This is a bit of a strange one, I switched my main comp on this morning, everything was fine and i was using it until an hour ago because i was nipping out so shut it down. Ive just got back and switched it on and it gets all the way to the win7 bluey-green loading screen, then as it moves from that to the desktop where i get nothing, just a black screen, i do get the windows chimes though. What makes it even stranger is if i hold ctrl-alt-del, it brings up the win7 option menu perfectly fine, but even if i try and run taskmanager i get taken back to my 'black' desktop. Ive had a random clicking session with the mouse and managed to get a music file to play, so it has booted into windows, ive just got no display. Ive ruled out the monitor, as it still displays everything else and hooked up to a different comp its fine. I didnt install or delete anything when i was using it this morning, and the graphics card works fine in the other comp aswell. Im all out of ideas, has this ever happened to anybody else? I do have backups but im reluctant to do it, because i cant see how it would solve the problem as i dont know how its happened.
No it boot into safe mode fine. I restored it to as it was when i first used it today and its exactly the same. Ive done all the usual troubleshooting steps and nothing seems to work, luckily my spare rigs not really slow otherwise id be going mental!!
Have you installed anything recently, I've seen reports on t'internet around VMWare and a security paatch that may be causing the issues. Scarily, one possible fix seems to be from a 3rd party (free) and is still MS endorsed?! http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/w7itprogeneral/thread/5b94b775-992e-4f48-b3ff-c89b3cf45e82 No updates of the graphics drivers or anything? Defintely a weird one! SouperAndy
you said you had another comp, is it possible to test the graphics card in that comp to eliminate maybe faulty vram ?
Its fixed, but yeah i tried that after i checked the monitor was fine. I left it switched off all night and just turned it on and was greated with my usual desktop, Ive got no idea what was going on yesterday, or even if its going to play up again. Ive run all the usual diagnostic stuff and theres no errors anywhere. Its a little odd, maybe it wants to be upgraded and just threw its toys out?
