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| Thread ID: 108281 | 2010-03-21 22:37:00 | Windows 7 | Economech (15688) | Press F1 |
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| 869109 | 2010-03-21 22:37:00 | Please i really need help with windows seven. If i thought vista ultimate was crappy. Then i don't know what to say about windows 7. I installed this o/s and to my horror i find that my screen just stays black, unless i reboot my monitor and reset it until i get to the desk top. I thought it was a video problem, but used another hdd with vista on it and no problems. All drivers are up to date my video card is a Ge Force 8400 series, my monitor is a LCD HPvs17 with a resolution of 1280x1024 running @ 60 hertz. When 7 starts up i wait until i hear the hdd booting in wait for about three minutes, then turn my monitor off, then repower it and i have the back and white menu of what do i want to start. Choosing 7 the screen goes black again, but when i hear the start up music i turn off my monitor and re power it again, to have the log on program of 7. So i type in my password and then the screen goes black again, so i go through the same procedure to come to the desk top. Then after that it runs as sweet as a nut. It would seem that M/S are aware of this and are trying to do something. I have tried a few forums and even professional consultants who don't know very much about computer technology as this has them stumped. But you know what i somehow believe that your staff have the right answers. Cheers Bill |
Economech (15688) | ||
| 869110 | 2010-03-21 23:14:00 | Are you upgrading or a fresh install?. Did the actual install complete successfully? What video card? |
Battleneter2 (9361) | ||
| 869111 | 2010-03-21 23:19:00 | my video card is a Ge Force 8400 series, my monitor is a LCD HPvs17 with a resolution of 1280x1024 running @ 60 hertz. Cheers Bill Welcome to PF1, firstly we are not staff here only volunteer users like yourself. It definitely sounds like a video driver issue. Did you get the video drivers from Microsoft or from the video card manufacturers site? Also is this 32 bit windows7 or 64bit? |
gary67 (56) | ||
| 869112 | 2010-03-22 08:56:00 | What monitor driver is listed in Device Manager? Looking at the HP site the latest driver shown is for XP. From Vista on, it doesn't list a driver. (h10025.www1.hp.com). |
linw (53) | ||
| 869113 | 2010-03-22 21:27:00 | I have W7 Ultimate on 3 computers and not had a moments trouble with any of them. Rock solid OS. There must be a hardware/driver problem, virus etc. Could be a video problem, try booting it in safe mode, the video should then be in VGA mode 16 colour. I have found that Vista drivers work in most cases. |
mzee (3324) | ||
| 869114 | 2010-03-22 21:31:00 | Sounds like the video card has multiple outputs & is a bit confused which it should be using. Have you got the latest nVidia drivers installed (196.21)? | inphinity (7274) | ||
| 869115 | 2010-03-22 21:33:00 | This sound like your prob ? (social.technet.microsoft.com) | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
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