worse*

[-xtexy]

It has a flashing Cursor bit I can't get into the Bios

[nirwander]

I have a flash with a operating system installed on it, but i can't start the boot option window on startup.When i start the computer i get "no video input", after that the line and black screen.Oh btw my keyboard and mouse don't work(when i connect the same keyboard and mouse to the working pc, they work), so its preventing me from pressing F2.Idk what to do pls help

[jaceconverse]

I created the usb drive, but I had to change a few of the commands listed here to get thru this fix but it did not work even though it said it was successful and then i tried again and wasn't able to get thru it a second time. I also tried the startup repair which took about 3 hours and then did not work. Finally i gave up and reinstalled Windows10. I thought i would lose all my files but they ended up still there but moved around into a folder called Windows Old . so at least the files are still there and the computer is working though i will have to redo software installations.

[bodybuildingbooks]

My pc was fine, blinking issue occurred, I tried to fix, couldn't fix, so I removed the SSD, for another that I tried to install a fresh copy of Windows on. It's still happening, even without any drives connected. When I tried to install windows on the new drive it copies all the files during windows install then it restart with the blinking cursor and give the option to install windows again, over and over, windows gets into installation, when it restart, blinking cursor, back to square 1. I have looked online for days no solution.

[HitchTamil]

My harddisk is currepted so i install the new ssd but unable to install os My laptop is not support uefi what a do please help me

[squandyyk]

i have the white blinking line thing on my pc, but it boots up fine and to use. the only problem is the boot is very slow how can i get rid of the blinking line and screen?

[samuelgas]

I have an hard drive it has windows 10 pro and I got an ssd and I plug it on my desktop and is Blinking but the ssd doesn’t have windows or anything. When I take out the ssd from my desktop my pc turns on and works fine. Plz help!