Hey guys, Well i have a problem and i find myself here again. i am currently trying to fix my step dads pc Custom Build 768mb 333 ram 40gb hard drive win xp lan party mother board nvidia 128mb graphics card anyway.... so i reinstall and run into no problems at all - then computer reboots and goes to the log screen (with the scrollling bar at the bottom) first of all when the computer gets to the logo screen everything looks okay (but no green squares in the bar) then about 1-2 seconds the colours mess up (as though the graphics card drivers arnt intalled - which they arnt) and still no scrolling bar. then the computer sits there and does nothing - even though the hard drive flashes for a minute or two then stops still the screen sits there (i have left it for around ten minutes without any change) ive tried restarting from last know config VGA mode ive also tried repairing windows and i have tried safe mode - this boots to a black screen with horizontal multi coloured lines i believe its a graphics card problem but as i dont have another to test it with (mines pci express) your views would be appriecited thanks RAvenLife
Try rebooting while rebooting press f8 several time before the windows screen loads. Select safe mode. It should windows default and let you boot. If it does, try to load the video drivers then. If not, go to "in safe mode," start, control panel, display, settings, advanced, adapter, properties, update driver, select not this time for search next, select install fro specific location (advanced) next, select don't search. I will choose the driver to install next, click have disk, browse for the driver location "your disk drive where the driver is located." When you see the driver click the inf file, it should show in the locate file box, click open. Then follow through with the install. If this does't work I'd suggest finding a display card that is plug and play xp compatable. Windows default drivers will boot to this device.
i know how to install devices im not a noob i also know how to press f8 and boot in safe mode doesnt work. so therefor i cannot do anything with the drivers or graphics card. unless ofcourse i get a new one which i dont wont to do as its not my computer thanks anyway
