Need Help! Huge Driver Trouble.

[Mencius]

Hi All,

I recently installed the AMD Athlon™ 64 Processor Driver for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 Version (exe) 1.2.2.2 from this link http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_ty...ties/amdcpu.exe

After I installed these drivers the PC boots and goes through POST fine. However after the Microsoft Windows loading screen, when the windows login would normally come up, the monitor simply goes blank. This happens about 80% of the time 20% of the time the PC reboots after the loading screen. I cannot access safe mode as the same thing happens. I can get into the recovery console but I do not know how to restore the system from the console.

I am running Windows XP SP2
AMD Athlon 64 3400+ socket 754
Albatron K8X800 Pro II v2.0 Motherboard with VIA K8T800 chipset.
1 gig generic Ram (2 x 512MB)
Radeon 9800 Pro

I desperately need help with this problem. I do not know how to proceed at this point.
Thanks.

 

[(cf)Eclipse]

try disabling cool and quiet in the bios? the driver doesn't do much but allow it to work. if you can't find the option, boot into safe mode (hold F8 down after you see the computer post) and uninstall the drivers

 

[Mencius]

I think you're right that cool and quiet is the problem... and if I hadn't been up so late at night I would never have installed these drivers because my motherboard doesn't support cool and quiet. Could this be the source of the problem?

Also I cannot even boot inot safe mode, the screen just blanks out after the loading stage. Is there a way to use the recovery console to uninstall the drivers?

 

[Roberty]

Isn't there an option to "Use the last settings that worked" or something like that when you hit F8 after post? Me personally, I haven't ever had any luck using the recovery console. I use GoBack though. Saved my a$$ many a time in a situation like yours.