Blank Blue Screen During Windows 8.1 Install?

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try to switch to UEFI Boot from BIOS (also enable FastBoot option)... and partition your SSD as GPT

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Updated on September 18, 2022

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  • NaOH
    NaOH almost 2 years

    I'm trying to do a fresh install of Windows 8.1 on a home-built PC. Specs are here: http://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/t823x/build_complete_hush_1450_silent_gamingphotography/

    The video card has been swapped out for an MSI GTX 760, and the SSD is now a 256GB Mushkin Chronos Deluxe.

    After the Windows logo appears for a bit, I get a blank dark-ish blue screen with a mouse cursor, but nothing else happens.

    I've tried two images (RTM and now the release version from today) with no luck. Any ideas?

    • NaOH
      NaOH over 10 years
      Sorry, RTM is what I meant.
    • NaOH
      NaOH over 10 years
      It doesn't appear to be failing to boot... This is before any installation occurs, mind. And I don't want to upgrade, I want to do a fresh install.
    • Ramhound
      Ramhound over 10 years
      Wow... I am sorry. 20 questions about the upgrade will do that. Try the video port on the motherboard. I would also try safe mode a blank blue screen indicates a driver problem. The GA release and the RTM build is actually the same thing
    • NaOH
      NaOH over 10 years
      You can boot an install DVD in safe mode? Keep in mind that the Windows 7 install I'm hoping to blow away boots fine.
    • Ramhound
      Ramhound over 10 years
      Are you booting to the disk itself or running the setup from within windows?
    • NaOH
      NaOH over 10 years
      The latter. Updating the BIOS fixed this issue.
  • NaOH
    NaOH over 10 years
    This didn't appear to correct the issue. I'm going to update the BIOS and see if that helps.
  • NaOH
    NaOH over 10 years
    Once I updated the BIOS, I was able to enable Secure Boot, which fixed this issue.

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