Conputer freezes after BIOS.

[Citadelen]

Right, I was updating my drivers then restarted to complete the process. The computer hung on the BIOS, I turned off the PC then restarted it. Now it gets past the BIOS but displays a black screen with a purple line at the top and just sits there forcing me to do a hard power off. Sometimes it doesn't display a purple line, and displays a flashing line as though it wants me to type something. Again i need to do a hard power off. If I force it to load straight into the HD in the BIOS it progresses to a frozen preparing automatic repair screen with the same purple bar at the top.

 

I'm lost on what to do, I don't know what's causing it either.

[Nord]

1,) What drivers? all of them?

 

2.) try booting w/o your HDD/SSD that has windows on it and see what happens

 

3.) try booting off an windows CD/Flashdrive and see what happens

 

inform what happens.

 

 

[Citadelen]

5 minutes ago, Nord said:

1,) What drivers? all of them?

 

2.) try booting w/o your HDD/SSD that has windows on it and see what happens

 

3.) try booting off an windows CD/Flashdrive and see what happens

 

inform what happens.

 

 

1) Graphics drivers, 16.4.1 to 16.4.2

2) It tells me that the boot device isn't compatible and to press F1 to go to BIOS, pressing F1 results in the prompt disappearing but a black screen, this time without a purple line.

3) I don't currently have one.

[Citadelen]

I swapped the HDD I have at the moment with one with a corrupted installation of Windows, it tried to repair it, then said it couldn't and then restarted. So I'm quite sure the problem is the SSHD now, or the Windows installation on it.

[Nord]

Sounds like the issue is your GPU.

I'd try another GPU or the onboard GPU if you have either of these and see what happens ,if you do not it maybe, and thats a big freaking maybe, helps if you just unplug your GPU entirely out of the system, boot it up w/o the GPU, shut it down again and re-install the GPU.

 

Also making sure all the cables are in place would be another good idea, since that can, even if unlikely in that case, also be the cause.

[Nord]

5 minutes ago, Citadelen said:

I swapped the HDD I have at the moment with one with a corrupted installation of Windows, it tried to repair it, then said it couldn't and then restarted. So I'm quite sure the problem is the SSHD now, or the Windows installation on it.

could be, yes.

I'd still try the second GPU/ IGPU variation if you have any with your SSHD to be sure which of both it is.

If you are able to get into windows with a different GPU, just deinstall your GPU driver entirely, probably using some driver sweeper and then swap the GPU again, it does sound like an extremly odd thing that a GPU driver could cause your PC not to boot up anymore, but hey, I had a PC turn on once after plugging in a P2 keyboard ... so yea .. sh**s magical.

[Citadelen]

8 minutes ago, Nord said:

could be, yes.

I'd still try the second GPU/ IGPU variation if you have any with your SSHD to be sure which of both it is.

If you are able to get into windows with a different GPU, just deinstall your GPU driver entirely, probably using some driver sweeper and then swap the GPU again, it does sound like an extremly odd thing that a GPU driver could cause your PC not to boot up anymore, but hey, I had a PC turn on once after plugging in a P2 keyboard ... so yea .. sh**s magical.

I should mention, this has happend before, where I'm restarting my PC after updating something. It'll get past the BIOS and then freeze with a black screen and a purple line. Turning off then on again has fixed it before, but not this time.

 

Also, I don't have an iGPU or a spare dedicated one. So I cant check that.

[Nord]

Well, all that considerd, I'd say your best bet would be to just either go for a full reformat on your SSHD or test another HDD with a clear windows install on it, where you install all drivers and even test your hardware in Furmark/Prime95/Memtest.

 

Or if you have another PC somewhere, where you could plugin your SSHD, do a drive test on it and see if it shows broken.

 

and than proceed from that point...

[Citadelen]

19 minutes ago, Nord said:

Well, all that considerd, I'd say your best bet would be to just either go for a full reformat on your SSHD or test another HDD with a clear windows install on it, where you install all drivers and even test your hardware in Furmark/Prime95/Memtest.

 

Or if you have another PC somewhere, where you could plugin your SSHD, do a drive test on it and see if it shows broken.

 

and than proceed from that point...

I'll try the SSHD in a friends computer tomorrow amd then see what happens. I'll also get a .ISO of Windows onto a memory stick to try a repair of Windows.

[Citadelen]

I didn't even do anything other than turn it on and it worked fine. I have no idea what caused that episode.

Thank you for your help all the same.