Windows 7 hangs on startup

black-ops · 29 Dec 2010 at 13:37

This is a clean install of windows 7, installed a few games, fine. but then randomly after an update the system starts hanging at startup. It was like the third windows update. I rolled back and the same thing is still happening, any clues on what the hell is going on?

This was the main reason why I reinstalled the OS as it was doing this to me before... the only way to get the system to run properly is to reboot and then "start windows normally"

Regards

slipd · 29 Dec 2010 at 14:00

Is your problem anything like this mate? http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18206245&highlight=startername_sam.wheale

I'm still no closer to finding a solution - I've pretty much given up on it...

Can you get into safe mode? I can, then I restart (from the user login screen) and the machine boots normally :rolleyes:

theheyes · 29 Dec 2010 at 15:25

Are we running any antivirus?

slipd · 29 Dec 2010 at 15:27

Avast! Here

black-ops · 29 Dec 2010 at 15:45

it's the same as this, it's really just a pain in the backside more than an impossibility of getting into windows. I've changed HDD's concluded it wasn't a HD fault, changed ram same problem persists. It's got to be a driver issue or something to do with compatibility perhaps even my BIOS is wrongly configured but I have no way of testing half the problems because it could be a number of things. The spontaneousness in nature of this problem makes it even more of a problem to sort.

slipd · 24 Feb 2011 at 21:15

I've just been told by a mate that the problem we're experiencing is probably the phenomenon known as the 'black screen of death.' Quite common after a particular windows security update...

I was hoping sp1 might fix it but alas

Anyone else found a fix yet?