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Thread ID: 54551 2005-02-15 09:43:00 Windows 2000 - Upside down screen Greyhammer (7328) Press F1
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325307 2005-02-15 09:43:00 Hi there,

I have a windows 2000 pc, which as of this morning displays everything upside down.

The Initial boot screens are the right way up. And it will not boot into safe mode

I have uninstalled and re-installed the video drivers with the same result. Ie when they are not installed it os Ok then when reinstalled the screen flips.

I have checked for possible virus's using at least 2 different scanners - Clean.

I am rapidly running out of ideas.

can anyone help???
Greyhammer (7328)
325308 2005-02-15 09:50:00 isnt this a prank, there is a prank program that does this. what happens when you are in safe mode. have a look under msconfig and see if there is anything dodgie same as in the add/remove in the control panel. Prescott (11)
325309 2005-02-15 09:53:00 I will NOT say it. Iwill NOT say it. I will NOT say it. I won't I won't. But can you see the upside down monitor that is in my mind ??? PJ :xmouth: :xmouth: Poppa John (284)
325310 2005-02-15 10:05:00 What type of graphics card do you have??

But I would have to aggree with what Poppa is thinking, would that just be easier. :lol:
Rob99 (151)
325311 2005-02-15 10:07:00 for xp but may give you a clue if your chipset is the same
support.microsoft.com
or hold the ctrl alt keys & use the up arrow key
some nvidia cards aslo have the NVRotate tool
bartsdadhomer (80)
325312 2005-02-15 10:16:00 It is a gigabyte board with onboard sis 650 chipset. Greyhammer (7328)
325313 2005-02-15 10:31:00 I'm not sure if this will help given I'm not sure of your monitor, but try this :

On the desktop, Right Click -> Properties -> Settings -> Advanced -> Intel Graphics (or something similar - depends on your graphics drivers, probably the right-most tab) -> Graphics Properties -> Rotation - in there you can put the rotation back to normal and disable the rotation -> Ok etc. With some graphics cards and/or LCD monitors it is activated by some key shortcuts of which I'm unaware of the combination (but I kept hitting them myself in error so I had to disable mine before suffering from neck strain).

HTH, Andrew
andrew93 (249)
325314 2005-02-15 10:43:00 Thanks for the input

Unfortunately there is no rotate tab adn being the onboard sis the nvidia thing does not apply.

task manager reveals nothing out of the ordinary to suggest prank software running in the background
Greyhammer (7328)
325315 2005-02-15 13:22:00 Do you have little Gigabyte or ati icons next to the clock??Cant remmber but one of the options I remember was to rotate the screen, I think it was for duel display, sorry cant help more but just poke around abit.

You also mentioned you scanned your computer. With what?

There is a good help page here (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz 16)
Rob99 (151)
325316 2005-02-15 19:30:00 Thanks all for your input, which was mostly helpfull.

The problem was resolved by making my way throughthe list of drivers on the gigabyte site for the baord in question (GA-8SIMLH) on the 5th set of drivers success.

I no longer have to stand on my head!!!! :@@:
Greyhammer (7328)
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