So I got windows 7 today and was pretty excited to install it. I've heard that it installs very quickly and was a little frustrated when some of the install screens decided to hang for a few minutes and the DVD would stop spinning in the tray randomly. However I eventually decided to be patient and the install screen came up, I formatted my hard drives and proceeded to install 7. This is where it all fell apart.
After installing, windows 7 will restart a few times before you get to your welcome screen. So it reboots....and nothing....the screen is blank. So I thought I may have something messed because I didn't format my hard drive that I keep all my media on. So I went back in, formatted it, and tried to install windows again. I got to the same point and the same thing....all black screen.
So after a long string of profanity, and asking God when he hated me so much, I decided to check the internet to see if anyone was having this problem as well. First link after entering the text "Black screen when installing windows 7" had my answer. And the solution you ask? Well it seems windows 7 has NO ****ing clue what your main monitor is and just assigns it as your secondary monitor. I have my TV connected to my computer using the other DVI output from my video card. So after literally 3 hours of trying to figure out why I wasn't getting any picture all I had to do was turn my TV on and set it to the correct input. There was my welcome screen.....in all of it's blue glory. I couldn't help but be happy the problem was solved, but in the back of my mind I couldn't help but thinking what jackass would program it's video detection like that.
How sadistic do you have to be to default the monitor selection to your secondary monitor if you have two plugged in?
Anyways, Windows 7 is as good as everyone says it is. It's x86 detection is spot on, and multi tasking on this thing is a breeze. If you plan on installing it, I suggest you only have one monitor plugged in though.