I purchased a new desktop computer a few days ago with Win 8.1. After installing various programs and updating windows I am getting the completely black screen with nothing working when I turn the computer on or restart it. If I then press the reset button on my Fractal Design R5 case it will boot up normally. 

My setup is

Windows 8.1

EVGA GTX 970 ssc [with latest drivers] 

Asus z97 Pro Gamer

i7 4790K

16 GB ram

Samsung 500GB 850 EVO

Cooler Master Hyper 412S

There seems to be a lot of different causes for the black screen at startup. Does the fact that I am able to boot up after by pressing reset narrow the problem down?

I remember getting an error message about CPU fan the first time it booted. Could this have to do with it?

• Edited by Avenius77 Friday, May 01, 2015 8:54 PM

AV

If this is still under warranty you should probably contact the seller.  Your black sceen may be one of two things.  First it is probalby related to the video driver BUT it also may be related to a HD Issue that is best handled byt the computer maker.

There are other errors that relate to the Asus bloatware