No black screen after the BIOS screen
No black screen after the BIOS screen
My computer turns to a blank black screen after the BIOS pops up and then disappears. The screen shows an underscore for just a second, then it goes totally black. My build has this MoBo: 970a Sli Krait Edition GPU: Asus r9 380x CPU: AMD FX-6300 This suddenly started happening one day
I need to ask a simple question: is your graphics card really connected, and is it sitting inside the computer correctly?
I'm going to ask the obvious stuff... Is your display adapter plugged in? And are your graphics card and processor sitting correctly in their slots? Yes, I can go into my BIOS if I really wanted to. The GPU is also sitting right there (or else i wouldn't be able to see it when turning on the computer, correct? Im not great at messing with computers)
No, you do not need a graphics card to start up a PC and talk to the BIOS. Just plug in your hard drive, CD/DVD drive, and memory stick. Then put your graphics card into its slot on the motherboard. When it clicks *click* when you push it in, that is good. Also make sure all power cables are connected before turning on the computer.
harrystam : No, you can put a PC (to BIOS) without a graphics card. Make sure your picture card sticks straight into your board and hear that *click*. The pin or clip is holding it down. Also plug in all of the power for your GPU. Not much luck here either; I put everything right. Even took everything out but left the HDMI and power on.
Here is a version that uses simpler, everyday language while keeping the speaker's perspective as Harrison:
"Maybe it isn't your graphics. How many drives (SSD or HDD) do you have installed? Is your boot priority set to the drive with your Operating System on it?"
harrystam: Maybe it isn't your graphics card. How many hard drives (SSD or HDD) are you already using? Is the boot setting pointing to the drive with your operating system on it? Harrison I have one 120GB SSD that holds my OS and one 1TB HD. I think the order looks right in the BIOS, but why does it change just when I don't touch anything?
kingkodap : harrystam : Maybe it's not your graphics card. How many extra storage drives do you have? Like SSD or hard drive? Is your computer started from the right drive that has your Operating System on it? Harrison I have one 120GB SSD (with my operating system) and one 1TB HDD. I think it's in the right spot when I look at it in the BIOS menu, but I don't know why it changes every time I turn it off and on again. If you just bought the PC, your computer doesn't know where to start, unless you connected the SATA power cables in the correct order. Go into the BIOS and check your boot priority setting. It's usually one of the first things you see when you choose a menu. Don't forget to save it and try again.