Re: No video in safe mode

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Thanks R. McCarty. I will try that and let you know. I appreciate your help.

"R. McCarty" wrote:

> Boot to normal mode, open Device Manager and click the View
> option and check "Show Hidden Devices". Expand the Display
> adapters category, Uninstall all devices (Assumes you're still on
> the PCI card). Download the latest Chipset driver package for
> your motherboard and install. Don't reboot - Shutdown. Remove
> the PCI card, insert your new AGP and boot to Windows XP
> normally. Then install your new card's driver/support software.
>
> "Kevin" <Kevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:EAB8B07E-55B1-41BE-828E-7B559C1BD5E4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >I am having trouble getting video in safe mode (or VGA mode for that
> >matter).
> > In safe mode, after loading agp440.sys, the screen stops updating and
> > there
> > is no more video.
> >
> > All appears ok in normal startup.
> >
> > A little history; I tried to installed a new AGP video card, had trouble
> > getting it working, tried to get my original AGP video card and couldn't.
> > I
> > had to install a PCI video card in order to get normal video working.
> >
> > Now I am left with no video in safe mode. Tried uninstalling vgasave,
> > rebooting and doing a hardware detect. vgasave is enabled (as shown in
> > recovery console).
> >
> > Running XP Pro SP2.
> >
> > Any ideas?
>
>
>
.

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