[SOLVED] Black Screen until Windows loads

I'm just hanging on to the psu thing in the hope of finally having found the cause of the problem

I haven't tried a different monitor, as I don't have spare but I willing to get one if you think that could be it? I ruled it out because it works fine with my old gfx. I just don't get why there is a signal but no picture.

You have a modular PSU right; you only plug in the cables you need?

Well the one I have, the connectors at the PSU are 6 prong as are the PCIe ends and I actually had them in backwards. The one end was a very hard fit but they went in. Even though they went in - they don't work reversed because the wiring's rearranged in the cabling. So maybe you will just laugh but please check. On my cables the end with the PCIe written on the plastic is the end that must be in the graphics card and the blank end goes in the PSU.

So maybe everybody laughs at me or maybe it solves your problem - figured it may be worth mentioning since you said it does work in your buddies machine.

Hey,
No my PSU is non-modular but thanks for the tip I'm sure it can help someone else sometime

I really think another monitor is going to sort the issue. Whether that's because of incompatibility issues or the monitor is borked, it's probably going to be one of the two.

I wouldn't go purchasing anything based on that. I would though, find another monitor somehow to use as a temporary test.

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Elgardos,
Gainward has also released its Geforce GTX 460 ... and two factory overclocked 1GB GTX 460 cards. The top of the line is the Gainward GTX 460... GTX 460; CUDA; GDDR5; 1024MB; Gainward; 768MB; SLI; PhysX ..they use Direct X 11 have you looked into that as the wrong Direct X can cause the black screen even your monitoer settings also could be configured incorrectly,you get all the sound etc don't you but just cannot see anything on the monitor.

I will email Nvida & gainwood about these GTX Cards as they are new & could have a problem as two models have already been Overclocked which should make it Fly very fast,I will email you as soon as I have something for you that might be the reason.hang in there elgardos,here is the ASUS Motherboard forum about your matter & it could be the reason your having this same error after bootup,M2A-VM is still having the random black screen problem that was supposed to have beek fixed with bios version 1101.

I have updated the bios but the black screen is still there, so it's not fixed....
bios version 1101.


.http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?...Language=en-us
respectfully
jeffreyobrien.[/quote]I have updated the bios but the black screen is still there, so it's not fixed....
bios version 1101.


I hope that you have put GTX 460 graphics card in when you updated the 1101 bios,gainwood emailed with one possible reason,black screen problem was corrected by that 1101 Bios update for x64 bit system w7.Thats all I can do elgardos.I hope that you eventually have some positive explination for all your going through I do know how frustrating it can be.You are ruling out one thing at a time seems trainman is giving you support & try everything as it can be fixed.
Good luck sorry I couldn't be of more help.
jeffreyobrien

Hey all,

Now when I turn of my pc it automatically reboots, I have no experience with that matter, so I'm hoping its caused by the same issue that is causing the black screen and can help identify it.

Hi all,

The rebooting thing was caused by my motherboard which I got exchanged.

The not showing boot sequence was caused by my monitor as suggested

Now I have a minor issue with my cpu fan going full speed all the time even though its not needed, but still my pc is finally working

Thanks for the help all!

Check the BIOS setting in the motherboard and see if your fan is set to "Full" in the Power Management section.

If it has a "PWM" or "AUTO" setting use that instead.

This is happening with my new build too. I hope it's not the mobo. I'll get in to the bios later this weekend and see what's up.

It worked! Many thanks!

So now my pc finally works

Had bad ram first, then a bad motherboard and then a bad monitor (the two first parts were brand new). Was a long way and I couldn't have done it without all of your advice so thank you!