Need help, black screen during BIOS/Windows loading

starmanwarz · 18 Oct 2013 at 10:40

I re-installed Windows yesterday (they somehow got corrupted while I was OCing my CPU), installed updates etc, all good so far. Did several restarts yesterday with no problems. I turn on the PC today and my monitor is black during BIOS/Windows loading and only turns on when I am at the desktop. I can access the BIOS if I spam delete, but it takes like 10 seconds to show up on screen.

BIOS settings are default, did a couple BIOS resets too, no luck

. Also installed different graphics drivers.

Any ideas?

Glanza · 18 Oct 2013 at 10:42

Have you got onboard video? If so try with that and not on the gfx card and see if does the same

starmanwarz · 18 Oct 2013 at 11:08

Tried onboard graphics, didn't work. Got a weird error too, something about PC couldn't recover from Hibernation.

Edit- Got the error again, PC can't come out of Hibernation mode, something like that. I hit enter and Win boots fine, hibernation is disabled though...

OracIe · 18 Oct 2013 at 13:13

pull the power plug and BIOS batter for 30 mins and try again.

starmanwarz · 18 Oct 2013 at 15:01

OracIe said:
pull the power plug and BIOS batter for 30 mins and try again.

Tried that too, didn't work. Also re seated graphics card, sound card, re-installed windows once again, problem remains

Avenged7Fold · 18 Oct 2013 at 15:38

starmanwarz said:
Tried that too, didn't work. Also re seated graphics card, sound card, re-installed windows once again, problem remains

Its a little disheartening because its looking more and more like a motherboard fault.

Tried updating bios and seeing if anything changes?

starmanwarz · 18 Oct 2013 at 15:59

Well, if I turn off the monitor while I am into Windows, it takes like 30 seconds to open. Can this be a monitor problem? It was working fine until yesterday, had it for more than 2 years with no problems.

Avenged7Fold · 18 Oct 2013 at 16:01

starmanwarz said:
Well, if I turn off the monitor while I am into Windows, it takes like 30 seconds to open. Can this be a monitor problem? It was working fine until yesterday, had it for more than 2 years with no problems.

That does sound like a monitor problem. Easy way to find out, plug another one in or a TV in and see. If you can plug both in at once, even better!

starmanwarz · 18 Oct 2013 at 16:15

I fixed it. It was the damn monitor, had to unplug power+DVI cable, that did the trick. Too bad I spent all day trying to fix this silly issue

OracIe · 18 Oct 2013 at 16:17

At least it's sorted.

Avenged7Fold · 18 Oct 2013 at 16:29

At least it isnt your motherboard, would have been a nightmare if you had it RMA'd then returned to you!

starmanwarz · 18 Oct 2013 at 16:33

Yeah, it would suck if my 1 week old board had issues. I upgraded everything last week so the timing of this issue had me worried. Oh well, it's all good now, back to OCing