VAIO XP MCE to Windows7

richlenz

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I started an upgrade (clean install) of Windows 7 Home premium on my VAIO VGC-RB64G machine which had XP MCE as the operation system. I have an NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS vidio Baord and ViewSonics display.

The install seemed to be going find and got to the point where it restarts the machine and is then running on Windows 7 which seemed to be going fine and it contiued the install. I left for a few minutes and when I came back the screen was blank and I could not get it to give me a display on the screen.

I tried a wired mouse and still got no response (screen completely black with no cursor or any kind of display).

I then tried to use a rescue disk which seemed to boot up but still had no picture eventhough the blue light indicated that the display was active.

Help!
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Sony VGC-RB64G
OS
windows 7 and windows XP MCE
CPU
Intel Pentium D Processor 920
Motherboard
Sony Vaio installed for the model
Memory
2G DDR2 533MHz
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce 8400GS
Sound Card
Sony VAIO installed MPEG RealTime Encoder board
Monitor(s) Displays
ViewSonic
Hard Drives
two 1TB WD
Cooling
Fan
richlenz, welcome to the forums
are you using the HDMI or DVI output to your monitor?
Ideal is to use a VGA / D-Sub, but your board doesn't have one, right? Do you have onboard video?
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Wally, Innc.
OS
Windows 7 x64 finally!
CPU
AMD Athlon II X2 240
Motherboard
Biostar TA790GX XE
Memory
OCZ Platinum 4GB DDR2 1066 (will not work past 800MHz)
Graphics Card(s)
MSI R4670-MD1G Radeon HD 4670 1GB 128-bit GDDR3
Sound Card
ATI High Definition Audio Device Realtek ALC888
Monitor(s) Displays
HP w19e
Screen Resolution
1440x900
Hard Drives
Western Digital Caviar Green WD5000AADS 500GB SATA
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS 500GB SATA
PSU
Athena Power Micro ATX 400W
Case
HEC 6T 6T10BB Black MicroATX Mini Tower
Cooling
stock
Keyboard
wired, many keys
Mouse
HP wireless, 2 buttons, 1 wheel
Internet Speed
DSL 2Mb (recently getting 1.65M!)
That worked. I put a vga monitor on and now have video back.

Thanks for the heads up!!!
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Sony VGC-RB64G
OS
windows 7 and windows XP MCE
CPU
Intel Pentium D Processor 920
Motherboard
Sony Vaio installed for the model
Memory
2G DDR2 533MHz
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce 8400GS
Sound Card
Sony VAIO installed MPEG RealTime Encoder board
Monitor(s) Displays
ViewSonic
Hard Drives
two 1TB WD
Cooling
Fan
Anytime, glad you got it to work!
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Wally, Innc.
OS
Windows 7 x64 finally!
CPU
AMD Athlon II X2 240
Motherboard
Biostar TA790GX XE
Memory
OCZ Platinum 4GB DDR2 1066 (will not work past 800MHz)
Graphics Card(s)
MSI R4670-MD1G Radeon HD 4670 1GB 128-bit GDDR3
Sound Card
ATI High Definition Audio Device Realtek ALC888
Monitor(s) Displays
HP w19e
Screen Resolution
1440x900
Hard Drives
Western Digital Caviar Green WD5000AADS 500GB SATA
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS 500GB SATA
PSU
Athena Power Micro ATX 400W
Case
HEC 6T 6T10BB Black MicroATX Mini Tower
Cooling
stock
Keyboard
wired, many keys
Mouse
HP wireless, 2 buttons, 1 wheel
Internet Speed
DSL 2Mb (recently getting 1.65M!)
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