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Computer won't start (black screen)

Discussion in 'Windows 8' started by Jiri, Jan 29, 2017.

  1. Jiri

    Jiri

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    Please help.

    My computer stopped responding and restarted itself but didn't load my second harddisk.
    I switched it off, replugged the cables to the harddisk and turned it on. There was a welcome from my Gigabyte motherboard but then black screen. No Windows logo nor loading circle.

    Now the windows won't load and it always shows only black screen the letter Y and a flashing underscore but doesn't do anything or sometimes only black screen and the underscore.
     
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    After a few more restarts it is now showing four letters Y distributed on several rows. Under it is on the left side the underscore.
     
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  4. Tony D

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    Hello and welcome Jiri.

    There is a problem with your hard drive. Do you have the Windows install disk?
     
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    Thank you. Unfortunately no because I bought the computer ready to use. But I have s second computer with Vista. Would adding the vista hardrive into my computer help?
     
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    If you can connect this drive to another computer, you can run a disk check.

    First - can you connect that drive to another computer as a secondary drive?
    If yes, then find the hard drive and right-click on it.
    (Note: If you can't find the hard drive, it has failed completely.)
    Choose Properties.
    Click on the Tools tab.
    In the Error Checking area, click on Check.
     
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  7. Jiri

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    Did exactly what you wrote me. It found the harddrive and worked completely fineand chkdsk found no problems.

    Then i connected it back to my normal computer and because my graphic card makes it difficult to do anything I took it off and suddenly it works. So there has to be some conflict between my graphic card and OS...
     
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    Or could it be power suply issue?
     
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    or maybe there was a cable seating problem that got corrected when you reseated the cables.
     
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    I'll try connecting the graphic card back.
     
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    Graphic card back and computer doesn't work again. This card is quite new so I'll try to contact the dealer an get a replacement.

    Thank you very much for your help and time.
     
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    Did things work with the graphics card before?
     
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    Until today yes.
     
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  14. Tony D

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    That's strange.
     
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