Uninstall the video driver while safe mode. Reboot, reinstall with fresh copy of video driver.
On 1/17/10, Bobby Heid <bh...@sc.rr.com> wrote: > Me again. I just got the system from the woman tonight. One thing, it was > DUSTY! After blowing out the system, I powered it up. What happens is that > when going in to non-safe mode, after the loading XP window, the screen > blanks for about 10 seconds, then the signal to the monitor cuts off. After > another 10-15 seconds, the system reboots. > > It will boot into safe mode ok. In safe mode, I modified it so that it will > not reboot on a blue screen. When I am in safe mode, I cannot view any > events in the event viewer and the device manager shows nothing. Any ideas? > > It does blue screen now with a message something like: "error seems to be > caused by the following file: nv4_disp". I am researching this error now. > Seems to be sort of common. > > The stop code in case anyone is interested is: > 0x000000EA (0x870F8908, 0x86DCA108, 0xF7AD0CBC, 0x00000001) > > I have yet to scan the drive, but that is in the works. > > Any help appreciated. > > Thanks, > Bobby > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com > [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Bobby Heid > Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 5:59 PM > To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com > Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC problem. > > Thanks for the reply. I will probably scan the system and check the video > settings and drivers. > > I'll let everyone know what I found. > > Thanks, > Bobby > > -----Original Message----- > From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com > [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Joe User > Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 10:09 AM > To: Bobby Heid > Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC problem. > > Hello Bobby, > > Tuesday, January 5, 2010, 9:06:41 PM, you wrote: > >> Anyway, when booting up and it is showing the XP loading screen, the > screen >> starts blinking on and off. She says that it might stay off 2-3 seconds > at >> a go. Even after logging in, when moving the mouse, it causes the screen > to >> blink off. She says that it does not blink on and off when she goes into >> safe mode. > >> So, could it be some sort of infection? Maybe the PS or video card? She >> replaced the monitor and it still does the same thing. Or maybe a driver >> issue of some sort since it works in safe mode? > > > I doubt that's an infection nor a result of a password bypass unless > it wasn't obtained from a credible source. > > I would think this is a driver issue esp where everything is fine in > safe mode. Have you tried having them reload the drivers for the video > card? See if there are any gamma tweaks going on also. Report > findings. > > > -- > Regards, > joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key... > > "...now these points of data make a beautiful line..." > > > > > > -- Sent from my mobile device Richard E. Quilhot C.N.A. quilh...@gmail.com
