Sorry, but black screen question!

Discussion in 'Tech Support' started by Jesikah, 7 Jul 2006.

  1. Jesikah

    Jesikah What's a Dremel?

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    The computer was working perfectly fine prior to this. I havent downloaded anything recently and the virus scanner didnt pop up with anything about a virus. When this happened, I wasnt on the computer doing anything. I was on the floor playing with the dog and I noticed the computer shut off suddenly with no warnings or anything. I figured maybe the dog hit a wire and it restarted. The computer restarted back up fine so I didnt think anything of it. Then I left the room for a while and when I came back, the screen resolution was on HUGE (while I have it set to where icons and all that is tiny) and there was a greenish color to the toolbar and it was staticy looking but I could still see everything. I restarted the computer and after the Windows screen with the moving loading sign, the screen stays black/blank. I am able to get onto safe mode but nothing other. What is happening and how to fix this??
     
  2. Fr4nk

    Fr4nk Tyrannosaurus Alan !

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    Seems like a graphics card related problem, try uninstalling the drivers in safemode then boot to normal xp and reinstall the drivers.
     
  3. RotoSequence

    RotoSequence Lazy Lurker

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    Boot to safe mode and disable the video card drivers. Once disabled, reboot normally, and re-enable. If that doesnt work, try unplugging USB devices (sounds odd, I know, but Ive had similar issues with external USB devices, oddly enough).

    Also, this should be in Tech Support ;)
     

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