Black Screen During Installation 7100


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When i installed windows 7 build 7100 just it got upto a point where the screen goes black and it says the usual windows 7 evaluation copy with the build number in the bottom right of the screen but nothing else happens the background just stays black and i cant do anything, anybody have any idea what is up?

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What i can think of is you don't have the compatible drivers installed , have you tried formatting and installing again? what display are you using and how is it connected?

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Have you unplugged any other screens? Sometimes Windows 7 discovers more than one screen and sets the default screen wrong. There is probably a dialog of some kind on another screen :)

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I had the exact same problem. I have two monitors hooked up, one being my 32" LCD tv and my 22" Monitor. It found my LCD TV as the main display (even when it was not turned on) and the 22" as my secondary and all it had was a black screen with the build tag in the bottom right corner. So basically I just turned on the TV and changed it, simple as that.

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Hi there.

I know I am reasonably new here, but I am so glad I decided to search this forum.

I downloaded 7100 over the weekend and threw it on my 4GB key drive (made bootable). I am running Windows Vista x64 Ultimate. I tried several upgrade installs yesterday, and got the black screen with the evalulation stamp on the lower right corner.

I got so frustrated that I decided to try a new install and got the same issue. I did save my documents, pics, downloads and stuff on different drive before I started all this. Unfortunately Vista or 7 messed that up... Because when the fresh installs did the same thing, I just reinstalled Vista x64. So, now after 10 hrs of hell and some sleep.

I came here this morning at work, and found this thread. I would have never guessed an alternate display, because I do have my HDTV hooked via HDMI to my ATI 3850.

Has anyone else had this issue?

Should I try another update install w/o my HDTV connected?

Thanks.

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Yes the others in this thread had a similar issue. Just unplug your other display when you install Win7.

I did that, and it helped but I have a new set of issues.

I'll start another thread for that.

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