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Ive been getting a black screen with movable cursor for weeks now. Posted over some forums about it without much of a fix. Tried a few things, even formatted and reinstalled a fresh copy of Win 7 and bought a new SSD drive for a boot drive. AND it still does it. Ive had several workarounds to get to the desktop one of which was to change the boot sequence in the bios then change it back to the boot drive and it would come up. But after a while that stopped working and I would try the repair windows way by putting in the Win 7 disc. But it would still do it the next day again. So now what works is actually when I put in the Win 7 disc in my drive for whatever reason it boots right up??? WTH? If I leave the disc out or put another disc in it does the black screen again. What is the magic in keeping the Win 7 disc in the drive even when I have the first boot device as my SSD drive with windows on it??? Clueless. I recently added a HDTV as a second monitor via hdmi, my PC monitor uses DVI (I have a ASUS 5870). Latest drivers as well. I still wonder if that could be a issue, using dvi and hdmi and/or the video driver...Anyway thanks for any input.
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Win 7 Home premium 64bitAMD X4 955 @3.68GB DDR3 GskillAsus 5870 1GB
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Self Built
OS
Win 7 Home premium 64bit
CPU
AMD X4 955 @3.6
Motherboard
MSI GD70 790FX
Memory
8GB DDR3 Gskill
Graphics Card(s)
Asus 5870 1GB
Sound Card
Creative XFI ExtremeGamer
Monitor(s) Displays
Gateway FPD2485W 24" 1920 x 1200/Samsung 120hz 37inch 1080p
Hard Drives
2 WD 300GB Velociraptors/WD 1TB Caviar Black 64mb cache sata3
PSU
Thermaltake TP 750W PS
Case
Black Antec case 5 fans 4 bays 2 floppy bays 2004 model
Cooling
5 80mm fans
This might be the video card it might be outdated or fualty.
have you installed a driver for it before the windows 7 installation?
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bitIntel Pentium 4 Processor 2.8GHz Prescott 90m...1.00GB Dual-Channel DDR @ 166MHz (2.5-3-3-7)82865G Graphics Controller
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Dell Dimension 3000
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit
CPU
Intel Pentium 4 Processor 2.8GHz Prescott 90mm Technology
Motherboard
Dell Computer Corp. 0F8403 (Microprocessor)
Memory
1.00GB Dual-Channel DDR @ 166MHz (2.5-3-3-7)
Graphics Card(s)
82865G Graphics Controller
Sound Card
SoundMax Integrated Digital Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell E171FP
Screen Resolution
1280x1024
Hard Drives
156GB Western Digital WDC WD1600AAJB-56WRAQ ATA Device
Case
Dell Dimesion 3000 Stock Case
Keyboard
Dell RT7D20
Mouse
HP R41126
Internet Speed
8 Mbps(Downloading) 1Mbps(Uploading)
This thread is 2 over months old.
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

W 7 64-bit UltimateIntel Q9550 Yorkfield8GB Dominator 8500C5DATI : XFX 5870
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
* BFK Customs *
OS
W 7 64-bit Ultimate
CPU
Intel Q9550 Yorkfield
Motherboard
ASUS P5Q Pro
Memory
8GB Dominator 8500C5D
Graphics Card(s)
ATI : XFX 5870
Sound Card
Realtek HD Audio 7-1
Monitor(s) Displays
1x 47" LCD HDMI & 3x 26" LCD HDMI
Screen Resolution
1920x1080P & 1920x1200
Hard Drives
1x 80GB Intel X25-M G2 SSD : 1x 500GB & 1x 640GB WD Caviar Black(s)
PSU
Corsair 620HX
Case
Cooler Master RC-690
Cooling
Tuniq Tower 120, 2x 140mm and 3x 120mm case fans
Keyboard
Microsoft 500
Mouse
Razer Diamondback 3G
Internet Speed
14 Mb/s
Other Info
1x Koutech 3Gb/s SATA HDD Hot Swap Rack
your right might as well close it.
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bitIntel Pentium 4 Processor 2.8GHz Prescott 90m...1.00GB Dual-Channel DDR @ 166MHz (2.5-3-3-7)82865G Graphics Controller
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Dell Dimension 3000
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit
CPU
Intel Pentium 4 Processor 2.8GHz Prescott 90mm Technology
Motherboard
Dell Computer Corp. 0F8403 (Microprocessor)
Memory
1.00GB Dual-Channel DDR @ 166MHz (2.5-3-3-7)
Graphics Card(s)
82865G Graphics Controller
Sound Card
SoundMax Integrated Digital Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell E171FP
Screen Resolution
1280x1024
Hard Drives
156GB Western Digital WDC WD1600AAJB-56WRAQ ATA Device
Case
Dell Dimesion 3000 Stock Case
Keyboard
Dell RT7D20
Mouse
HP R41126
Internet Speed
8 Mbps(Downloading) 1Mbps(Uploading)
He prob had boot sector corruption requiring the DVD to boot Win7. Needed to rebuild BCD or zero the HD to reinstall.

I wonder if he even tried marking Win7 partition Active then Startup Repair x3. Some will try one offered Repair and not realize they have to go back for more, verifying 7 is marked Active first. Or if no installation shows for repair it needs to be goosed with bootrec commands to see it.

I'd also try BIOS update or reflashing BIOS to make sure it's sound. Test the HD and RAM.

Sorry this was missed before. But Google will keep it alive for years or longer.
 
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