Boot Camp Windows Black Screen

16-04-2021
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This is a quick fix for any mac user having black screen after installing Windows 10 on bootcamp. All Apple computers with black screen with or without cursor. MacBook Goes Black Screen After Installing Windows 10 Using Boot Camp. Mac running dual system is not a novelty for the public. In fact, if the Mac does not support installing Windows, then its user base is bound to be affected. Perhaps Steve Jobs also had a fancy to this point, so the users can install Windows on a Mac device using Bootcamp tool, and keep still.

I have upgraded my computer’s operating system from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 successfully without any problem until first reboot. Once i logged into Windows 10 and its start downloading and installing drivers updates and some other Windows 10 updates automatically. I tried to stop the updates but found that there is not option to turn off auto updates in Windows 10. So, I let the Windows download all the drivers and updates.

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Now its time to install all the updates and i have to reboot the computer. Once restarted my HP laptop and following few things start happening:

  • After boot screen nothing on display it stuck on black / gray screen sometime with or without cursor.
  • When i press the power button LED lights blink once and shutdown the computer (Power, WiFi, Shift, trackpad or any other led on my keyboard or laptop body) computer automatically turn on and off with 3 to 4 seconds loop.
  • I tried different things like removing battery and turning computer On with direct power source, starting only with battery power, etc. After doing all this i removed the battery and power source turn the computer off for about 10 mins, turn the computer On and i managed to access Windows 10 login screen. But when i typed password and hit enter, i saw black screen again after login, hard drive led is not working (Some people suggest at this point try to press Alt+Ctrl+Del key from keyboard if you can access Task Manger and run Explorer.exe as a new task).
  • After that i thought this might be the problem due to wrong or incompatible AMD Radeon HD display driver that Windows 10 automatically installed on my computer. I have two display adapters (AMD Radeon HD and Intel HD Graphics 3000) in my HP laptop which always creates problem for me even in Windows 8. If you have similar symptoms then this is how i solved my problem or black screen issue that occurs after installing Windows 10.

Requirements:

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  • Windows 10 Recovery/Bootable Disc or USB drive required to enable boot menu and enter into Safe Mode.
  • Turn off internet connection so Windows can’t update anything when your troubleshooting.

Fix Windows 10 Black Screen

  • Start Windows 10 in Safe Mode, because in this mode Windows starts with minimum drivers and settings and you can diagnose and fix problems related to wrong drivers easily.
  • First you need to enable Advanced boot menu options in Windows 10 which is hidden by default from Windows 8 to onward.
  • Here, you need a recovery or bootable disc/USB to boot your computer from and access the command prompt to run a command and then enable Safe Mode.
  • Insert your USB or Disc into computer and restart to boot from it. Select “Advanced options” from Troubleshooting menu.
  • On the next screen click “Command Prompt” option.
  • In the Commend Prompt window type the following command and hit Enter to execute it. This command will enable the option to display boot menu on computer startup and on that boot screen you can select the Safe Mode option by pressing F8 key from keyboard.
    Bcdedit /set {bootmgr} displaybootmenu yes
    See this guide to know different methods to boot into Safe Mode Windows 10.
  • Restart your computer and you will see a Boot menu screen, here press F8 key from keyboard.
  • Now, you will see Startup Settings screen with list of different options. You need to press number key 4 or function key F4 to Enable Safe Mode. Your computer will reboot and start loading Windows 10 in Safe Mode.
  • Once you logged into Windows 10, right-click on Start button and select “Device Manager”.
  • Here expand the Display adapter option and right-click on secondary display adapter like in my case its “AMD Radeon HD…” and disable it.
  • Now reboot your computer normally and see if black screen problem fixed. If problem still persist then you should check the other hardware drivers as well.
  • I download and install the correct Windows 10 driver for my AMD Radeon display adapter and turned the Windows updates off, See how to Turn Off Windows 10 Automatic Updates and stop installing incompatible drivers updates.

Boot Camp Windows Black Screen Fix

If this guide is helpful or your problem was slightly different and you fix using a different method then please leave your comment below.