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Please help somebody!!!

Trying to resolve issues on my laptop (Dell Inspiron 2650) I have rolled
back the drivers for my Nvidia Geforce2 Graphics card from 6693 to 6690.
After restarting my computer I can see nothing at all on my screen. If I
randomly hit the mouse key I hear the familiar sound of windows booting up
but still no picture. I managed to get into safemode once (by chance?) but
when I tried to put the drivers back, Nvidia does not exist on my computer in
safemode!!! Just the standard Dell graphics card I assume.

Please help....I have a blank screen and no way of accessing anything.

Thanks
 
Notebook video adapter drivers should only be obtained
from the manufacturer of your notebook (Dell) and not
from the NVIDIA web site.

From NVIDIA Support:

"Mobile GPU's like the GeForce Go and Quadro Go family of mobile GPU's
use drivers that have been customized to support hot key functions, power
management functions, lid close and suspend/resume behavior that are normally
found in notebooks. The reference drivers that are provided by NVIDIA on our
driver downloads page do not include these custom features. NVIDIA reference
drivers are UDA compatible and will run on an NVIDIA notebook GPU but other
functions like suspend/resume, display brightness, etc. are not supported.

To locate the latest drivers for your mobile GPU, visit the drivers page for
your notebook manufacturer. Since UDA drivers support backward compatibility
more recent drivers for more recent notebook models from the same notebook vendor
typically provide enhancements and maintain support for hot/keys and suspend/resume
behavior."


Try performing a "Repair Install", then visit the Dell support
web site to download the correct drivers:

NVIDIA GeForce2GO v.44.82 (A18)
http://support.dell.com/support/dow...tegory=6&os=WW1&osl=en&deviceid=1002&devlib=6

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Michael Stevens]

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.mspx

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| Please help somebody!!!
|
| Trying to resolve issues on my laptop (Dell Inspiron 2650) I have rolled
| back the drivers for my Nvidia Geforce2 Graphics card from 6693 to 6690.
| After restarting my computer I can see nothing at all on my screen. If I
| randomly hit the mouse key I hear the familiar sound of windows booting up
| but still no picture. I managed to get into safemode once (by chance?) but
| when I tried to put the drivers back, Nvidia does not exist on my computer in
| safemode!!! Just the standard Dell graphics card I assume.
|
| Please help....I have a blank screen and no way of accessing anything.
|
| Thanks
 
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