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footfootfoot 09-22-2011 12:57 PM

Black screen this am after most recent windows update
 
running xp, sp3 shut it down last night and the machine was loading the updates. this morning I turned it on and I can hear the drives whirring and clicking away, but black screen, no cursor.

Will show a screen in safe mode, checked error logs and got "device attached to system not functioning" and a bunch of tcpip errors. It thought that was an sp2 problem anyway.

Tried safe mode system restore a few times and was unable to restore.

I've tried clean startup and diagnostic startup and full start up.

Can't do a device check in safe mode.

any ideas?

Happy Monkey 09-22-2011 12:59 PM

Uninstall the graphics driver, and use the default Windows one, and see if it boots in non-safe-mode? Then put new drivers on afterwards?

footfootfoot 09-22-2011 01:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey (Post 757777)
Uninstall the graphics driver, and use the default Windows one, and see if it boots in non-safe-mode? Then put new drivers on afterwards?

Thanks, hm. will try now.

HungLikeJesus 09-22-2011 01:12 PM

And we never heard from footfootfoot again.

infinite monkey 09-22-2011 01:52 PM

And that's when the Cellar fainted.

footfootfoot 09-22-2011 05:34 PM

Frigging thing is working after I removed the driver and downloaded the new fresh and sparkly one.

I owe you a roll of tape, HM.

Happy Monkey 09-22-2011 05:37 PM

Glad to help.

HungLikeJesus 09-22-2011 05:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by footfootfoot (Post 757854)
Frigging thing is working after I removed the driver and downloaded the new fresh and sparkly one.

I owe you a roll of tape, HM.

Happy tape?

BigV 09-22-2011 06:16 PM

no, Gorilla Tape.









Yes, I know monkeys, happy or otherwise are not gorillas and versa vicea. shush you.

Gravdigr 09-23-2011 10:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by footfootfoot (Post 757854)
Frigging thing is working after I removed the driver and downloaded the new fresh and sparkly one.

I owe you a roll of tape, HM.

Gogo Happy Monkey!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey (Post 757855)
Glad to help.

Quote:

Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus (Post 757856)
Happy tape?

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigV (Post 757860)
no, Gorilla Tape.

No. Mix tape!


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