Hi all, First of all here's my system specs:
Intel Core i5 4460 (Haswell)
Gigabyte H97-HD3
Sapphire Nitro R9 380X
OS: Windows 10 and Linux Mint Cinnamon (tried 18 and 19)
Problem:
My main OS was Windows 10. I was using that for a couple of years with no issues whatsoever. Yesterday when I power on my pc it kept getting stuck with a black screen. It doesnt reach the windows logo so I cant F8 into safe mode. The screen goes off with no signal before the windows logo. I tried to reinstall windows, deleted the windows partition and recreated a new fresh partition but at the next step it keeps giving an error like this: "windows can't be installed on this drive because it's locked. unlock the drive and try again". So after failing to install windows, I gave a chance to Linux Mint.
I can install Linux Mint but it can't boot normally either. I keep seeing the same black screen (no signal) as was in Windows 10 before. The system only runs smoothly in recovery mode (software rendering mode). The same happens in a newer version of the OS too (Cinnamon 19)
I just want to boot into any OS with no issues
I'm stuck at the moment, please give me advise, what's the problem? Faulty hard disk or faulty GPU or faulty PSU or faulty Mainboard?
If I can understand the faulty part (or if the problem is from software side) I can attempt to solve the problem.
Intel Core i5 4460 (Haswell)
Gigabyte H97-HD3
Sapphire Nitro R9 380X
OS: Windows 10 and Linux Mint Cinnamon (tried 18 and 19)
Problem:
My main OS was Windows 10. I was using that for a couple of years with no issues whatsoever. Yesterday when I power on my pc it kept getting stuck with a black screen. It doesnt reach the windows logo so I cant F8 into safe mode. The screen goes off with no signal before the windows logo. I tried to reinstall windows, deleted the windows partition and recreated a new fresh partition but at the next step it keeps giving an error like this: "windows can't be installed on this drive because it's locked. unlock the drive and try again". So after failing to install windows, I gave a chance to Linux Mint.
I can install Linux Mint but it can't boot normally either. I keep seeing the same black screen (no signal) as was in Windows 10 before. The system only runs smoothly in recovery mode (software rendering mode). The same happens in a newer version of the OS too (Cinnamon 19)
I just want to boot into any OS with no issues
I'm stuck at the moment, please give me advise, what's the problem? Faulty hard disk or faulty GPU or faulty PSU or faulty Mainboard? If I can understand the faulty part (or if the problem is from software side) I can attempt to solve the problem.
