Re: My monitor stays black. Please help!

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From: Richard Urban (richardurbanREMOVETHIS_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 11/23/04 

Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 08:12:04 -0500

1. Stop doing things on your computer when you are not certain of what the
consequences will be.

2. Perform a repair/install of the operating system using the Windows XP
retail CD equivalent to the version of the O/S you have installed on your
computer. 

-- 
Regards:
Richard Urban
aka  Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)
"billy269" <billy269@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:ED29B1CC-265D-4E92-87F7-602EEB05BDAC@microsoft.com...
> When I boot into safe mode, the screen still stays black.  And VGA mode. 
> Why
> is it doing this?  Why can't I reboot and see anything in safe mode?  I 
> have
> even hooked up and external monitor and that is black too.  Any other 
> advice?
> I'd really appreciate it.
>
>
>
> "Jim" wrote:
>
>> Boot into safemode and uninstall, then reinstall your video 
>> drivers.Restart
>> and see if that helps.
>> "billy269" <billy269@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:DFD71C17-6EE3-44FF-8FF9-61346F84B161@microsoft.com...
>> >I right clicked on desktop, then clicked properties, settings, advanced,
>> > adapter, properties, on bottom of page it says device usage, I clicked
>> > disable this device.  Now my computer boots up and makes the normal 
>> > intro
>> > sound but the monitor goes black right when the Welcome screen on XP
>> > should
>> > appear.  How can I fix this problem to where the monitor will work
>> > properly
>> > again.  Is there any way to enable the device I changed (I think the 
>> > video
>> > card) without being able to see anything?  Any help would be 
>> > appreciated
>> > more
>> > than I can say.
>>
>>
>>

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