Computer Problem... Please help

[Brian911]

as this is one of the very few boards I regularly read I'll try it here first, sorry being offtopic:

Today I installed the new Detonator driver for my Riva TNT 2 and after the reboot windows didnt start..
well, I thought "no problem at all" and restored the registry (scanreg /restore) and put up my old driver but its still the same - black blank screen after the win98 logo :(

anybody got experience with that crap and can help me please?

thx in advance
Brian

[salsbury]

you can try hitting F8 right after the 'starting windows' line (i think it's F8) and then choosing the step-by-step mode. hit Y on everything. whatever is last is probably the problem.

[wildzero]

Or you could try going into safe mode and removing the driver totaly, then try a different driver, did you get the right one last time?

[Brian911]

wow fast reply thx :)

I forgot to mention.. I tried to go into safety mode and "uninstall" the driver but there is no option to do it.
you can just "overwrite" the actual one with another I think and this is what causes the prob IMHO.
cant be the registry either (see above).

salsbury, couldnt find any unusual or new stuff in my startup files. thanks though

[salsbury]

you can replace it with the basic svga driver.. i forget its name but there's one that is just generic. that might get you goin.

[Brian911]

salsbury: good idea, nearly forgot about that one ;) k I installed it, lets see

[...]update:
still blank screen at startup. same story.

is there any way to completely "uninstall" the driver in safe mode?(..assuming I'd know the names of the single driver files perhaps?)

[salsbury]

i think if you delete the driver from the system properties, it deletes it from the system, but only while in safe mode.

[MJ]

I would just reformat, but then again, I just love the speed of a clean install :D

[Brian911]

I wont format, you have no clue how many MONTHS I spent on the system like it is now :D

turned out to be the monitor driver and not the wrong detonator one..
now I just need to get a valid driver for my monitor from '97. the windows standard ones obviously dont work ;)

well, at least I know what to face now.
Thanks for all your help (again).
This board really turns out to be useful - I'll stop now and sleep cause writing this and viewing the board at 640*480 and 16colors (svga driver didnt work as I didnt find the win98cd..) hurts my eyes only.

thx again!

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