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| 425163 | 2006-01-29 17:07:00 | I bought a 3D Fuzion Geforce 6200 graphic card as I currently have an integrated 32Mb which isn‘t sufficient for a game I‘ve just bought. The instructions said that I must disable the driver for the integrated card before installing the new one so I went into Device Manager and disabled what I thought was the driver. I then fitted the new graphic card into a PCI slot and turned the computer back on. I inserted the install CD and began following the on screen instructions. A little bit into the installation my screen went black. I restarted the computer but now cannot get into Windows. I’ve tried a recovery system but that didn’t work and I’ve tried starting Windows in Safe Mode but I cannot get into Safe Mode although I’m given the option all that happens is a long list of Drivers is displayed on screen? I don’t know if it helps but I can get into my BIOS? Someone suggested that I might have blown my motherboard, is that possible? Any suggestions as to what is wrong would be appreciated. |
JB89 (9710) | ||
| 425164 | 2006-01-29 17:29:00 | Remove the 6200 card and see if that gets you into Windows. Ok what the manual meant was to uninstall the driver for your intergrated graphics... usually in Control Panel somewhere under Add/Remove Programs. Once you have done this, the system usually requires a restart. As for not been able to get into Windows... well the system won't boot because you have changed the hardware configuration without removing the drivers... this is something Windows XP or Windows 2000 (I'm assuming you're running one of the 2) doesn't like very much and if done causes the system to halt. My only suggestion is that you format and re-install Windows... you say you can't get into safe mode so that's not helping the situation at all. If you could get into Safe Mode then maybe things would have been a bit more salvagable. If you do manage to get into Safe Mode somehow then uninstall the old driver before installing the new card. If you have no joy with that... get into the bios, DISABLE the intergrated graphics, switch off the PC and install the new card. Install a fresh copy of Windows and everything should be sweet. Hope that helps cheers chiefnz |
chiefnz (545) | ||
| 425165 | 2006-01-29 18:45:00 | Tried uninstalling the new card and rebooting? What OS are you using? |
Myth (110) | ||
| 425166 | 2006-01-29 20:18:00 | Some misinformation there. You don't have to install a fresh copy of windows. The first thing I would do would be to disable the onboard graphics card in the bios. Hold down the delete key on boot up to get into the bios. Trevor :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 425167 | 2006-01-29 21:55:00 | The first thing I would do would be to disable the onboard graphics card in the bios. Hold down the delete key on boot up to get into the bios.Trevor :) Most modern mobo's don't require you to do this, once there is a card in the AGP or PCI-E slot, the onboard graphics usually get disabled. cheers chiefnz |
chiefnz (545) | ||
| 425168 | 2006-01-30 01:29:00 | OP, you have disabled the only way for the pc to produce video output by DISABLING instead of UNINSTALLING the current video output mechcanism. As staed last post, most current motherboards will disable onboard video apon detection of a dedicated graphic card. So, I would try using the boot into last known config that worked, hopefully this should re-instate video output, allowing you to uninstall the onboard video, re-start with new card for propmting of hardware drivers. Good luck |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 425169 | 2006-01-30 03:07:00 | To the best of my knowledge disabling on-board graphics entails changing a jumper on your motherboard. Have a look at your m/b manual and you should find directions. Removing in add/remove only removes the driver. The rest is still sitting there looking for a driver. |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 425170 | 2006-01-30 08:14:00 | To the best of my knowledge disabling on-board graphics entails changing a jumper on your motherboard. Have a look at your m/b manual and you should find directions. Removing in add/remove only removes the driver. The rest is still sitting there looking for a driver. lol wrong! Most on board VGA's are simply disabled in the bios (or auotomatically when card inserted). There were boards in the early days of onboard VGA that did have jumpers but I haven't seen to many of those around since early 586 (usually had onboard VGA ram, not shared ram which is most common now) This guy clearly has a driver problem anyway, focusing on onboard VGA disable is a mute point, he can see a post screen and a Windows boot logo screen, it is using the ext VGA, god I thought that would be obviouse to all but clearly not. Oh and "edit"....JB89 whome ever suggest you may of blown your motherboard is a complete idiot stop talking to him, nothing in your post suggests you have a MB issue. |
Battleneter (60) | ||
| 425171 | 2006-01-30 15:53:00 | Thanks for all the replies. A friend came round and reinstalled Windows and was also able to keep all my old files and folders. Thanks for all your help. |
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