XP boots but no display -help

[Guest]

I have a 4 month old TINY PCI express 530 with XP home SP2
Intel P4 530 LGA 775 HT Processor 800Mhz bus speed 3.0GHz clock
FIC Intel Grantsdale (915P) motherboard
1024MB RAM
200GB 7200 RPM serial ATA hard disk
256MB ATI X600 Pro PCI express graphics


My son was playing Knights online yesterday when TFT went into idle mode
during play
The game was still running in the background but the display would not return
On reboot normal screens were seen up to XP loading screen then TFT shut off
but XP continued to load successfully (as normal sounds were audible and on
clicking we could here log in)
I cannot boot in an other mode ( have had this problem since my son put LOP
spyware onto my PC) as I have tried endlessly
I do have a system restore CD but am reluctant as TINY did not provide all
the software that was on my system on purchase - most importantly my writing
software!!!
As you are aware TINY are no more (again) and so I have no avenue to go there
Please help

 

[GreenieLeBrun]

Have you tried selecting the "Last known good configuration" choice
(from the text screen you get after taooing F8 just after the POST)?

Have you tried the monitor on another computer?

Have you tried a different monitor on your machine?

It sounds like the video card is set to a resolution/frequency that the
TFT does not like.

The following may also help:-

How to perform an in-place upgrade (reinstallation) of Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315341

How to Troubleshoot Registry Corruption Issues
http://support.microsoft.com/? id=822705

How to Recover from a Corrupted Registry that Prevents Windows XP from
Starting
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307545

How to back up, edit, and restore the registry in Windows XP and
Windows Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;322756