I checked that link and I'm running in legacy.
I actually didn't run any Windows 10 tech previews, I was mentioning one of the two people from the thread I linked that had the same problem as me,...

I still get this black screen without a cold start. I also tried someone else's advice and flashed my bios, no luck. A few others have told me that they don't get a black screen on boot but I'm not...

I didn't install Avast in the way you described, just the standard file shield with everything else disabled. I imagine the boot log entry was a leftover from something I did in Windows 7, maybe...

Is is the same kind of black screen as me? 30-60 seconds with a cursor every startup. If it is, can you check if something isn't loading properly in your bootlogs? I'm thinking it has something to do...

I appreciate your help, Night Hawk. I tried uninstalling Avast and booting, still a black screen, but this time I got a grey screen for about 3 seconds before windows started loading the login...

Thanks for the link, Night Hawk. I followed the instructions in that post, wiped video drivers and reinstalled them, but couldn't reinstall DirectX. The installer gave me the same "up to date"...

I defragged my harddrive, my OS is running on a Western Digital WD10EZEX 1TB 7200 RPM. I'm running Avast antivirus, should I have to uninstall it? I chose to disable the shields permanently and...

Thanks for the info Night Hawk, I managed to get the BenQ set as primary. My monitor situation was just what I thought to be the cause of this black screen, but booting with only one display still...

This has been happening ever since I upgraded to 10 about 2 weeks ago. I start the computer, 3 second ASUS logo, then windows 10 logo comes up and it loads for about 10-20 seconds, then I get a...

Thanks very much axe0, I removed it and it seems to be fixed now

I was stuck in safe mode for a few hours after getting many PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA BSODs. This is after upgrading to windows 10 from windows 7, and I think it might have something to do with...