Solved Black screen ( not blue ) after boot logo

[Lukamo]

System Restore time ??????

hmm ?? not quite sure i follow

 

[David Bailey]

System Restore time ??????

hmm ?? not quite sure i follow

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[usasma]

Do you have passwords of any sort enabled in the BIOS/UEFI? If so, try removing them then rebooting.

 

[Hopachi]

Does the screen work in safe mode or without ANY ati/amd graphic drivers?

 

[Lukamo]

No passwords in bios no.
Graphic drivers were removed with driver fusion. And the screen works In safe mode with the Gpu inserted, works in safe mode AND normal mode WITHOUT gpu inserted
The problem is most likely driver related because I can boot in safe mode with my gpu, and safe mode doesn't try to load drivers

 

[David Bailey]

I use DriverMax to keep tabs on my drivers.

Driver update - Use DriverMax to update all your Windows PC drivers

I have the paid version.(unlimited driver downloads)

The free version allows 2 downloads per day.

If you want to try it, scan 2 or 3 times for drivers.

It does a pretty good job.

 

[Hopachi]

No passwords in bios no.
Graphic drivers were removed with driver fusion. And the screen works In safe mode with the Gpu inserted, works in safe mode AND normal mode WITHOUT gpu inserted
The problem is most likely driver related because I can boot in safe mode with my gpu, and safe mode doesn't try to load drivers

I agree with you.
Get the latest driver (you need to know the specs) for your gpu:
AMD Graphics Drivers & Software
But use 60Hz (safe mode uses 60Hz) since the overclocked one might no be so well supported by the driver, gpu or monitor. We agree on this one. Something else: test mode is not suited for normal use since it's for testing unsigned drivers and might slow some of system processes a bit.

A bit more personal choice concerning drivers: manual installs, through exe installer or Device Manager if you know your specs, are better.

 

[Lukamo]

I agree with you.
Get the latest driver (you need to know the specs) for your gpu:
AMD Graphics Drivers & Software
But use 60Hz (safe mode uses 60Hz) since the overclocked one might no be so well supported by the driver, gpu or monitor. We agree on this one. Something else: test mode is not suited for normal use since it's for testing unsigned drivers and might slow some of system processes a bit.

A bit more personal choice concerning drivers: manual installs, through exe installer or Device Manager if you know your specs, are better.

Well, not to question your input, but I think it's more about a corrupted driver file still trying to be launched/read when it just wont work, and not about a driver being installed. I'm saying this because I tried uninstalling all the drivers, and it still wont boot with default settings. With another card that uses different drivers, its the same thing. Also, i did actually try installing manually the drivers for both cards. First with the Radeon, but i couldnt proceed with the installation because the .exe is an autoupdater that detects the GPU to find which driver to install. There were no standalones to be found. With the NVIDIA card, i installed the correct drivers and it didn't work either.

As for the safe mode thing, thanks for letting me know. I'm not using safe mode for normal use though, i'm just running normal mode on my integrated GPU right now..

As for the 60 hz thing, thats what i'm using right now. I turned off the overclock ( by using my 1080p monitor and integrated GPU ). My only question about this is.. is it possible that when I connect a GPU to my Mobo, it thinks i still want the overclocked profile and tries to force 100hz ? How would i go about verifying this theory? I don't think it's a plausible theory though because i turned off Windows Test mode, which allows me to overclock the display settings. When test mode is off, overclockable profiles are greyed out, and I cant go to mess with the settings.

I'll try one last uninstall / reinstall when I get back home like you suggest. I'll try to leave the Radeon 6950 GPU connected to the mobo while forcing to use the integrated GPU through BIOS, and see if the driver installer can detect the card and fix the settings. That just might work. I'll let you know.

If it still doesnt work and nothing else comes to mind, i'll just proceed with a full wipe / reinstall tomorrow, hoping that it wont say my device is locked O_O

 

[Lukamo]

Well this is it guys. It's getting serious. After trying this last thing, I decided to go for the full wipe / clean install. Booted from windows 8 dvd... Installed...computer reboots, then comes the black screen. I had a feeling it wouldn't work and I would wipe for nothing... Sigh. Writing from my phone now... What do I do...

 

[David Bailey]

Can you return it to the store & get a refund or another computer ?

 

[Lukamo]

Built it myself. I need to locate which part is faulty to be able to rma it...

 

[Lukamo]

SOLVED -

This... is... this is just great...
There are not enough sacred words to express my flabbergastation of the situation...
Turns out.. it was my $%#$%^$^ USB hub in front of my case that was messing with the whole motherboard. I don't know if it's the USB hub from the case, or just the usb module of the Mobo... I was talking to my brother on the phone and we started trying to mess with all the cables to see if it was just the power that was being messed with. As I moved ONE usb cable to plug my usb key in the front hub of the case, my screen flickered black for half a second, and i heard the "device plugged" chime.

My eyes got as wide as my fists, my jaw dropped to the floor and a vein on my forehead popped. I dropped everything I was doing to reboot the computer with the GPU inserted.
It worked.

Can.. you.. @#%@##% .. believe it.. ?

I wiped my whole frogging drive... for... a USB hub... that was messing with my computer...

 

[Lukamo]

Well... I guess I can say this is half solved.

Half the time now my computer works
the other half, screen just goes black / standby, and theres no chance in waking this thing up

I've tried messing with the power supply, changing slots here and there for all the power cords..
I have yet to know EXACTLY where it's coming from, and if its a powersupply issue or a mobo issue... i think there might be something shortcircuiting somewhere in the case that keeps the gpu from kicking in... i don't know