I have no idea what else I can do. I had Windows 7 and the black screen error occurred so I wiped everything from that 1TB HDD and I fresh installed Windows 10. I installed Google Chrome and Discord and started talking to a friend and within one minute, the computer made the noise of something disconnecting and the monitor went black again. I had to power on and off the computer a couple times before it went into the auto-repair Windows 10 has but the startup repair tool didn't help me. I tried "Safe Mode with Networking" but when I tried to check for updates thinking it was my lack of drivers, the updates just kept searching for like 15 minutes and nothing happened. This guy I found who had the same problem fixed his through his Bios, I'm scared touching my BIOS but if someone can help guide me through it if it will fix it, I'm willing to do it. I'm also worried it's a hardware issue because I don't think I have the money to upgrade. This build is about 3-4 years old which is why I fresh-wiped it.
Anyways, here's the guy who described the same problem as me:
"When booting from these I get the blue Windows 10 logo and the spinning icon. Then I get the briefest flash of something that might be a setup window (maybe only a quarter of a second) before the screen goes completely black (monitor is still active so receiving a signal). Eventually the PC shuts itself down. I don't have multiple displays but have tried combinations of Windows + P to switch displays but with no luck. There are no drivers per se at this stage because windows hasn't even installed yet, so I wouldn't think that there would be a compatibility issue, however I've exhausted all other options I can think of. I don't have onboard graphics on my mobo (Asus PX79) so I can't try that instead. I'm tempted to buy a cheap PCIe card just to eliminate the Radeon."
He later said this after fixing it:
"All fixed now. The graphics card wasn't at fault in the end. I swapped it out for a basic PCIe card and had the same result. In the end it was traced to the OC profile in the BIOS. When I flashed the BIOS it reset the configuration to XMP which was causing the issue (for some unknown reason). Setting to Auto or a Manual setting cured the issue and Windows 10 setup ran ok! Very odd. Thanks for those that replied constructively."
Anyways, here's the guy who described the same problem as me:
"When booting from these I get the blue Windows 10 logo and the spinning icon. Then I get the briefest flash of something that might be a setup window (maybe only a quarter of a second) before the screen goes completely black (monitor is still active so receiving a signal). Eventually the PC shuts itself down. I don't have multiple displays but have tried combinations of Windows + P to switch displays but with no luck. There are no drivers per se at this stage because windows hasn't even installed yet, so I wouldn't think that there would be a compatibility issue, however I've exhausted all other options I can think of. I don't have onboard graphics on my mobo (Asus PX79) so I can't try that instead. I'm tempted to buy a cheap PCIe card just to eliminate the Radeon."
He later said this after fixing it:
"All fixed now. The graphics card wasn't at fault in the end. I swapped it out for a basic PCIe card and had the same result. In the end it was traced to the OC profile in the BIOS. When I flashed the BIOS it reset the configuration to XMP which was causing the issue (for some unknown reason). Setting to Auto or a Manual setting cured the issue and Windows 10 setup ran ok! Very odd. Thanks for those that replied constructively."