Computer now only boots to a black screen

[Railgun]

In the past few weeks I've been having an issue where my computer boots to a black screen and won't do anything. Restarting the computer allows it to boot normally again but the BIOS screen would then have a small message at the bottom saying something about scanning and repairing system partition.

 

I always ignored it since the computer would boot. But today, I updated Nvidia drivers and restarted and now it only boots to the black screen. Restarting doesn't seem to help. The screen only shows a small "A2" in the bottom right which I assume is some sort of motherboard code.

 

I would greatly appreciate help resolving this. Specs are in my signature

 

 

NEWS UPDATE: After leaving the computer for a little while I decided to try starting it up again AND IT BOOTED! I am typing this from my computer. I also didn't get the usual "repairing system partition" message. However, I still want to figure out just what the hell is going on. Does anyone know what could be causing this, and could it cause damage if left alone? I'll include some screenshots of the BIOS message I was receiving in the past: https://imgur.com/a/wEeB4

 

Thanks in advance

[Valkyrie Lenneth]

whats ur motherboard type

 

brand + type nr

 

need to know that to check ur qcode

[Valkyrie Lenneth]

for asus

 

A2 means IDE RESET

 

it basicly means the HDD wont spin up   / hdd failure

[Railgun]

6 minutes ago, Valkyrie Lenneth said:

for asus

 

A2 means IDE RESET

 

it basicly means the HDD wont spin up   / hdd failure

https://us.msi.com/Motherboard/Z97-GAMING-5.html

 

This is my board. If it is indeed a hard drive issue, that would at least explain the "repairing system partition" part. But I did a hard drive scan using WD's tool and it didn't find anything unusual. Also, I have Windows installed on my SSD, rather than my HDD.

[Valkyrie Lenneth]

2 minutes ago, Railgun said:

https://us.msi.com/Motherboard/Z97-GAMING-5.html

 

This is my board. If it is indeed a hard drive issue, that would at least explain the "repairing system partition" part. But I did a hard drive scan using WD's tool and it didn't find anything unusual. Also, I have Windows installed on my SSD, rather than my HDD.

in all motherboard manuals there is a list of motherboard QCODES so u can see where the error lies, thats why the code is there , its usually somwhere in the bottom of the manual

 

im checking personally quick on the internet but u can find it urself too in the manual

[Railgun]

3 minutes ago, Valkyrie Lenneth said:

in all motherboard manuals there is a list of motherboard QCODES so u can see where the error lies, thats why the code is there , its usually somwhere in the bottom of the manual

 

im checking personally quick on the internet but u can find it urself too in the manual

I haven't checked the physical LEDs on the board, but the code displayed on the screen refers to the following: Onboard devices Initialize and Detect (USB/ SATA/

SCSI......)

 

I guess that would also point towards a drive related issue

[Valkyrie Lenneth]

2 minutes ago, Railgun said:

I haven't checked the physical LEDs on the board, but the code displayed on the screen refers to the following: Onboard devices Initialize and Detect (USB/ SATA/

SCSI......)

yeah its aimed at the hdd / ssd then whichever

 

probably dieing/dead drive

[Railgun]

7 minutes ago, Valkyrie Lenneth said:

yeah its aimed at the hdd / ssd then whichever

 

probably dieing/dead drive

RIP. Do you know of anything I can run to test the drive just to make sure?

[Valkyrie Lenneth]

3 minutes ago, Railgun said:

RIP. Do you know of anything I can run to test the drive just to make sure?

try another pc :v run a hdd tester ( u gotta make a bootable usb in that case somehow ) check for dead sectors ect

 

basicly just get a advanced hdd tester

 

u can also test it through SMART ( dunno how to get that test running tho )

 

:v i never had to test a hdd like that i just rma them ( coz im 100% sure when their dead usually haha )