no video in safe mode

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I am having a problem with a system that would bootup and windows is running
but all I got was a black screen. I know windows is running because I can do
all the keyboard shortcuts to shut it down. I removed the video card and
reset the bios to use the onboard video. Now it will bootup fine but I can
not remove the old card in safe mode because I get only a black screen in
safe mode.
 
Hi,

Power down the PC and unplug the AC power cord.
Open the chassis and remove the AGP/PCI vedio card.
Remove the CMOS battery for at least 15 minutes to clear the CMOS or check
from the mobo manual for the jumper that would short the circuit to clear
CMOS.
Replace the battery after the CMOS is cleared.
Close the chassis and replug the AC power.
Boot into BIOS and load setup default.
If it cannot successfully reload the BIOS, you may need to flash he BIOS
again by using the flash BIOS utility from the mobo manufacturer website.
Also make sure the battery is not run out yet.

Hope it helps.

Peter
 
I have tried all the settings in the bios to no avail and reset the bios to
defaults also. It seems like Windows is loading the wrong and/or incompatable
driver when trying to boot up in safe mode. I can navigate windows because I
know all the short cut keys. I can logon and shut down by the shortcut keys
so I know that windows is running but all there is is a black screen. Booting
up normally works fine. I am not sure if it is related to a network card that
will not uninstall. do you know of a way to manually remove a driver? where
to find the driver file name and remove delete it?
 
I have tried all of the bios settings including loading the defaults. The
system boot up fine in normal mode, but not in safe mode. I believe it is
being caused by a driver for a device that I have removed. I have tried
uninstalling the device but windows says it "uninstall can not be completed
this device may be necessary for the computer to boot". The device is a
D-Link PCI wireless network adapter that I have removed. D-Link has been no
help at all. Is there a way to find the driver file and delete it manually?
 
I have tried all of the bios settings including loading the defaults. The
system boot up fine in normal mode, but not in safe mode. I believe it is
being caused by a driver for a device that I have removed. I have tried
uninstalling the device but windows says it "uninstall can not be completed
this device may be necessary for the computer to boot". The device is a
D-Link PCI wireless network adapter that I have removed. D-Link has been no
help at all. Is there a way to find the driver file and delete it manually?
 
I have tried all of the bios settings including loading the defaults. The
system boot up fine in normal mode, but not in safe mode. I believe it is
being caused by a driver for a device that I have removed. I have tried
uninstalling the device but windows says it "uninstall can not be completed
this device may be necessary for the computer to boot". The device is a
D-Link PCI wireless network adapter that I have removed. D-Link has been no
help at all. Is there a way to find the driver file and delete it manually?
 
I have tried all of the bios settings including loading the defaults. The
system boot up fine in normal mode, but not in safe mode. I believe it is
being caused by a driver for a device that I have removed. I have tried
uninstalling the device but windows says it "uninstall can not be completed
this device may be necessary for the computer to boot". The device is a
D-Link PCI wireless network adapter that I have removed. D-Link has been no
help at all. Is there a way to find the driver file and delete it manually?
 
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