PC booting to bios then no signal

[Ryusavage]

My PC is booting to bios and then no signal, my PC randomly crashed when playing metro 2033 and now it's only taking me to the bios screen and then I'm getting no signal

[Manchu]

So you have access to the BIOS, just not anything in Windows? Remove the GPU (assuming you have onboard graphics). If that doesn't get anywhere, clear the CMOS as well.

[Ryusavage]

2 minutes ago, Manchu said:

So you have access to the BIOS, just not anything in Windows? Remove the GPU (assuming you have onboard graphics). If that doesn't get anywhere, clear the CMOS as well.

Hi I dont have on board graphics and yea I'll get to the bios and then the computer just gives me no signal 

[Manchu]

1 minute ago, Ryusavage said:

Hi I dont have on board graphics and yea I'll get to the bios and then the computer just gives me no signal 

Hmm. Try resetting the CMOS (can usually be found by Googling "clear CMOS [model of your motherboard]", otherwise refer to your mobo manual) and see if it'll boot correctly.

[Ryusavage]

Just now, Manchu said:

Hmm. Try resetting the CMOS (can usually be found by Googling "clear CMOS [model of your motherboard]", otherwise refer to your mobo manual) and see if it'll boot correctly.

I've just got further it wanted me to restore windows? 

[Manchu]

2 minutes ago, Ryusavage said:

I've just got further it wanted me to restore windows? 

Oh, so you've gotten to the Windows recovery environment (like the image attached below)? Load into safe mode and see if you get video there.

[Ryusavage]

I tried that still got no signal but I just unplugged my other too drives and my ssd isnt being picked up as a boot drive despite being my windows drive 

[Ryusavage]

[Manchu]

1 minute ago, Ryusavage said:

I tried that still got no signal but I just unplugged my other too drives and my ssd isnt being picked up as a boot drive despite being my windows drive 

If you have access to another PC or Mac (doesn't need to be decent, just needs to have a USB port and internet access), try creating a bootable Ubuntu drive. This should indicate that either

 

a) if it boots and everything works fine, then your Windows installation is screwed and you'll probably need to reinstall

or

b) if Ubuntu fails to boot to the live desktop, that there's a hardware failure that's occurred with your PC.

 

As for how to create a live Ubuntu USB, here are some resources:

 

https://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop <---- This is the download page for the Ubuntu .iso. You'll want to download 18.04.2 LTS.

 

https://tutorials.ubuntu.com/tutorial/tutorial-create-a-usb-stick-on-windows#0 <---- This is the tutorial for creating the bootable drive on Windows.

 

https://www.balena.io/etcher/ <---- If you use MacOS, you can use Etcher to flash the image that way. Just download the program, run it, select your image and flash drive and the program does the rest.

[Ryusavage]

1 minute ago, Manchu said:

If you have access to another PC or Mac (doesn't need to be decent, just needs to have a USB port and internet access), try creating a bootable Ubuntu drive. This should indicate that either

 

a) if it boots and everything works fine, then your Windows installation is screwed and you'll probably need to reinstall

or

b) if Ubuntu fails to boot to the live desktop, that there's a hardware failure that's occurred with your PC.

 

As for how to create a live Ubuntu USB, here are some resources:

 

https://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop <---- This is the download page for the Ubuntu .iso. You'll want to download 18.04.2 LTS.

 

https://tutorials.ubuntu.com/tutorial/tutorial-create-a-usb-stick-on-windows#0 <---- This is the tutorial for creating the bootable drive on Windows.

 

https://www.balena.io/etcher/ <---- If you use MacOS, you can use Etcher to flash the image that way. Just download the program, run it, select your image and flash drive and the program does the rest.

Hi I was already in the process of creating another windows 10 USB from my laptop, is that a good idea? 

[Manchu]

Just now, Ryusavage said:

Hi I was already in the process of creating another windows 10 USB from my laptop, is that a good idea? 

I mean yeah, based on the picture you posted of the Startup Repair screen I'm assuming Windows killed itself somehow and need to be reinstalled. You could go and try to make an Ubuntu USB first if you want to test it, or your could just go full nuclear and reinstall Windows.

[Ryusavage]

1 minute ago, Manchu said:

I mean yeah, based on the picture you posted of the Startup Repair screen I'm assuming Windows killed itself somehow and need to be reinstalled. You could go and try to make an Ubuntu USB first if you want to test it, or your could just go full nuclear and reinstall Windows.

im just confused as my pc didnt like it when i just tried booting from my ssd which is my main drive, instead, it liked the hard drive which was the old boot drive until i mirrored everything to the usb.

[Ryusavage]

ssd*

[Ryusavage]

im also confused as 5 minutes before i tried metro i was playing new vegas no issues 

[Manchu]

Just now, Ryusavage said:

im just confused as my pc didnt like it when i just tried booting from my ssd which is my main drive, instead, it liked the hard drive which was the old boot drive until i mirrored everything to the usb.

It's possible that something within the boot sector of the drive got corrupted and is preventing the PC from seeing the OS on the drive. It might be a good idea to just reinstall Windows.

[Ryusavage]

Just now, Manchu said:

It's possible that something within the boot sector of the drive got corrupted and is preventing the PC from seeing the OS on the drive. It might be a good idea to just reinstall Windows.

ok thank you so much for your help i am creating a bootable usb on my laptop but my wifi is crap so its only on 25%

[Ryusavage]

i also may have messed something up as i have installed a new gpu but that was hours ago

[Manchu]

Just now, Ryusavage said:

i also may have messed something up as i have installed a new gpu but that was hours ago

I don't think installing a new GPU would cause your SSD to not be seen as bootable, but I guess it's possible. Like I said, you'll probably want to reinstall Windows as that seems like the only option. Just to confirm, you can't get into safe mode, correct? Before you try anything, disconnect all other drives besides the SSD. If you get back into Recovery Options (turn on the PC and hold the power key to shut it off multiple times until the recovery screen shows up), choose Command Prompt and see if it comes up. From there you could try running bootrec.exe as follows.

bootrec /FixMbr

bootrec /FixBoot

Execute each command separately. Type exit once the commands have run.

[Ryusavage]

15 minutes ago, Manchu said:

I don't think installing a new GPU would cause your SSD to not be seen as bootable, but I guess it's possible. Like I said, you'll probably want to reinstall Windows as that seems like the only option. Just to confirm, you can't get into safe mode, correct? Before you try anything, disconnect all other drives besides the SSD. If you get back into Recovery Options (turn on the PC and hold the power key to shut it off multiple times until the recovery screen shows up), choose Command Prompt and see if it comes up. From there you could try running bootrec.exe as follows.

bootrec /FixMbr

bootrec /FixBoot

Execute each command separately. Type exit once the commands have run.

hi, yea without the other drives i cant get back to the repair screen without my other drives being connected

[Manchu]

1 minute ago, Ryusavage said:

hi, yea without the other drives i cant get back to the repair screen without my other drives being connected

Oh. Reconnect the drives then and try again.

[Ryusavage]

8 minutes ago, Manchu said:

Oh. Reconnect the drives then and try again.

ill try now tysm

 

[Ryusavage]

18 minutes ago, Manchu said:

Oh. Reconnect the drives then and try again.

hi its not working it says it doesnt recognise the command 

[Manchu]

Just now, Ryusavage said:

hi its not working it says it doesnt recognise the command 

Sorry. I forgot to mention, you need to use bootrec.exe and not just bootrec. My bad.

[Ryusavage]

15 minutes ago, Manchu said:

Sorry. I forgot to mention, you need to use bootrec.exe and not just bootrec. My bad.

no worries, still waiting on windows to download haha

[Manchu]

Just now, Ryusavage said:

no worries, still waiting on windows to download haha

Lol, I know that feeling. So did you get the command to work or is it still giving you an error?