won`t boot...black screen

Discussion in 'Software' started by db13, Apr 3, 2008.

  1. db13

    db13 Private E-2

    was working on computer when the screen froze...after a few minutes I shut it down...now on restart it won`t load past the windows xp ( windows xp sp2) screen it just goes to a black screen I can get in to safe mode so I tried system restore...tried loading last working configuration...ran anti virus/spyware tools and got nothing....now what should I look for?Thanks
     
  2. dlb

    dlb MajorGeek

    It is probably a bad video driver. Uninstall the driver in safe mode, reboot and reload the driver in normal mode. You may want to first boot in safe mode w/ networking so you can download the newest driver available for your video adapter.
    Good luck! Let us know how it goes.
     
  3. db13

    db13 Private E-2

    Thanks for the help...found the problem seems my video card was some how my video card got part way unpluged...repluged,reboot.fixed...thanks again
     

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