Flashing black screen/intermittent boot

rivendell1976

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Feb 21, 2017
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My Acer Aspire E-531 laptop has a flashing screen at boot up. If I press the power button the screen flashes from black to a little lighter color intermittently. I hear fans/harddrive sounds but no screen other than flashing. This happened a few times yesterday as well and I just powered down and back up a few times and it finally started. Today I have had no luck after restarting several times. What could be the issue? Thank you.