Trying to update graphics drivers, all black...

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Adrnshw6

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Hello,
I was trying to update my 7800 GT's drivers to Nvidia's latest beta drivers that offer Oblivion optimizations. First, I uninstalled the old drivers. It asked me to restart, so I did. On startup, everything was normal, POST was fine, and so was the Windows loading screen, but after the Windows loading screen, everything went black... and stayed black. Tried restarting again, but it is still black after the Windows loading screen. Not sure what went wrong, but does anyone know how to fix this?

Thanks
 
forcefed said:
Try safe mode, F8 during boot.
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Tried that, but when I did, a bunch of text came down saying "multi(0) disk(0)..... and then a bunch of other stuff. Then the text stopped, and the screen was filled with it, and it didn't go away.
 
Adrnshw6 said:
Tried that, but when I did, a bunch of text came down saying "multi(0) disk(0)..... and then a bunch of other stuff. Then the text stopped, and the screen was filled with it, and it didn't go away.
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In Safe Mode, when it acts like it freezes, leave it for at least a few minutes. It did the same to me a few times before where it took a long time before the desktop came up. For sure, I thought it froze, but I let it sat a few minutes and then boom, the desktop came up. Your monitor didn't support your display mode, so that's why your monitor went blank/black. Once you are on the Desktop in Safe Mode, change your display mode to one where your monitor supports and then restart your PC, it should be fine after that (most times) if there isn't any other problem.
 
Adrnshw6 said:
Waited 10 minutes, and it is still that same screen.
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Oh, have you tried Last Good Start (or something like that yet)?
 
Start up in Safe VGA mode. Its different than just "safe mode"

If all things fail, extract data from your drive to another one, and reinstall windows...
 
Tried last good config and vga mode. Each resulted in black screens after the windows screen.
 
Adrnshw6 said:
Tried last good config and vga mode. Each resulted in black screens after the windows screen.
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You could try using a different monitor if you have any, or maby try repairing windows if you have the cd, or you could install another windows on your hard drive.
 
ive had that problem.once it was one of my drives, not even my os drive. when i disconnected it, i was able to boot to desktop. unplug all your extra stuff besides what you need to boot into windows. the other time i had the problem, clean install fixed it. or try a repair install. when you start your install, dont go to repair the first time it asks - this will bring you to the repair console which is basically a dos prompt. say yes the second time it asks, the next page i think, this will leave your apps and data alone, swap in a fresh set of system files, and delete your drivers. since it takes almost as long as a clean install, if your data/apps are not on your os drive, or you dont care if they are deleted, do a clean install.
 
Fixed it, I did a re-install of XP and all is fine now.

Thanks for all the suggestions.
 
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