For quite a while, I have faced a black screen when booting Vista. BIOS runs nicely and Vista starts loading but stops dead with black screen just prior to login screen. After turning power off and restarting, I get the option to run a startup repair or boot normally. As I have a OEM pre-SP1 restore partition, I always choose normal start and this time Vista starts nicely. Guess I have a driver issue. Otherwice computer runs nicely.
I thought this was related to a faulty memory stick, but as this has been replaced, and the error persist, I guess it is something else. Will run more memory tests tomorrow, and will try to update graphics driver.
The problem does not appear in the event log and I do not get any error message. Anyone have a suggestion, how to troubleshoot this, whithout going through the trial and error process of installing drivers for just about everything, as this could just as well cause more problems than it solves?
I thought this was related to a faulty memory stick, but as this has been replaced, and the error persist, I guess it is something else. Will run more memory tests tomorrow, and will try to update graphics driver.
The problem does not appear in the event log and I do not get any error message. Anyone have a suggestion, how to troubleshoot this, whithout going through the trial and error process of installing drivers for just about everything, as this could just as well cause more problems than it solves?
My Computer
System One
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- Manufacturer/Model
- Dell XPS720
- CPU
- Intel Quad Q6600 2.40GHz
- Motherboard
- Dell 0YU822, NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI SPP / SLI MCP
- Memory
- 4GB DDR2 800MHz
- Graphics Card(s)
- Gainward GeForce GTX 560 Ti, 1024 MB GDDR5
- Sound Card
- Creative SB X-Fi Xtreme Gamer
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Dell 2407WFP-HC
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1200
- Hard Drives
- NVIDIA 640GB SATA Raid 0 (2x320GB) (7200 rpm) for Vista,
Intel X25-M G2 160 GB for W7,
Maxtor OT III External HDD,
WD Elements 1 TB External HDD
- Internet Speed
- 100/20
- Other Info
- M779 PCIe PAL/SECAM/DVB-T Desktop TV Tuner. Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit Controller.