Vista - Black Screen on startup

So I got a new desktop PC with Vista Ultimate (32 bit) last week and I'm
being driven mad by Vista - Every time I startup my computer it'll get
past the 'progress bar' and then just stall on a black screen. The HDD
light shows activity but nothing ever happens.

Eventually, I manage to get it up and running - either by using last
known good config. or sometimes even starting normally.. sometimes I
have to go into safe mode with networking and then restart and it
works.. sometimes I have to restart lots of times and other times just
once.

I have never experienced this problem if I'm already into Vista and I'm
forced to restart - only when my computer is off and I first turn it on.
As you can imagine, all this restarting is getting very tedious. I've
looked for solutions and it appears the black screen is a very common
problem.. although most of the problems appeared to be to do with
display drivers on laptops.. I of course have downloaded the latest
nvidia drivers but to no avail.

My system specs are:
Intel e6700 2 x 2.66ghz
Asus P5N32-E SLI+ Mobo
4 Gb Ram
2 x GeForce 8600GT
SB X-Fi Extreme Audio

Any help or suggestions appreciated.. although I'm beginning to think
this is a lost cause..


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"liquidorion" <liquidorion.2sjinh@DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message
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>
> So I got a new desktop PC with Vista Ultimate (32 bit) last week and I'm
> being driven mad by Vista - Every time I startup my computer it'll get
> past the 'progress bar' and then just stall on a black screen. The HDD
> light shows activity but nothing ever happens.
>
> Eventually, I manage to get it up and running - either by using last
> known good config. or sometimes even starting normally.. sometimes I
> have to go into safe mode with networking and then restart and it
> works.. sometimes I have to restart lots of times and other times just
> once.
>
> I have never experienced this problem if I'm already into Vista and I'm
> forced to restart - only when my computer is off and I first turn it on.
> As you can imagine, all this restarting is getting very tedious. I've
> looked for solutions and it appears the black screen is a very common
> problem.. although most of the problems appeared to be to do with
> display drivers on laptops.. I of course have downloaded the latest
> nvidia drivers but to no avail.
>
> My system specs are:
> Intel e6700 2 x 2.66ghz
> Asus P5N32-E SLI+ Mobo
> 4 Gb Ram
> 2 x GeForce 8600GT
> SB X-Fi Extreme Audio
>
> Any help or suggestions appreciated.. although I'm beginning to think
> this is a lost cause..
>
>
> --
> liquidorion
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> liquidorion's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/member.php?userid=27003
> View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=770232
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"liquidorion" <liquidorion.2sjinh@DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message
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>
> So I got a new desktop PC with Vista Ultimate (32 bit) last week and I'm
> being driven mad by Vista - Every time I startup my computer it'll get
> past the 'progress bar' and then just stall on a black screen. The HDD
> light shows activity but nothing ever happens.
>
> Eventually, I manage to get it up and running - either by using last
> known good config. or sometimes even starting normally.. sometimes I
> have to go into safe mode with networking and then restart and it
> works.. sometimes I have to restart lots of times and other times just
> once.
>
> I have never experienced this problem if I'm already into Vista and I'm
> forced to restart - only when my computer is off and I first turn it on.
> As you can imagine, all this restarting is getting very tedious. I've
> looked for solutions and it appears the black screen is a very common
> problem.. although most of the problems appeared to be to do with
> display drivers on laptops.. I of course have downloaded the latest
> nvidia drivers but to no avail.
>
> My system specs are:
> Intel e6700 2 x 2.66ghz
> Asus P5N32-E SLI+ Mobo
> 4 Gb Ram
> 2 x GeForce 8600GT
> SB X-Fi Extreme Audio
>
> Any help or suggestions appreciated.. although I'm beginning to think
> this is a lost cause..
>
>
> --
> liquidorion
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> liquidorion's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/member.php?userid=27003
> View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=770232
>
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>


Return the system to the vendor for either a replacement system or a refund.
Vista, out of the box, should not behave as you have described.

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