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charley323
I ran a Windows repair on a system today that had onboard video. There
was no Display Adapter in the Device Manager afterward, so I looked at
the Adapter properties by going through Display Properties > Settings >
Advanced > Adapter, and it was listed as <Unknown>. The properties for
the unknown adapter listed "VgaSave" as the adapter type. I tried
updating the driver from the original motherboard disk, but with no
luck - it was still listed as Uknown. I installed an nvidia fx 5200
card, then downloaded the newest nvidia driver from their web site. I
was getting a picture through the nvidia card, but when I ran the new
driver it failed with "No Compatible Hardware Found" and the adapter
properties still listed "VgaSave". Unfortunatley I checked "Do Not Use
This Device(disable)" on the "VgaSave" and rebooted and now I do not
get a display at all after the first black "Windows XP" screen. I can
see the BIOS screen, and I can get to the F8 screen - but nothing
works. I tried "Last Known Good Configuration", Safe Mode, VGA Mode,
but all with no success. I tried running a Windows Repair from the CD
again, and had a picture all the way through copying files and
rebooting, but once it got past the black "Windows XP" screen the
monitor went black. I have tried removing the nvidia card and using the
onboard again, with the exact same results, and I have even tried an
older ATI video card with the same results. I also went to the Recovery
Console and Enabled the VgaSave service as startup_auto, but I still
have the exact same problem. I stuck the hard drive as a slave on
another system and added the /basevideo switch to the boot.ini file but
it made no difference.
Does anyone have any idea what else I could try? This is driving me
crazy!!
was no Display Adapter in the Device Manager afterward, so I looked at
the Adapter properties by going through Display Properties > Settings >
Advanced > Adapter, and it was listed as <Unknown>. The properties for
the unknown adapter listed "VgaSave" as the adapter type. I tried
updating the driver from the original motherboard disk, but with no
luck - it was still listed as Uknown. I installed an nvidia fx 5200
card, then downloaded the newest nvidia driver from their web site. I
was getting a picture through the nvidia card, but when I ran the new
driver it failed with "No Compatible Hardware Found" and the adapter
properties still listed "VgaSave". Unfortunatley I checked "Do Not Use
This Device(disable)" on the "VgaSave" and rebooted and now I do not
get a display at all after the first black "Windows XP" screen. I can
see the BIOS screen, and I can get to the F8 screen - but nothing
works. I tried "Last Known Good Configuration", Safe Mode, VGA Mode,
but all with no success. I tried running a Windows Repair from the CD
again, and had a picture all the way through copying files and
rebooting, but once it got past the black "Windows XP" screen the
monitor went black. I have tried removing the nvidia card and using the
onboard again, with the exact same results, and I have even tried an
older ATI video card with the same results. I also went to the Recovery
Console and Enabled the VgaSave service as startup_auto, but I still
have the exact same problem. I stuck the hard drive as a slave on
another system and added the /basevideo switch to the boot.ini file but
it made no difference.
Does anyone have any idea what else I could try? This is driving me
crazy!!