Black screen this am after most recent windows update

footfootfoot · 09-22-2011, 12:57 PM

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?

09-22-2011, 12:57 PM	#1
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	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? __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

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