Vista - Vista 64 hangs at startup

Every once in a while, after the Microsoft scrolling bar, right when it should be displaying the round logo, Vista 64 hangs to a black screen with a white line at the top. I cannot figure out what causes this. My mobo is Gigabyte EP45-DS3r and video card is GeForce 8600GT Dual DVI.

Does anyone have any suggestions? I'm going crazy here

Thanks,

Rob

This may be a result of boot error or Monitor detection bug/card issue with nVidia
On Windows Vista, some boot errors are shown on a black screen. These generally occur when winload.exe is missing or corrupted

NVidia Monitor detection:
http://forums.nvidia.com/lofiversion...hp?t48178.html
http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?s...1&#entry206501

run sfc/scannow
System Files - SFC Command

Run checkdisk
How To Make Vista more responsive and faster[11]=Performance Maintenance

sfc says all is well.

try disk check

Hi italtazman,

The graphics card should come in at that point.

I had an 8600GT and every now and then , at that same point, I would get a strange patchwork of colours onscreen , and needed to do a hard shutdown.

Turns out it was the 8600gt that was at fault, and when I returned it to my PC maker, they said that card had known issues.

You might try updating the Nvidia drivers first - from their website, in case that helps.

I have a strong suspicion you need a new card.



Hope it helps.

I think you are right. I suspect it is nVidia too, but want to check other issues first (process of elimination)

Hi Rive,

You are right, definitely worth checking all possibilities.

Hope it is something else - something that can be rectified without having to buy anything

I'm starting to wonder about the video card myself. Problem is, I wouldn't know what else to get. I need a fanless dual DVI card that can handle 1680x1050 on 2 monitors.

I'm also getting some hangs inside of Adobe Premier. What I don't understand is why did this setup work for over a year with XPPro. It started with Vista 64. I assume if it is the video card it's related to the drivers. Maybe I should try rolling back a few versions.

If your really lucky it could be a nVidia Monitor bug. If you read the threads, or googled your issue you would see many people are having this issue. Check your drive. (file system and bad sectors). Then if that is ok, reload the newest nvidia driver.

I want you to run diagnostics ( generate a health report), and check reliability monitor. save, and zip these and attach file to your post.

How old is your card?

some of the older nvidia cards, had defects due to a defective die, and excessive heat could result in the die failure. If your card is failing have you noticed graphical tearing/artifacting, etc?