Sometimes when I boot into Windows, I am sometimes greeted with white lines across the screen (usually when attempting to chkdsk, etc). This remains and Windows does not boot, I have to either reboot or use a restore point if necessary.
Usually when I bootup, there are 6 or so white dashes but these are fine and Windows continues to boot.
Any suggestions?
Screenshots of 'corrupted' boot dashes
From what you've said it could be the video card or it'd driver. You could start by clean re-installing the graphics driver.
Do this: go to the START menu and type "problem" in the search box. Then click on "view solutions to problems". What do you find there?
Do you have an adapter attached between a VGA cord and your graphics card port? It may be your adapter's compatibility if it's a 3rd party. That would be best-case-scenario as adapters are significantly cheaper than other computer hardware!
Some hardware tests to run.
Graphics card test:
Video Card Stress Test with Furmark
Hard drive(s)test(s):
Pick one for your HDD brand or use Seatools.
7 Free Hard Drive Testing Software Tools
RAM (memory) test:
This will require memtest on a bootable CD or USB stick.
RAM - Test with Memtest86+
memtest86: left it on overnight, for 10 passes and it found no errors.
Burn test:
Maxed at 93
3 seconds before I took the screenshot the screen went blank for 5 seconds, and then came back on, my response was to take a screenshot and stop the test.
Do you think anything could be wrong?
Seatools HD test
Was a bit confused on what test to run and what to configure, is there any recommended settings or tutorial?
S.M.A.R.T Check - Both Drives Passed
Short Drive Self Check - Both Drives Passed
Short Generic - Both Drives Passed
Last edited by Infinite; 30 Jun 2013 at 01:29.
It looks to me just a driver initialization thing.
I would suggest update or downdate the driver see if there is any effect. I have seen this quite often on various builds\systems and don't consider it a worry.
At that stage of the boot it would be the BIOS inbuilt driver, have a look if there is an update, but I wouldn't panic personally.
I would advise you against doing a BIOS update. Any artifact like this that is seen both in POST and in the Windows desktop is more likely to be a monitor problem than a BIOS problem. I can see that your BIOS is not current, but that's to be expected as manufacturers don't do BIOS upgrades for very long until a new machine comes out. I mistakenly did a BIOS update on a Gigabyte motherboard a while back, and even though it finished properly, had I not gone to the trouble to back off the old BIOS in a restorable way, I would have lost the use of my PC. My general perspective is that, unless you know for sure that a BIOS update will fix your problem, AND you have a way both to save off the current BIOS and restore it, then do NOT do a BIOS update.
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