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I had been running Windows 10 32-bit on my HP m7580n Media Center almost since last summer, having upgraded from Windows 7, which in turn was installed over Windows XP MCE 2005, the machine's original operating system.
Recently, I decided to start over by reinstalling the 64-bit version of Windows 10 1511 (the November Update version), but now I've run into a problem...
Often, when doing a cold boot or coming out of hibernate, the Windows logo boot screen will appear corrupted, just like the picture below:
Once Windows finishes loading with this corrupted screen, the monitor goes to sleep, and the keyboard freezes which means the system cannot respond to anything without having to manually power off the PC and restart it. On the second boot, usually, Windows will load fine.
The graphics card in question is an EVGA-branded NVIDIA GeForce 8400GS PCI-E (It's designed for PCI-E 2.0, but running on a PCI-E 1.1 mobo. Could that be part of the problem?). The rest of the system specs are as follows:
Steps I tried in order to fix this problem:
I'm at my wit's end! If there's no way to fix this problem other than to switch back to 32-bit Windows 10, then I'd be more than happy to reinstall Windows 7 (which actually would require me to use the computer's recovery discs to reinstall Windows XP first, since the product key I installed Windows 7 on this computer with is an Upgrade key that requires an existing XP or Vista install in order to be valid), as I'm getting so @%!@ sick of the crap Microsoft is pulling with Windows 10 (including more advertising with the upcoming Redstone update).
I would gladly switch entirely to Linux, but I have a Roxio Easy VHS to DVD USB video capture device and an AverTV Volar Hybrid Q digital TV tuner USB device that I use with this computer, neither of which are supported under Linux.
I'd have to save up for quite awhile to buy a new desktop, which would of course come with Windows 10. (I would order a refurbished business-class unit, but I've had issues with that also.)
I'm not about to buy an AMD graphics card either. AMD's and Intel's drivers are absolute crap also. (I wish S3 and Trident were still around and making graphics chips.)
Recently, I decided to start over by reinstalling the 64-bit version of Windows 10 1511 (the November Update version), but now I've run into a problem...
Often, when doing a cold boot or coming out of hibernate, the Windows logo boot screen will appear corrupted, just like the picture below:
Spoiler:
Once Windows finishes loading with this corrupted screen, the monitor goes to sleep, and the keyboard freezes which means the system cannot respond to anything without having to manually power off the PC and restart it. On the second boot, usually, Windows will load fine.
The graphics card in question is an EVGA-branded NVIDIA GeForce 8400GS PCI-E (It's designed for PCI-E 2.0, but running on a PCI-E 1.1 mobo. Could that be part of the problem?). The rest of the system specs are as follows:
- AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+
- 4GB DDR2 (4x1GB) (Could this be another part of the problem as the graphics card uses a newer memory technology than the main system RAM?)
- 320GB SATA hard drive
- PATA (IDE) DVD burner
- RealTek PCI gigabit Ethernet card (which I'm using in place of the mainboard Ethernet adapter to take advantage of gigabit LAN bandwidth, and have the onboard one disabled via the CMOS setup)
- RealTek High Definition onboard audio
- AwardBIOS, version 3.10, dated 12-13-2006 (the latest version available from HP's support site, as this computer is pretty old. Might be part of the problem also.)
Steps I tried in order to fix this problem:
- Installed the original display drivers that came with the graphics card's installation disc, and then used the Hide Windows Updates diagnostic cab to prevent the current version from being downloaded and installed automatically. Didn't solve the problem.
- Ran "sfc /scannow". Of course, SFC found nothing wrong, which means problem still not solved.
- Set the "Adjust Image Quality" in NVIDIA Control Panel to "Performance". Problem STILL not solved.
I'm at my wit's end! If there's no way to fix this problem other than to switch back to 32-bit Windows 10, then I'd be more than happy to reinstall Windows 7 (which actually would require me to use the computer's recovery discs to reinstall Windows XP first, since the product key I installed Windows 7 on this computer with is an Upgrade key that requires an existing XP or Vista install in order to be valid), as I'm getting so @%!@ sick of the crap Microsoft is pulling with Windows 10 (including more advertising with the upcoming Redstone update).
I would gladly switch entirely to Linux, but I have a Roxio Easy VHS to DVD USB video capture device and an AverTV Volar Hybrid Q digital TV tuner USB device that I use with this computer, neither of which are supported under Linux.
I'd have to save up for quite awhile to buy a new desktop, which would of course come with Windows 10. (I would order a refurbished business-class unit, but I've had issues with that also.)
I'm not about to buy an AMD graphics card either. AMD's and Intel's drivers are absolute crap also. (I wish S3 and Trident were still around and making graphics chips.)