Blank (Black) screen after Motherboard Logo

saurav_6

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Problem started off differently than graphics related, so here's the full incident:

Attempted installing a new Harddrive (adding, not replacing). This caused me to get the "Reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device" error. Couldn't figure out how to resolve it, and eventually starting getting a black screen on reboot AFTER the motherboard logo. Finally realized I was able to boot and view if 1) I removed the new harddrive, and 2) plugged my HDMI cable into the motherboard rather than graphics.

I've looked into multiple solutions, but can't seem to find a suitable solution. So here's what happens at the moment:

Computer will load, and show motherboard logo. Goes blank after that (I do NOT get the "no signal" sign on my monitor). Monitor will display if I remove the graphics card and plug into the Mobo instead.

I have tried the following:
1) Resetting CMOS (Removing the battery)
2) Starting in safe mode (which DOES display using the GPU) and attempting to disable onboard graphics via device manager(but I can't see the onboard graphics, so I can't disable it)
- I only see my graphics card
3) Resetting BIOS

Here is my build:
GPU: G1 Gaming GTX 970
CPU: 4690K
RAM: Corsair Dominator Platinum
SSD: ADATA SP550

 
Solution
saurav_6, I think you have simply borked your graphics driver when you added the extra drive, did you change the BIOS at the time to make sure that the added HDD did not change the boot order? What you need to do now is replace the graphics card and attach the monitor to it then enter BIOS and set it to boot from the GPU not the onboard.
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You dont have them in the correct cable position. Dont use an old cable for anything over 220gb there is an extra wire in them, the newer ones that is to support the bigger HDD's
you may have to put the pin into the selector on the 2nd hard drive to tell it that it's a Slave and/or connect it in daisy chain with the other hard drive but again (cant recall exactlly) but you have to have the Master HDD at a certain position on the Correct cable or you get exactly what you describe. you will eventually get it but maybe have to get better cables and longer ones so you put the 2nd hard drives on the same cable or the master on the inner part, try different positions. one should work.
 
I had similar issues when I installed an SSD. It turned that on my motherboard it matters which SATA port the boot drive is on. I have 6 SATA ports and with my old hard drives I could just plug any drive into any SATA cable and it would work. Not so with the SSD. So I'm guessing this is what's going on even though this is not an SSD you're talking about. Maybe the extra drives must go on specific SATA ports? Maybe if you only use an SSD it doesn't matter, but once you start adding more drives things change.
 

g-unit1111

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Uh............ what does that have to do with anything the OP said?
 

USAFRet

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Regarding SATA drives, which the OP almost certainly has.....every sentence in your reply is incorrect.
Every single one.
 

popatim

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At first I couldn't make heads or tails out of what you were trying to say...
Then I realized you are discussing IDE/Atapi cables...
So now I'm even more perplexed given that the OP is using an i5-4690k; your competency is in serious doubt here my friend.
 
saurav_6, I think you have simply borked your graphics driver when you added the extra drive, did you change the BIOS at the time to make sure that the added HDD did not change the boot order? What you need to do now is replace the graphics card and attach the monitor to it then enter BIOS and set it to boot from the GPU not the onboard.
 
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