Windows 10: Black screen no cursor or login

My Samsung laptop is technically switched on in the sense that it has power, however when I switch it on there is no login screen, no screen with the samsung logo, and no cursor. No matter how many buttons I press or how often I switch it on and off, it remains the same - black, power but nothing else. Any advice?

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[ASUS A550C] Installed Nvidia drivers and got either black screen or screen glitchy

Still the same. But with black screen with no cursor after login

 

Black Screen

my display shows black screen with cursor before login page

 

Sounds like a hardware problem if you see nothing on the screen- ever. Do you hear any beeps?
How do you know it is powered up- is anything illuminated? (Usually there's some indicator- power, disk...)

History- was this working yesterday and now not? Have you just bought this? Etc...

 

Yes there are lights on (where the power button is) and sometimes I can hear a beep, also the fan is on.

My laptop is a bit old, I don't know how old but it was originally Windows 7 before I updated it to Windows 10.


I've had a few problems with it in the past where I have had to reset it, however those were always simple software issues. This is the first time where there is simply nothing on the screen.

I have tried unplugging the power and battery, resetting it multiple times, but all to no avail. It started last night, I think I might have not powered it down so it was in sleep mode for a long time. I can't get it to sleep now though.

 

If you can't even access the BIOS, I can't think of much you can do. You would normally expect to see a splash screen of some sort after power up. Without that there's no hope of getting it to boot from a DVD or flash drive.

You can of course extract the disk and read that on another PC.