Infinite Loop...HELP!

[LMO]

Aloha all. While I was working on my system (checking e-mail) it suddenly
went down. Now, whenever I try to boot normally, it crashes and give me the
Blue Screen of Death with a msg about being stuck in an infinite loop with
NV4-disp.
What the heck is that? Boots up fine in Safe Mode, but cannot get back into
normal WinXP. Anyone know what to do? HELP!
Thanks all.

 

[Joe Grover]

NV4-disp.dll is part of the nVidia display drivers. A google search turned
up a bunch of people with Dell Dimension PCs that had this issue when their
video card went bad.

The first thing I'd try is using safe mode w/ networking support and
download the most recent video card drivers and see if that does the trick.
If not, your card may have failed.

Joe

 

[AJR]

I's 99% pure that if Safe Mode is Ok - but a bum normal boot - a driver is
at fault.

Options:
First: Do F8 at boot - select "Last Known Good Configuration"

Second: Try "System Restore" - Start>Acessories>System tools>System restore.

Third: To rule out a startup item : Safe mode>Start>Run>msconfig> clear
startup - if boots ok - go through startup item elimination process (takes
time).

Fourth: do F8 - select boot log - read it in root directory (bootlog.txt I
believe)- last item listed is the culprit.