Comments on: Blank Screen After Installing Windows 7: Fix

By: Samus

Samus — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:49:00 +0000

Wow, this actually worked! Thanks a bunch!

My problem:

Using Windows 7

I would start my computer and be greeted with the login screen.

After I logged on I would only see a black screen.

I would sometimes see the mouse, I would be able to press CTRL + ALT + DEL and see that menu.

Doing what was on the instructions worked.

By: dave

dave — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 14:53:34 +0000

it’s BIOS – not DIOS.

By: Lee

Lee — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 23:48:02 +0000

Thanks! I have multiple monitors and you solved my problem!

By: Connor

Connor — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 20:37:04 +0000

Sorry to necro this thread, but I feel the info on here is useful and still relevant. I bought a new PC last year around september. I got win 7 when it came out and tried installing. I got the black screen after the first restart and just reinstalled vista and left win 7, but now I want win 7 so I went back. I continued getting the black screen so I manually removed the DVI cord, went to safe mode and chose “start up in lo res mode” and it seemed to work. I havent had any problems yet.

By: mani

mani — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 15:50:43 +0000

thanks a lot

By: Stefan

Stefan — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:23:23 +0000

If you got a second graphic card or a second PCI-e slot then there is a possibility to work around the problem with “finishing” the installation.

you got to insert the graphic card you don’t want to use while installing w7 and when the screen goes black let your computer work for a few minutes an then turn it off and change the cards.
in the same way you can do it with the other pci-e slot, both will work

w7 will detect another graphic card and you will be able finish the installation with “VGA – Save”

By: CW20910

CW20910 — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:58:17 +0000

OK. I tried that and it didnt work. I am still getting the black screen. I recently upgraded my emachine T3104 from xp to windows 7. After about 10 mins of operation the screen goes black and their are two horizontal lines on the right side of the screen. What is the problem and how do i fix it?

By: Werner

Werner — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:12:32 +0000

Same as John, Steve, G, safe mode comes up and visible, but it doesnt let me do anything in safemode as the installation has not finished, and it forces a restart.

I am a developer myself, and I think its shambles, what are you up to at MS, why dont you build stuff modular and logically (if u did, why would safe mode display something). Geee

By: david

david — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:00:15 +0000

i also experienced black screen after upgraded my dell computer from vista business to window 7 pro.

The problem is like this:
1. turn on your computer >>>
2. DIOS post >>>
3. 4 glowing sparkles fade in and “starting windows” under it. >>>
4. black screen, it does not boot to window log in screen.

try this to solve it:
1. go to your computer manufacturer’s website to update the following drivers for window 7:

2.DIOS driver;
3.Monitor driver;
4.Video driver;

at the time of writing this post, it works for me, i have turned on and off 4 times, there is no black screen.

by the way, when you update DIOS, you have to wait 10 minutes for the system to complete.

david lee
FireworksIT

By: Melvin J. Rosa

Melvin J. Rosa — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:46:18 +0000

I had the same problem. I was usind an ansus tower with an ansus P5B SE mother board and 4 gigs of ram. I am also using an Envidia 9800 gtx grafics card installed windows 7 32 just fine but when switched to 64 had all the same problens as everyone above. I disconected everything attached to the USB and then pluged the monitor, keyboard and mouse back on I got like a wisk of it trying to work but to no avail. Any help would be greatly appreciated.