Black screen after POST

C

cdwiggs

New Member
I can't tell you how many forums I've read to try and find an answer. My computer just will not start, the fans run, seems like it's starting to boot up, I get one POST beep then nothing. No BIOS, no activity on the screen at all, no flickering lights, no beeps, no anything.

I am thinking this is a video card issue, I thought I read something that was similar to this. I remember reading about a chip for the on-board video that can me removed and re-installed that re-sets the on board video. Anyone heard of this?

Sure there are a lot of "Black Screen" type issues, but not like this.

I noticed, prior to this problem happening about 2 weeks ago, there were a couple Microsoft updates within a few days. After DLing them, the computer seem to load slower and slower with each restart. Then the (true) Black Screen of Death arrived. Since then I have been at a complete loss. Tried all new Power Supply, new RAM, new Hard Drive....same issue. I reset the CLRTC jumper, took the battery out for hours, nothing seems to work.

I really hope someone can be our hero. Thanks!
 

My Computer

System One

what antivirus are you running.. did you do a virus scan.. go on control panel.. under administrative tools.. check the event log and see what errors are there??
You are actually running OS 64 bit.. post ur machine spec in details to see if your system is compatible with 64 bits..
Had you tired running a windows repair?? we won't advice for a re installation of the OS at the moment as want to analyse the problem..
 

My Computer

System One

Thanks for the reply, but it seems you didn't read my post, I can not get to the contrl panel, I can't get anything...at all. This is a barebones kit I got from TD last spring. Worked fine for ...oh 8 months or so.

The only thing I haven't tried yet is removing the video card. I'll try that tomorrow morning, way too tired now. Thanks in advance for any help ;)
 

My Computer

System One

When you first turn on your system keep pressing the del key, this will let us know if it is hardware or software related.
If you see the BIOS screen then you know everything should be ok with the hardware.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Self Built
    CPU
    I5 3570K
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte Z77-DS3H
    Memory
    4 x 4GB corsair ballistix sport DDR3 1600 Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte Geforce GTX 660 TI
    Sound Card
    creative x-fi
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Primary CiBox 22" Widescreen LCD ,Secondary Dell 22" Widescreen
    Screen Resolution
    Both 1680 x 1050
    Hard Drives
    2 x 500G HD (SATA) 1 x 2TB USB
    PSU
    Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Complient PSU
    Case
    Antec 900 Ultimate Gaming Case
    Cooling
    3 x 80mm tri led front, 120mm side 120mm back, 200mm top
    Keyboard
    Logik
    Mouse
    Technika TKOPTM2
    Internet Speed
    288 / 4000
    Other Info
    Creative Inspire 7.1 T7900 Speakers
    Trust Graphics Tablet
Turns out my Video card was trying to update (ASUS w/Nvidia chipset) it's driver. The update was for the typical 32 bit, since I have 64 bit it caused a problem. I only know this cause it happened to a friend a few months back. I took out my vid card and it worked fine. Still working on a fix.
 

My Computer

System One

A couple of things to check.

Try your card on a friends computer if you can.
Your card should still work in safe mode, but may only work at 640x480 or something similar.
If you have removed the card then you can remove the drivers, download the correct drivers and reinstall the card. By doing this you wil be forcing the computer to use only the drivers you have downloaded.

Check your bios to ensure the card is being used and not the onbard graphics.

If none of this works then you may have a dead video card.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Self Built
    CPU
    I5 3570K
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte Z77-DS3H
    Memory
    4 x 4GB corsair ballistix sport DDR3 1600 Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte Geforce GTX 660 TI
    Sound Card
    creative x-fi
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Primary CiBox 22" Widescreen LCD ,Secondary Dell 22" Widescreen
    Screen Resolution
    Both 1680 x 1050
    Hard Drives
    2 x 500G HD (SATA) 1 x 2TB USB
    PSU
    Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Complient PSU
    Case
    Antec 900 Ultimate Gaming Case
    Cooling
    3 x 80mm tri led front, 120mm side 120mm back, 200mm top
    Keyboard
    Logik
    Mouse
    Technika TKOPTM2
    Internet Speed
    288 / 4000
    Other Info
    Creative Inspire 7.1 T7900 Speakers
    Trust Graphics Tablet
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top