Windows 10: Black Screen on Startup or Restart.....Windows 10

When I start or restart my PC, I get a black screen 3 out of 4 times but you can hear all the fans and HDD sounds but no HDD activity light. I have traded out HDD's and Power Supply, still no joy. All drivers are up to date, I turned off Fast Startup and even removed all the AMD drivers and let Windows run my graphics.....still get same behaviour. I am only now trying to resolve the issue that has been prevalent for quite a while because it has gotten considerably worse. I read online that the Power Supply was the most likely the cause...sending a dirty signal to whatever triggers Startup. I tried unplugging the PC and pressing the power button to clear the signal but still same issue. I have and actual card for graphics, they are not onboard. Could the card be causing this issue. I thought when a graphics card died it was DEAD. Never seen one work sometimes and not completely fail. I would really appreciate any help I can get. If this post is not in the proper thread please move it. Thanks in advance. I have my specs listed on the forum. SPEC1

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Black Screen on Startup

Hello,

Could you please answer few questions:

• 
  When you say “Now, nothing is on my desktop” what exactly are you referring to?
  
• 
  Are you getting black screen after Sign in?
  

If you are getting black screen after sign in, I would suggest you to follow the steps mentioned in the below help article and check if it helps.

Troubleshoot black screen problems

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-in/windows-10/troubleshoot-black-screen-problems

Hope this helps in resolving the issue. If the issue persists, do get back to us. We will be happy to assist you.

 

Windows 10 black screen at startup

Hi,


Thank you for posting in Microsoft community. I will certainly assist you with the issue.

Have you made any changes to your system prior to this issue?


I suggest you unplug all the external devices (except keyboard and mouse) connected to the system and restart it to check if it helps.

Refer the steps in the link given below and check.

Troubleshoot black screen problems

Black screen and not signed in to windows 10:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/troubleshoot-black-screen-problems

You can also put your system in safe mode and check if it helps.

Refer the steps given in the link below to start your system in Safe mode.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/change-startup-settings-in-windows-10#v1h=tab02

Hope this helps. Get back to us with the status of the issue.

 

Black screen in windows 10 on startup

Hi Willu,

Getting a black screen on startup may imply a problem with the display adapter, having an outdated driver, or could be that it was just finalizing the recent upgrade. To help sort out and address this problem, we suggest that you follow the steps provided
in the link,
Troubleshoot black screen or blank screen errors.

Please update us with the result so we can further assist you.

Regards.