Windows 8.1 Boot Blinking

[botpaket]

Hi

i just got my new PC about a month ago

why is my PC , when it booted up

before the windows 8.1 logo

there's just blinking underscore ? first at the top left , and then the blinking underscore jump to next line 

but it still boot up normally , using ssd maybe 5-10 sec boot to desktop

 

and have never had any problem with it, well just 1 problem

just 1 time it stuck on windows 8 loading welcome blue screen , after that the scren got black + cursor

but i let it run till 2 minutes, and i can see the desktop again (don't know if it is a problem or not?)

 

this is my boot that i record just now

 

isn't it used to look like this ? (well on my old PC which i buy 5 years ago , it used to be like the picture)

(Image from google)

 

[zlolslavez]

can you not double post even if you don't get a valid response in a timely manner?

based off the video it doesn't appear that anything is wrong. Sometimes when you plug stuff into usb ports, computer will try to boot off of it and give you a black screen with a cursor ( this happened to me with an xbox controller before, also some discs do this)

[Prikk]

Mine looked like the video.

[botpaket]

can you not double post even if you don't get a valid response in a timely manner?

Sorry

[botpaket]

Mine looked like the video.

So it's fine?

[Prikk]

So it's fine?

I don't see what's wrong.

[botpaket]

I don't see what's wrong.

Ty !

[GoodBytes]

That is fine.

But your system is UEFI ready. Why are you running it under Legacy mode (BIOS emulation)?

What is your full system specs?

[botpaket]

That is fine.

But your system is UEFI ready. Why are you running it under Legacy mode (BIOS emulation)?

What is your full system specs?

Sorry

I don't understand at all (not a tech guy )

What is UEFI and LEGACY ? and what is the benefit of doing it? 

 

Spec : 

I7 4790

Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gaming

Gigabye Z97X-Gaming 3

8 GB Ram Vengeance

630W PSU (Thermaltake Smart Series 630W 87% Efficiency)

SSD 120 GB Samsung 840 Evo

HDD 3 TB WD Green

[botpaket]

That is fine.

But your system is UEFI ready. Why are you running it under Legacy mode (BIOS emulation)?

What is your full system specs?

Update: 

 

When i go to bios

this is the screen that i get

is this uefi or legacy? (pic from google , for z97x gaming 7 , but its pretty much the same , different color only)

 

[GoodBytes]

Very nice system by the way!

UEFI is a new system that replaces the good old BIOS. BIOS/UEFI is a type of firmware which manages the startup of the system and configuration.

BIOS is extremely old and dated. UEFI is way smarter and faster.

UEFI give you a nice interface for configuration your system passing from this:

To this (in your case. If you click on "HD" option at the top right corner of your screen):

It has more features, more powerful as well.

In addition, it is smarter.

The way the BIOS works is that it scans and detected each hardware you have, one-by-one, once it does this and configures everything, it search the the OS boot process, and execute it, which starts your Operating System. In your case Windows 8. Then Windows starts and needs to re-detect everything from your system, to know which drivers to load, and all that good stuff.

UEFI works a bit differently. It goes "Ok guys, give me your specs" to everyone. No scanning needed per se. And it gets all that together and configures, knows where the boot process is, start the OS, and THEN send all the system specs it collected to the OS, Windows 8 in your case. The end result is that your system boots in no time. Your system can boot from the power button "click" sound when you press it, to your desktop in 6 sec from a system shutdown with Windows 8 (might be a bit longer due to the HDD).

To do this, you would need to re-install Windows sadly. Backup your stuff, if an before starting.

This is what you need to do:

-> Make sure you have the latest non-Beta UEFI/BIOS (remember that many people still calls it BIOS. So assume the same thing).

You can find this on the Gigabyte Download page of your motherboard.

Here: http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4966&dl=1&RWD=0#bios

So you want to make sure you get version F5.

Once done and restart your sytem and everything seams good, now you can continue.

Go to your UEFI to set the following after inserting Windows 8 disk:

-> Disable CSM (Compatibility mode)

-> Disable all SATA Controllers not being used.

-> If you have in the BIOS, disable Serial port. (basically anything you don't have the connector for or don't use. You can enable them later at any time)

-> Make sure that Fast Boot is NOT enabled. Refer to your motherboard manual. (you'll enable it later)

-> Save and Exit

-> Now look for booting from the CD drive as UEFI mode (refer to the manual for the key to hit to boot from disk under such mode. It should be by default, but just in case. It's ok if can't find it, we will know in Windows setup if it is or not)

-> In Windows setup, when you get to the screen where to install Windows. Delete everything, You want only your SSD and HDD. Now select your SSD, and click on "New" to make a new partition. Windows should create 3 partition on your SSD. so you should see 4 items with your HDD. If you don't, then you didn't boot the disk in UEFI mode. If you do, good resume the installation process.

Once you are in Windows, install all your drivers, make sure that Device Manager shows no yellow "!" icon alert on anything. Then install "Fast Boot" utility. You can find it here: http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4966&dl=1&RWD=0#utility

This utility will allow you to get back to the UEFI setup screen. Your system will boot so quickly that it hitting a key to get there is not an option to you.

Once installed, return back to your UEFI as we are not done yet. Now enable Fast Boot (if you have a faster mode option like "Ultra Fast" or something, pick it), if you have any option to ad a delay to the boot process make sure it is at 0. Save and Exit and you are ready to go.

If all fails and you want to return back how it was. Simply go to the UEFI, enable CSM back. Then, re-install Windows by booting in non-UEFI mode this time (if you passed that stage previously), delete every partition and click on "New" and now you should have only 3 items with your HDD (recovery, Windows, and your HDD). And you should be good to go.

[botpaket]

Very nice system by the way!

UEFI is a new system that replaces the good old BIOS. BIOS/UEFI is a type of firmware which manages the startup of the system and configuration.

BIOS is extremely old and dated. UEFI is way smarter and faster.

UEFI give you a nice interface for configuration your system passing from this:

To this (in your case. If you click on "HD" option at the top right corner of your screen):

It has more features, more powerful as well.

In addition, it is smarter.

The way the BIOS works is that it scans and detected each hardware you have, one-by-one, once it does this and configures everything, it search the the OS boot process, and execute it, which starts your Operating System. In your case Windows 8. Then Windows starts and needs to re-detect everything from your system, to know which drivers to load, and all that good stuff.

UEFI works a bit differently. It goes "Ok guys, give me your specs" to everyone. No scanning needed per se. And it gets all that together and configures, knows where the boot process is, start the OS, and THEN send all the system specs it collected to the OS, Windows 8 in your case. The end result is that your system boots in no time. Your system can boot from the power button "click" sound when you press it, to your desktop in 6 sec from a system shutdown with Windows 8 (might be a bit longer due to the HDD).

To do this, you would need to re-install Windows sadly. Backup your stuff, if an before starting.

This is what you need to do:

-> Make sure you have the latest non-Beta UEFI/BIOS (remember that many people still calls it BIOS. So assume the same thing).

You can find this on the Gigabyte Download page of your motherboard.

Here: http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4966&dl=1&RWD=0#bios

So you want to make sure you get version F5.

Once done and restart your sytem and everything seams good, now you can continue.

Go to your UEFI to set the following after inserting Windows 8 disk:

-> Disable CSM (Compatibility mode)

-> Disable all SATA Controllers not being used.

-> If you have in the BIOS, disable Serial port. (basically anything you don't have the connector for or don't use. You can enable them later at any time)

-> Make sure that Fast Boot is NOT enabled. Refer to your motherboard manual. (you'll enable it later)

-> Save and Exit

-> Now look for booting from the CD drive as UEFI mode (refer to the manual for the key to hit to boot from disk under such mode. It should be by default, but just in case. It's ok if can't find it, we will know in Windows setup if it is or not)

-> In Windows setup, when you get to the screen where to install Windows. Delete everything, You want only your SSD and HDD. Now select your SSD, and click on "New" to make a new partition. Windows should create 3 partition on your SSD. so you should see 4 items with your HDD. If you don't, then you didn't boot the disk in UEFI mode. If you do, good resume the installation process.

Once you are in Windows, install all your drivers, make sure that Device Manager shows no yellow "!" icon alert on anything. Then install "Fast Boot" utility. You can find it here: http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4966&dl=1&RWD=0#utility

This utility will allow you to get back to the UEFI setup screen. Your system will boot so quickly that it hitting a key to get there is not an option to you.

Once installed, return back to your UEFI as we are not done yet. Now enable Fast Boot (if you have a faster mode option like "Ultra Fast" or something, pick it), if you have any option to ad a delay to the boot process make sure it is at 0. Save and Exit and you are ready to go.

If all fails and you want to return back how it was. Simply go to the UEFI, enable CSM back. Then, re-install Windows by booting in non-UEFI mode this time (if you passed that stage previously), delete every partition and click on "New" and now you should have only 3 items with your HDD (recovery, Windows, and your HDD). And you should be good to go.

Thank you for the answers ! and very detailed

 

I think i might try this when my external hard drive comes back from the manufacturer's

 

So the 2 pic that i give you is not a uefi huh

 

 

 

because i thought its dual bios or something that i read from other web

[GoodBytes]

I have made a mistake on my post. I said to click on the "HD" icon to go to the screen I posted. You have to click on the gray bars on the left/right of the start screen.

Slick does a nice overview of it:

Watch at 6min 48sec.

So the 2 pic that i give you is not a uefi huh

 

because i thought its dual bios or something that i read from other web

Oh no, it is UEFI. If it wasn't, it would be like that blue background picture I posted on my post above, as BISO don't support graphics.

Your motherboard, is a bit special. It has multiple views. You start with the quick access area called "Startup Guide", this is were you see all those big squares, which is supposed to make it easier to access options in the System. Then you have the pretty orange picture I showed, and you have for those who prefer the old look, what you are showing me that you have.

So while all motherboard have that 1 view mode, Gigabyte has 3.

[botpaket]

I have made a mistake on my post. I said to click on the "HD" icon to go to the screen I posted. You have to click on the gray bars on the left/right of the start screen.

Slick does a nice overview of it:

Watch at 6min 48sec.

Oh no, it is UEFI. If it wasn't, it would be like that blue background picture I posted on my post above, as BISO don't support graphics.

Your motherboard, is a bit special. It has multiple views. You start with the quick access area called "Startup Guide", this is were you see all those big squares, which is supposed to make it easier to access options in the System. Then you have the pretty orange picture I showed, and you have for those who prefer the old look, what you are showing me that you have.

So while all motherboard have that 1 view mode, Gigabyte has 3.

Even though i explained it so well

my english is so bad that i still don't grasp 100% , lol

 

so mine is a UEFI and i do not need to reinstall anymore ? (please be patient with me hahaha)

[GoodBytes]

so mine is a UEFI and i do not need to reinstall anymore ? (please be patient with me hahaha)

Hehe no problem!

Your system is UEFI, but the boot time suggest that you set (which is by default, so no worries), to compatibility mode. Compatibility mode is there for installing older OS, such as Windows 7, or older. When compatibility mode is enabled, it emulates the BIOS.

Here is a video of how it is suppose to startup (this is ASUS, but it should be the same for your Gigabyte board)

Notice how fast it boots. No Windows logo.

The option that makes your UEFI emulate the BIOS is called: Compatibility Support Module (CSM). You want that Disabled.

[botpaket]

Hehe no problem!

Your system is UEFI, but the boot time suggest that you set (which is by default, so no worries), to compatibility mode. Compatibility mode is there for installing older OS, such as Windows 7, or older. When compatibility mode is enabled, it emulates the BIOS.

Here is a video of how it is suppose to startup (this is ASUS, but it should be the same for your Gigabyte board)

Notice how fast it boots. No Windows logo.

The option that makes your UEFI emulate the BIOS is called: Compatibility Support Module (CSM). You want that Disabled.

Ah i see

So right now my boot time is compatibility mode which takes longer boot time because still showing windows logo ?

so to make that go away and boot faster , is to disable the compatibility support mode in BIOS ?

[GoodBytes]

Ah i see

So right now my boot time is compatibility mode which takes longer boot time because still showing windows logo ?

so to make that go away and boot faster , is to disable the compatibility support mode in BIOS ?

In short, yes. But you will need to re-install Windows.

[botpaket]

In short, yes. But you will need to re-install Windows.

Thank you for the help and the patients with me Haha

[GoodBytes]

No problem.

When you do set it up, let me know how it goes.

[botpaket]

No problem.

When you do set it up, let me know how it goes.

Will do !