How to re-enable VGA adapter

11 Mar 2005 2:42 AM

ABC

I blew it. I repair installed XP and it had a little disagreement with
my ATI 9550 driver----so the machine remained at the default VGA mode
and refused to accept the 9550 driver. Error message was something
about conflict with the VGA driver.

So I disabled the default VGA adapter ------now the screen is always
black, even though the system and hard disk are obvioulsy working. I
tried to repair install again and, once the windows start booting ,
the rest of the installation proceeds in the dark.

Is there a file in the Windows folder I can tweak to get a screen
back?

Thanks very much

ABC
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12 Mar 2005 10:56 AM

Martin

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"ABC" <ABC@nospam.net> wrote in message
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>I blew it. I repair installed XP and it had a little disagreement with
> my ATI 9550 driver----so the machine remained at the default VGA mode
> and refused to accept the 9550 driver. Error message was something
> about conflict with the VGA driver.
>
> So I disabled the default VGA adapter ------now the screen is always
> black, even though the system and hard disk are obvioulsy working. I
> tried to repair install again and, once the windows start booting ,
> the rest of the installation proceeds in the dark.
>
> Is there a file in the Windows folder I can tweak to get a screen
> back?
>
> Thanks very much
>
>
>
>
>
> ABC
> Do not reply by email. Replay to NG

Boot up and press F8 to bring up the Boot menu - before XP starts to load.
Enable VGA Mode: This option starts Windows in 640 x 480 mode by using the
current video driver (not Vga.sys). This mode is useful if the display is
configured for a setting that the monitor cannot display.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315222

Martin.

12 Mar 2005 11:54 PM

ABC

On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 10:56:03 -0000, "Martin" <zed***@o2.co.uk> wrotd:

>Enable VGA Mode: This option starts Windows in 640 x 480 mode by using the
>current video driver (not Vga.sys). This mode is useful if the display is
>configured for a setting that the monitor cannot display.

Tried that. It gave me a screen upto "Setting is restarting" and
stopped there. Here is a link to this problem---much bigger problem
than I thought.

http://forum.osnn.net/archive/index.php/t-36260.html

ABC
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