Solved Windows Won't Boot on SSD. Please help

[DavidE]

Does that mean you got the installation media from the source for the official W7 iso available at that time ?

 

[zomboromano]

Does that mean you got the installation media from the source for the official W7 iso available at that time ?

I believe it was an official iso. It was verified as good by multiple admins and others at the time

 

[whs]

When your wife arbitrarily unplugged the computer, something might have happened to the controller of the SSD. Do you have any other disk lying around (can be a HDD too) on which you can try to install and boot from - just as a test to rule out problems with the SSD.

 

[zomboromano]

When your wife arbitrarily unplugged the computer, something might have happened to the controller of the SSD. Do you have any other disk lying around (can be a HDD too) on which you can try to install and boot from - just as a test to rule out problems with the SSD.

Yes. It's already installed in my computer and formatted. I'll install tonight (about ten hours from now when I get home)

 

[zomboromano]

Windows did the same exact thing. So both hard drives are having the same issue the second I restart Windows AFTER I do my graphics driver update.

Any ideas

EDIT:

Just reseated video card and all ram just in case. Same issue

EDIT:
Did system restore. Now I'm going to do several windows updates and not do the driver update. I'm going the updates can install and somehow offset any issue. Just another test though to see if updating windows and leaving the graphics driver alone will work

 

[zomboromano]

I started in safe mode and this is what system restore says has happened. All I technically did is do the driver update. I turned off automatic updates. But thought this might be useful.

 

[zomboromano]

Okay so my computer runs perfectly as long as I don't install driver updates for my video card. I have the GTX 760

Amazon.com: EVGA GeForce GTX 760 Super Clocked ACX 2GB GDDR5 SLI Ready Graphics Card: Computers & Accessories

Coincidentally I see someone who posted below with the same issue.


Windows 7 won't boot after installing drivers for graphics card - Microsoft Community


Any suggestions on ways to fix this? Or do you think my video card somehow is causing these issues and I just need a new video card?

 

[whs]

If the video card went south, there is not much you can do short of replacing it. Just disable it in the BIOS and run with the on-board chip.

 

[Layback Bear]

Just curious.

What driver version does your video card work and what driver version does your video card not work?

 

[zomboromano]

Just curious.

What driver version does your video card work and what driver version does your video card not work?

It doesn't work on anything but generic.

I was using the disc to install and that's what was causing the issues.

Also keep in mind the original issue happened with the newest drivers

 

[Layback Bear]

I notice this in post #25.

Windows did the same exact thing. So both hard drives are having the same issue the second I restart Windows AFTER I do my graphics driver update.

Will your graphics card work if you don't do the Update?

Could you let us know exactly what Drivers did and did NOT work?

 

[zomboromano]

I notice this in post #25.

Windows did the same exact thing. So both hard drives are having the same issue the second I restart Windows AFTER I do my graphics driver update.

Will your graphics card work if you don't do the Update?

Could you let us know exactly what Drivers did and did NOT work?

I used the drivers that came on the disc. My geforce experience let's me know when the newest drivers are out and the newest drivers were installed when I originally had the issue.

I also tried updating through Windows update which also crashed.

And it may work but it will work like a $2 video card instead of a $200 video card

 

[Layback Bear]

Why don't you answer my questions?
I asked what driver version works and what driver version doesn't work.

Just because a driver is new doesn't mean you need or want it.

Where did you get this little bit of wisdom?

And it may work but it will work like a $2 video card instead of a $200 video card

 

[zomboromano]

Why don't you answer my questions?
I asked what driver version works and what driver version doesn't work.

Just because a driver is new doesn't mean you need or want it.

Because I don't know what exact version was installed. I would think by process of elimination, if the first driver that worked just fine won't work anymore, and the last driver that worked just fine won't work anymore, I would suppose that it's not the a driver issue.

Regardless I didn't remember an exact driver number since I always just update my driver through their program

 

[Layback Bear]

A suggestion that works for me.

Install what ever driver that worked. If you can use your video card just use it. Allow Windows Updates to check for drivers. Then just check Windows Updates a couple of times a day and see if it offers you a video card driver update.

If Windows Update offers you a new driver take it.
These drivers will be a little old because not only has the video card manufacture checked the driver but Microsoft has also checked the driver to make sure it works well with Windows 7 and that takes time.

This method works quite well for me on two systems.

 

[Indianatone]

To me this sounds like a Power Supply issue, the moment you engage the graphics card driver and draw some current , poof the system reboots and crashes the causing corruption. What kind of power supply do you have and how old is it?

 

[zomboromano]

I have officially solved my issue on my own!

At first I narrowed it down to the video card itself. Of course since I already re-seated it and reinstalled several drivers I thought it was defective.

However I read of one other person who had an issue with a different card. Not only did he reseat his video card but also re-plugged in his hard drives and other cords.

Just in case I took out both of my hard drives, switched them sides. Re-plugged in the sata cables/power.

Re-seated my video card again.

Also just for organizational purposes I had to unplug and re-plug a few other cables so I could make them fit in my case well.

After that I booted back up, re-installed my old driver from a disc and it worked!!!!!!

One other great thing was because of the order of my hard drives my SSD was actually listed as like J or something. But because I switched it positions it is C now. Since it's my primary drive that was a little bonus

Thanks for all the help!!!!! I appreciate it from all of you

 

[whs]

Thanks for reporting back. Now who would have thunk. This is one of those circumstances that is hard to diagnose remotely.

 

[zomboromano]

Thanks for reporting back. Now who would have thunk. This is one of those circumstances that is hard to diagnose remotely.

Definitely strange. My video card was only two months old. They would have given me a refurbished one for my warranty, and still probably would have had the same issue. So good thing I tried one last thing on my day off.

 

[Layback Bear]

@Wolfgang
I have no idea how we would be able to tell if the cables and harness were plugged into the proper place correctly. We have to depend on the person building the system.

@zomboromano I'm glad you got it figured out.
Happy computing.