- Jan 7, 2015
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I was attempting to install Windows 8.1 as a virtual machine on Virtualbox.
System specs:
AMD FX-6300
ASRock 970 Extreme3 R2.0
MSI R9 270X
Win 7 64bit
Virtualbox would not allow me to make the machine 64bit. This is usually caused by a setting such as hardware virtualization not being enabled in th BIOS.
I went hunting for these settings, and could not find anything, but did find that my BIOS was out of date.
So i used the built in Flash Utility that downloads the latest BIOS and installs it.
Now my computer won't boot.
It begins booting, and I have a backlit keyboard, and the lights turn off as soon as the Windows splash screen appears. The screen almost does its splash and then i get a BSOD for half a second and it restarts.
I have tried Startup Repair.
I have tried bootrec/fixmbr
I also tried downgrading the BIOS to what I believe was the previous version.
If the SSD (primary drive) is set to IDE mode, the computer boots to a black screen with a flashing hyphen.
If it is in AHCI mode, it boots to the above symptoms (BSOD, restart)
I have reset the BIOS settings to default, Fast Boot is off, XBoost is off.
Any help will be appreciated, I can wipe the SSD if needed but I would prefer not too.
System specs:
AMD FX-6300
ASRock 970 Extreme3 R2.0
MSI R9 270X
Win 7 64bit
Virtualbox would not allow me to make the machine 64bit. This is usually caused by a setting such as hardware virtualization not being enabled in th BIOS.
I went hunting for these settings, and could not find anything, but did find that my BIOS was out of date.
So i used the built in Flash Utility that downloads the latest BIOS and installs it.
Now my computer won't boot.
It begins booting, and I have a backlit keyboard, and the lights turn off as soon as the Windows splash screen appears. The screen almost does its splash and then i get a BSOD for half a second and it restarts.
I have tried Startup Repair.
I have tried bootrec/fixmbr
I also tried downgrading the BIOS to what I believe was the previous version.
If the SSD (primary drive) is set to IDE mode, the computer boots to a black screen with a flashing hyphen.
If it is in AHCI mode, it boots to the above symptoms (BSOD, restart)
I have reset the BIOS settings to default, Fast Boot is off, XBoost is off.
Any help will be appreciated, I can wipe the SSD if needed but I would prefer not too.
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