RE: No Display after Windows Repair

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Unplug the computer,remove the battery,clear the CMOS (locate the jumper
pin on the board,and move it from 1-2 to 2-3 position for 1 min.or so,then
move back to 1-2),replace battery,on start-up,enter the BIOS,set basic,time,
date,then go to exit page,select "load set-up defaults" or "load optimal
defaults"
then change for any add-ons,in advanced/chipset,set to use on board,then save
and exit BIOS.To add a video card,you must disable on-board in device mgr
before
1st 2 restarts.

"charley323@xxxxxxxxx" wrote:

> I ran a Windows repair on a system today that had onboard video. There
> was no Display Adapter in the Device Manager afterward, so I looked at
> the Adapter properties by going through Display Properties > Settings >
> Advanced > Adapter, and it was listed as <Unknown>. The properties for
> the unknown adapter listed "VgaSave" as the adapter type. I tried
> updating the driver from the original motherboard disk, but with no
> luck - it was still listed as Uknown. I installed an nvidia fx 5200
> card, then downloaded the newest nvidia driver from their web site. I
> was getting a picture through the nvidia card, but when I ran the new
> driver it failed with "No Compatible Hardware Found" and the adapter
> properties still listed "VgaSave". Unfortunatley I checked "Do Not Use
> This Device(disable)" on the "VgaSave" and rebooted and now I do not
> get a display at all after the first black "Windows XP" screen. I can
> see the BIOS screen, and I can get to the F8 screen - but nothing
> works. I tried "Last Known Good Configuration", Safe Mode, VGA Mode,
> but all with no success. I tried running a Windows Repair from the CD
> again, and had a picture all the way through copying files and
> rebooting, but once it got past the black "Windows XP" screen the
> monitor went black. I have tried removing the nvidia card and using the
> onboard again, with the exact same results, and I have even tried an
> older ATI video card with the same results. I also went to the Recovery
> Console and Enabled the VgaSave service as startup_auto, but I still
> have the exact same problem. I stuck the hard drive as a slave on
> another system and added the /basevideo switch to the boot.ini file but
> it made no difference.
>
> Does anyone have any idea what else I could try? This is driving me
> crazy!!
>
>
.

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