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Windows 10 blinking screen from clean install

Anonymous
2019-03-18T16:42:33+00:00

*EDIT: I appreciate your suggestions about updating drivers or stopping programs. I have researched a good chunk before asking here. Unlike other cases, I cannot interact with the computer in this state. Nothing shows on screen, and it does not respond to keyboard or mouse. And I cannot revert anything because it's a clean install and the problem happens even before the first boot.

Good morning all.

I have a Samsung NP300E5A S03 (i5-2430M, Nvidia GT520MX + Intel 3000 Graphics, 6Gb RAM).

A few months ago I tried to upgrade it to W10, but the installation said something about software incompatibilities and asked for a fresh install. I don't remember what exactly it said and decided not to pursue it because I had no time to clone the disk at the moment.

This weekend I decided to try it, so I replaced the hard drive with a blank one and made a W10 install USB pen using the latest Media Creation Tool. (I've removed the DVD to install a second hard drive bay).

It booted into the USB pen and started installing without a problem. But when I came back a few minutes later, the screen was blinking. dark/bright every second or so. Nothing to be read. No mouse pointer. No response to keys. The HDD light was randomly flashing, so I assumed it was still working and left it, but half an hour later it was still the same.

The only thing that worked was the power button. It turned the laptop off immediately. I removed the USB pen drive and it booted into the blinking again.

I tried F8 upon restarting to get into failsafe mode or something like that, but it didn't work.

I decided to repeat the installation, wiping the partition and everything, but it happened again.

Fortunately, after replacing the drive with the original one, it went back to its normal W7.

What could be causing this behavior? Will I be able to install W10 on it?

*EDIT: I appreciate your suggestions about updating drivers or stopping programs. I have researched a good chunk before asking here. Unlike other cases, I cannot interact with the computer in this state. Nothing shows on screen, and it does not respond to keyboard or mouse. And I cannot revert anything because it's a clean install and the problem happens even before the first boot.

Thank you very much.

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-03-18T16:44:33+00:00

    Hi

    My name is Lee; an Independent Consultant, I'm here to help you with your problem.

    You will be required to have your display drivers updated

    Official Intel auto detect driver software

    Link: https://www.intel.sg/content/www/xa/en/support/...

    Official Nvidia display drivers

    Link: https://www.geforce.com/geforce-experience/down...

    Thanks

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-03-19T07:32:11+00:00

    Hi

    Yup, you would have to reinstall your OS again, are you able to see bios?

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-03-19T07:28:27+00:00

    Thank you for the suggestion of the external monitor. I will try it, because if it still fails I will not be able to see any on-screen installer instructions.

    Regards.

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  4. Anonymous
    2019-03-19T01:55:57+00:00

    Hi

    You would have to download this software first and transfer them to a thumb drive,

    you would have to reformat again or you can try plugging in a VGA to an external monitor.

    After you have reformated, install the software and update according to with the on-screen installer instructions

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  5. Anonymous
    2019-03-18T17:36:21+00:00

    Hello. Thanks for your answer, but it is impossible to do because I cannot interact with the computer in this state.

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