Weird PC problems, not sure where to start

Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
G

godrivenplayer

Reputable
Aug 28, 2014
4
0
4,510
Built my PC about a year ago, put it together with my uncle. No problems for quite a while, then earlier this year when windows forced the update to 8.1, some weird things started happening. My PC hangs on the BIOS screen on startup, and the only way I can get it to boot is to go into my BIOS settings and force boot.

That problem aside, after I get it to boot and I log in, it used to hang on a gray screen with me unable to launch or do anything for about 5 minutes. Just now, it hung on the welcome screen for a while, then went to a black screen with a cursor for a good 5 minutes, then went to my desktop.

I really don't know where to start with these problems, I've been lazy and just kind of let them pile up and not given them the attention I should have. Any help is appreciated.

RoG Asus Maximus V Extreme
Intel i7 3770k @3.5GHz
EVGA Superclocked GTX 780
32GB Ripjaws X DDR3 2133 RAM
SoundBlaster Recon3D Fatal1ty Champion
Kingwin 1000W Modular Platinum
228GB SSD
2x3TB 7200RPM HDD
 
Sort by date Sort by votes
A

aldan

Splendid
Apr 15, 2013
4,000
29
24,640
there have been some iffy updates for both win7 and win8.some have even been pulled by ms.if you can do a system restore to before this happened i would do it.and i would also disable automatic updates for windows as well.i wait a week or so after patch tuesday to download and install updates so they can pull the bad ones and get it right.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
G

godrivenplayer

Reputable
Aug 28, 2014
4
0
4,510


Unfortunately, restoration is not an option, and I have since turned off automatic updates. Still need a fix to these issues. What could cause it to hang at bios, but work fine with boot override?
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
A

aldan

Splendid
Apr 15, 2013
4,000
29
24,640
i would then do a search for bad ms updates for win8 and manually delete them.unfortunately once win8.1 is installed,the only way i know to get rid of it is a fresh install of win8.do this as a last resort as i really havent had a problem with 8.1.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
G

godrivenplayer

Reputable
Aug 28, 2014
4
0
4,510


I'm not even entirely convinced these problems stem from a bad 8.1 update, it just seemed to happen around that time. I'm looking for someone to help me out and explain possible reasons the system is behaving like it is.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
A

aldan

Splendid
Apr 15, 2013
4,000
29
24,640
well,i dont know any other details pertaining to software installations,etc.all i know is the problem stemmed from a win update.unless you have other info this is all i have to go on.why not google computer problems after win8.1 update and see if it looks familiar.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
G

godrivenplayer

Reputable
Aug 28, 2014
4
0
4,510


Well I messed with some BIOS settings, got my drive to boot normally. Now the problem I need help with, which I'm sure is unrelated to a windows update, is that when I log into windows, both of my screens are grey for 2 or so minutes, and my taskbar is empty. No programs run, but after a while it just pops back to normal like nothing ever happened. Anyone have any thoughts?
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom