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Windoes 10 wont boot black screen help?

larsgg123

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When i boot my pc it just goes from slash screen to black screen and sometimes i says perparing automatic repair and goes to black screen. I have tried to boot into safe mode but i wont. I have downloaded windoes 10 oc on a usb so i can troubleshoot or clean install but just goes to black screen. help please
 
Solution
Tried updating the bios? Maybe it helps.
You can try to make a new windows installation tool. Look at this,
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10/?tduid=

I have a gtx 1070 and my motherboard is a b350m gaming pro from msi with sadly no onboard graphics
when i try and boot form usb i show me the blue windoes logo and some loading dots and then goes black again.
 
Does ubuntu see the GPU as the right card? Cause we know it can generate a picture but is it running at max res. It appears to me that as soon as windows tries to use drivers on the card, it turns off

I would use ubuntu to copy any files you need to keep off the PC (things you cannot lose).

Do you have an SSD or hdd? If hdd, you might want to run dban on the drive, wipe windows 10 and reinstall it
 
i have both a ssd plus hdd and no files i need to save tho.
it seems like my like my pc wont recognize the gpu.
in my bios there is something called board explorer ir knows that i have a ryzen 1600. but when hover over my pcie slot it just says "ati technologies inc vga-compatible controller, running at 16x" and i remember that with my gtx 1070 ubuntu said something about a 128mb videocard or something. so maybe my pcie slot is broken?
i cleaned my ssd via my bios and i have tired to reinstall windoes 10 but it just goes to black screen after loading the logo.
 
Can you test GPU in another PC?

ati technologies inc vga-compatible controller, running at 16x might just be all bios needs to run on. BIOS doesn't use hi res mode so all that proves is GPU works until handed to an operating system.

Until we know if GPU works in another PC, I don't know what to blame. At this rate it could be GPU or Motherboard slot... i can't tell if Board Explorer should know GPU model or not.
Ubuntu seeing a 8gb card or more as 128mb is interesting, sure looks like it could be the card.

Check CPU socket for a bent pin
 
no bent pins, i have tired another card and it says the same. I also found that "ati technologies inc vga-compatible controller, running at 16x" message is normal for my motherboard.

maybe it is the my ram or motherboard