Windows 8 black screen after restart

[Dainius56]

Just figured I would share the problem I see many people are having. After installing windows 8 pro upgrade all seemed to work just fine. Got my games reinstalled, checked all drivers, and installed all 4-5 windows updates. Restart time. Computer restarts to a black screen while sometimes showing the log in screen for about 5 seconds before cycling through this problem again. Shows monitor turns off and on the boom black screen with cursor. I have tried multiple fixes on the net but none worked. Then I uninstalled the windows updates from earlier and seems it fixed my problem. I have restarted multiple times with no problems yet. Maybe this will help someone out there that is ready to pull there hair out.

 

[neon neophyte]

i use a 6950 with windows 8 with no problems

 

[Alienware-Frank_L]

Do you have AMD video card(s)? That seems to be the problem with many Windows 8 crashes. I haven't yet tried your solution of uninstalling updates because my system crashed shortly after installing Windows 8, before any updates were applied I believe. I've tried installing Catalyst Control Center using AMD's auto detect and install tool, but my system always crashes before the install is complete. I've tried disabling my AMD Radeon cards and then installing Catalyst Control, but it won't install since there is no compatible hardware.

Hello Jay, for what I can see your computer is still in warranty. Have you tried contacting Alienware Tech Support? As long as the system is in warraty we should be able to give you support. Feel free to reach me at awsocialmedia@dell.com or directly to the twitter page @AlienwareTech.
Thank you

 

[joeman99]

Hey guys i have the same problem....
I have windows 8 and all was perfect (zero problems, fast boot even with my HD no SSD) till i installed windows updates, after restart and after windows 8 boot logo my display is all black and blinking (turns off/on). Sometimes i can see the mouse pointer (cursor) and move it, so i thought was a graphics driver problem, so i updated the graphics driver and after install the windows updates appears the problem. I know alot of people who have this problem, but i cant find how fix it 🙁
The only solution that i see its have my windows 8 without install the updates...

 

[gomerpile]

This happened to me a few times It turned out it was using 2 monitors. My desktop was black and the other is my 52" T.V. I unplugged the tv input and wolla

 

[joeman99]

@gomerpile
i have a laptop, and when the display is black i connect a monitor but its black too (says no signal).

 

[mm1986]

My problem was that my wi-fi usb adapter didn't get along with an USB 3.0 port, so put it on a 2.0 prot and voila.

 

[Rajan Singh]

Try uninstalling antivirus softwares. Use only Windows Defender.

When I install avast! black screen appears. And when I uninstall avast through task manager ,the black screen vanishes and window behaves normal.

 

[gomerpile]

Just figured I would share the problem I see many people are having. After installing windows 8 pro upgrade all seemed to work just fine. Got my games reinstalled, checked all drivers, and installed all 4-5 windows updates. Restart time. Computer restarts to a

black screen while sometimes showing the log in screen for about 5 seconds before cycling through this problem again. Shows monitor turns off and on the boom black screen with cursor. I have tried multiple fixes

on the net but none worked. Then I uninstalled the windows updates from earlier and seems it fixed my problem. I have restarted multiple times with no problems yet. Maybe this will help someone out there that is ready to pull there hair out.

How could u do fixes if all u get is black screen

Goto system, check conflict and sharing and see what is conflicting or sharing your video card and disable that sharing .

On Boot push and hold shift key, while tapping f8 this will bring up your diagnostic boot menu, saves reinstalling windows all the time