J4205-ITX boot issues resolved

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   Mainly posting in case others get similar.

Following a recent windows update by HTPC built with the above board broke itself.  It wouldn't boot and system repairs, recovery points etc were unable to save it.

So I had to rebuild.  Then after getting all that done and doing a couple more windows updates it appeared to die again - nothing but a black screen.  Except it didn't - I could still ping it and services seemed to be running.  The problem was no display either on screen or over RDP.

After about an hour it would eventually show me a screen.  Going into Event Viewer showed that the igfx module was dying and restarting 100s of times.

I noticed that the intel drivers were a much newer version than the "latest" shown on the support downloads.  So I tried rolling back to the right version.  Bad move.  That put me into recovery mode again.

Luckily this time a system restore point worked and got me going again albeit with the one hour boot.

So I then decided I'd give the latest firmware a shout.  I was still on 1.20 so installed 1.70 and then immediately 1.80.

Booted up, under a minute and a working visible desktop.  

So yeah something between the latest windows 10 version update and the latest intel display driver killed my J4205-ITX (twice).  But the latest firmware fixes it.

Hope this helps someone who may get into a similar position.

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daveM Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 06 Jan 2017 Status: Offline Points: 14	Post Options Post Reply Quote daveM Report Post Thanks(1) Quote Reply Topic: J4205-ITX boot issues resolved Posted: 13 Aug 2019 at 4:24pm
	Mainly posting in case others get similar. Following a recent windows update by HTPC built with the above board broke itself. It wouldn't boot and system repairs, recovery points etc were unable to save it. So I had to rebuild. Then after getting all that done and doing a couple more windows updates it appeared to die again - nothing but a black screen. Except it didn't - I could still ping it and services seemed to be running. The problem was no display either on screen or over RDP. After about an hour it would eventually show me a screen. Going into Event Viewer showed that the igfx module was dying and restarting 100s of times. I noticed that the intel drivers were a much newer version than the "latest" shown on the support downloads. So I tried rolling back to the right version. Bad move. That put me into recovery mode again. Luckily this time a system restore point worked and got me going again albeit with the one hour boot. So I then decided I'd give the latest firmware a shout. I was still on 1.20 so installed 1.70 and then immediately 1.80. Booted up, under a minute and a working visible desktop. So yeah something between the latest windows 10 version update and the latest intel display driver killed my J4205-ITX (twice). But the latest firmware fixes it. Hope this helps someone who may get into a similar position.