Blank Screen at startup after installation

[nirvananevermind55]

Hi there,

I recently installed Daemontools 4.35.5 under windows 7 x64.
The installation didn't completed as it gave me the error about windows 2000 and the kernel. Each time that I tried to reboot for the installation svchost would not let me restart and would crash(and then I could restart my computer). Suddenly, I started my computer and.... nothing. blank screen. Everything seems to be ok on the hardware ( I have an ASUS crosshair so there is a little screen that tells what is booting) but I can't see a thing, not even the BIOS! I though it could be STCP.sys related but I don't have a clue since I can't see anything on my display(which is dual-screen and I don't see anything on both of them).

Here are my specs if it proves useful :

ASUS crosshair motherboard
6gb 800mhz OCZ memory
AMD 6000+ processor
eVGA Nvidia 8800GTX
650watts power supply
G-15 keyboard
G-5 Mouse
Logitech Z-5500 speakers

Oh, my mouse seems to be O.K. though. I think I can go into windows but I don't see a thing... and the lights on my G15 seems alright also but the backlighting doesn't show up at startup.

Thank you for taking time to look into this.

[Blazkowicz]

Regarding your mouse only means it gets power, nothing more.

You do hear a beep code?
Elcos on mainboard are ok?

[nirvananevermind55]

I do not hear any beeps but I don't know what Elcos are...
I was able to log on windows though but didn't see a thing

[Blazkowicz]

Elcos are on mainboard mostly next to PCIe slot.

You actually tried another monitor and/or Safe Mode?

[nirvananevermind55]

Well I can't go into safe mode and I did try more monitors... can't see a thing. Everything seems to be in working order

[Blazkowicz]

If you don't see a thing, then how do you know you logged into Windows?

[nirvananevermind55]

I've got sound from the speakers when I log on

[Blazkowicz]

Well I can't go into safe mode

I guess you know pressing F8 every time and again before you hear the sound, will open a menu to select Safe Mode or not.

If you can't see that menu, something is wrong with your computer.

The LED on your monitor, is it green, orange or nothing?

[nirvananevermind55]

The LED on my monitor is orange. In fact, my monitor is in sleep mode. I'll try again for the safe mode tonight. I guess the sound comes from the mobo?

[Blazkowicz]

Normally only a single beep during startup comes from mainboard.

If you disabled your speakers, then the sound comes from the mainboard or do you have built-in speakers into your pc case/monitor?

[nirvananevermind55]

That's fine, I'll try with and without my speakers tonight. but can we still see the safe mode even if the monitor doesn't show anything?

[Blazkowicz]

The menu must be there for Safe Mode selection.
But without any picture on the monitor, nothing to help atm.

[nirvananevermind55]

I've looked into the matter and I don't have any clue of what's going on... I did some cleaning in my case ( It needed some) and looked all the connexions on the mainboard but nothing is unusual. Sometimes I get to have the lights on my keyboard after a little while, telling me that windows is booted. But a question popped in my mind; Does daemontools have any drivers that starts itself at the boot of the computer? If this is the case, can I disable the boot of these drivers?
I've read that sptd.sys is the first driver to be launched. Could it be the source?
Thank you.

[Blazkowicz]

DT is a Windows program and is therefore only active in Windows, not in boot (e. g. BIOS).

[nirvananevermind55]

I'll try to put my HDD into another computer and delete all the files related to Daemontools to see if it changes anything. My win7 is a fresh installation (1 week old) so I would'nt lose anything too valuable if I were to reinstall it on another computer (if this error is software related). I don't think that my CPU, GPU or Mainboard are faulty nor my RAM. There is an indicator on the back of my 8800GTX that lights up if the card is faulty/fried/misplaced. The screen on my motherboard tells me step-by-step the components that are booted and there are no pieces of hardware that doesn't load incorrectly. I'll give it a try.