extremer Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 I am experiencing an issue where my computer screen is blank after booting up into Windows 7, like I see the new boot image fine, but after that, there is a period of 20second complete blank screen, like the monitor isn't off, because it doesn't display that "loss of power thing that normally would if it did" and the keyboard and the mouse aren't receiving power either. I also notice that my computer during that period suddenly goes completely blank, almost like its turned off. I've also gone ahead and removed all the usb connections and everything and didn't notice any difference. After the blank screen, the welcome screen shows up and its almost an instant switch to the desktop. It almost feels like the "blank screen" is being used in my computer to preload my desktop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gary7 Subscriber² Posted January 1, 2009 Subscriber² Share Posted January 1, 2009 The same reaction occurs with Vista if your using a slower processor and or Video card. Looks like it is just part of the boot process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extremer Posted January 2, 2009 Author Share Posted January 2, 2009 Oh hm...alright thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tianshiz Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 the same thing is happening to me with my dual booted win7, except that it doesn't go to the welcome screen at all! When I startup the computer, the initial boot screen with the 4 moving windows particles displays, and then the screen goes black for maybe 20sec. After that, a blue line(win7 style) appears near the top of the screen and does not go away. Am I experiencing the same problem here? My installation carried through without any problems and I even ran the startup diagnostic without a hitch. Any help is appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navait Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 I had the same problem. reboot your computer, and when it asks you what OS to start, highlight Windows 7 and press F8. Then, boot it in low-resolution mode. I installed next to XP, so I don't know if you'll have the same option if 7 is the only OS on the computer. I still can't use any resolution higher than 640x480 without getting a black screen with the thin blueish line at the top, but at least it starts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicAndre1981 Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 I also had this today. I made the automatic fix, suggest at startup and this made a system restore, now Win7 runs, but my VS 2008 + Sp1 Installation is lost and this took my 2 hrs yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foaf Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 I've had a similar issue, but perhaps a little different. Installation seems fine (dual booted with vista). I see the 'Windows is starting' particles, and then a blank screen with only "Windows 7. For testing purposes only. Build 7000" watermark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowl Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 I had that foaf.. Press F8 and go to VGA mode and it will work... and then if you set your resolution to your max and restart your computer will be fine :smile: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foaf Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Cool, thanks Loveheart, it seems to works now. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Brown Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 I ran into this problem. After a clean install of Windows 7 on a blank hard drive, my PC would boot fine, let me log in, and then go to a black screen with a white cursor - nothing else. Here's how I fixed it: 1. Reboot holding down F8 2. Boot in safe mode with networking 3. Google for latest driver for video card manufacturer (Nvidia) and Windows 7 4. Download and install new driver 5. Reboot Everything was fine after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warrenc Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 I ran into this problem. After a clean install of Windows 7 on a blank hard drive, my PC would boot fine, let me log in, and then go to a black screen with a white cursor - nothing else. Here's how I fixed it:1. Reboot holding down F8 2. Boot in safe mode with networking 3. Google for latest driver for video card manufacturer (Nvidia) and Windows 7 4. Download and install new driver 5. Reboot Everything was fine after that. I'm pretty much in the same boat. I boot, am presented with login screen so I do, it starts to load but stops on a black screen, with the revision on the bottom right, etc. No explorer.exe, unable to pull up task manager, unresponsive to ctrl+alt+del and other shortcuts, etc. Problem is, I'm in safe mode, downloaded a revision of my nVidia driver that's a month newer than my last, but it won't install. It simply says it can't find compatible hardware and exits. I actually fairly often update it and haven't seen that, and double checked I didn't select the wrong series, etc. Any suggestions? Oh, also I've re-imaged C and this didn't help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dewmaniac Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 (edited) What is you can't even get to the safe mode? It says cannot boot safe mode while still installing windows. But it never completely install windows and it just sits on a blank black screen with arrow. I cannot even use recovery manager and recover vista. I basically have a dead computer....help! Then if I boot it in F10 mode, it says: Edit windows boot option for windows 7 Path windows\system32\winload.exe Partition 1 Hard Disk #### {/NoEXECUTE=OPTION ??????? Edited November 2, 2009 by dewmaniac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dewmaniac Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 What is you can't even get to the safe mode? It says cannot boot safe mode while still installing windows. But it never completely install windows and it just sits on a blank black screen with arrow. I cannot even use recovery manager and recover vista. I basically have a dead computer....help!Then if I boot it in F10 mode, it says: Edit windows boot option for windows 7 Path windows\system32\winload.exe Partition 1 Hard Disk #### {/NoEXECUTE=OPTION ??????? Also I tried Startup Repair When I try Startup Repair this is what I get: Startup Repair Offline Signature 01 6.1.7600.16385 02 6.1.7600.16385 03 Unknown 04 -1 05 External Media 06 1 07 NoOSInstalled OS Version 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1 Locale ID 1033 Also I've seen No OS Files found on disk This doesn't sound good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yusuf M. Veteran Posted November 2, 2009 Veteran Share Posted November 2, 2009 Resurrecting an old thread, not a good idea. :p Thread Closed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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