At first it booted up but the monitor had a bunch of crazy lines on it. Now
the screen stays blank. I tried to boot via the CD Drive (no floopy drive on
machine) with no luck. The CD spins awhile then stops. Nothing shows on the
screen. WinXP Pro, laptop.

"egvsjv" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:C91D7BF1-CB57-4F38-94B5-(E-Mail Removed)...
> At first it booted up but the monitor had a bunch of crazy lines on it.
Now
> the screen stays blank. I tried to boot via the CD Drive (no floopy drive
on
> machine) with no luck. The CD spins awhile then stops. Nothing shows on
the
> screen. WinXP Pro, laptop.

Try booting in Safe Mode, and/or with a different monitor.

The lines on screen indicated that its a graphics problem. If like the other
user said you can get to safe mode then you have a corrupt display driver

As you are using a laptop you will need to plug the external monitor in &
fress example: Fn & F5 /F8 together. It depends on your machine

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Newbie Coder
(It's just a name)

"egvsjv" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
> At first it booted up but the monitor had a bunch of crazy lines on it.
> Now
> the screen stays blank. I tried to boot via the CD Drive (no floopy drive
> on
> machine) with no luck. The CD spins awhile then stops. Nothing shows on
> the
> screen. WinXP Pro, laptop.

Did you change the device boot order in the BIOS for the CD drive to be the
first device? If so and it won't boot from a bootable CD, then there are
hardware problems, not an XP OS issue. I suggest you post to a hardware
newsgroup or contact the tech support for the computer, or take it to a
competent computer repair shop.

--
Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

egvsjv <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Nothing shows on the screen.

EVER?

If the answer is yes, then you have some heavy hardware problems.
Since many/most laptop mainboards have integrated video, you'd better
start shopping for a new computer.

Please reply to the OP.


"Newbie Coder" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> The lines on screen indicated that its a graphics problem. If like the
other
> user said you can get to safe mode then you have a corrupt display driver
>
> As you are using a laptop you will need to plug the external monitor in &
> fress example: Fn & F5 /F8 together. It depends on your machine
>
> --
> Newbie Coder
> (It's just a name)
>
>

"Pegasus \(MVP\)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Please reply to the OP.

You DARE to tell Newbie Coder (who's got 27 - or izzit 57 - years
experience with computers how to reply here?

If I remember right, ND doesn't know how to quote either.

It won't go into safe mode. The problem started after I tried to update some
drivers. I will try to hook up an external monitor.

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>
> "egvsjv" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:C91D7BF1-CB57-4F38-94B5-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > At first it booted up but the monitor had a bunch of crazy lines on it.
> Now
> > the screen stays blank. I tried to boot via the CD Drive (no floopy drive
> on
> > machine) with no luck. The CD spins awhile then stops. Nothing shows on
> the
> > screen. WinXP Pro, laptop.
>
> Try booting in Safe Mode, and/or with a different monitor.
>
>
>

I managed to get it into safe mode with a 2nd screen attached. Also, I can
now boot from the OS CD. I am willing to format the drive if it will solve
the problem. However, I cannot read anything on the screen if I boot from
the CD although I see there is text under the screen gibberish. I can get a
DOS screen from Safe Mode. There are vertical bars on the screen so its
difficault to read text. Any suggestions.

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

> Please reply to the OP.
>
>
> "Newbie Coder" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > The lines on screen indicated that its a graphics problem. If like the
> other
> > user said you can get to safe mode then you have a corrupt display driver
> >
> > As you are using a laptop you will need to plug the external monitor in &
> > fress example: Fn & F5 /F8 together. It depends on your machine
> >
> > --
> > Newbie Coder
> > (It's just a name)
> >
> >
>
>
>

"egvsjv" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
>I managed to get it into safe mode with a 2nd screen attached. Also, I can
> now boot from the OS CD. I am willing to format the drive if it will solve
> the problem. However, I cannot read anything on the screen if I boot from
> the CD although I see there is text under the screen gibberish. I can get
> a
> DOS screen from Safe Mode. There are vertical bars on the screen so its
> difficault to read text. Any suggestions.
>
> "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
>
>> Please reply to the OP.
>>
>> "Newbie Coder" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
>> > The lines on screen indicated that its a graphics problem. If like the
>> other
>> > user said you can get to safe mode then you have a corrupt display
>> > driver
>> >
>> > As you are using a laptop you will need to plug the external monitor in
>> > &
>> > fress example: Fn & F5 /F8 together. It depends on your machine

What did you do to get it to boot from the CD? Send the laptop in for
repair.

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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]