I had a graphics card on my computer (NVIDIA) and I disabled it so I could play an older game. When I went to enable it again, it wouldn't let me. My fiance took the card out, and tried to put it back in and start it up, but the screen went black after the windows start up screen. It won't go past that, and won't even let me go into safe mode. How do I fix this?
2006-08-21 05:34:57 · 8 answers · asked by Huliganjetta 5 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
He disabled the NVIDIA card before he shut it off and took it out (or so he says he did) if he didn't, and it won't let me go into safe mode, how do I disable it?
Also, when I try to go into safe mode it goes to a black screen with a lot of words on it, and that is as far as it goes.
I don't know what the heck my fiance did!
2006-08-21 06:14:00 · update #1
disable your other video cardbefore you install your second one
2006-08-21 05:39:53 · answer #1 · answered by vanman8u 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Turn it off. Unplug it, then remove the GFX card and put it into another available PCI slot. Then start it up. The system (XP Pro) should recognize the change and say alot of junk about new hardware found. You may have to reinstall your Nvidia software. If you dont have the CD, you can easily download it from Nvidias website. It's very odd that your card wouldnt let you play an older game and had to be disabled. ATI doesnt have stubborn problems like that. I suggest an ATI card in the future.
2006-08-21 12:44:43 · answer #2 · answered by sbravosystems 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lets get this clear, you disabled a card to play an older game. Did you disable an onboard graphics card or a normal card?
If it was a normal card you disabled, so that the onboard card could play the older game, thats understandable.
Now if it is not working after putting it in securely, try one of the following:
1) take the bios battery out and restart the pc
2) ensure all the card is properly seated and not damaged by short circuiting, wet hands, broken transistors etc
3) enter the bios to see which graphics card is being used
However, i think more than likely it has been damaged while it was kept out or put in!
2006-08-21 12:44:25 · answer #3 · answered by Istiaque Choudhury, BEng (Hons) 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
before it boots up can you repeatdly press F8 so that you get the boot menu ?
If so then enable vga mode.
If not does the motherboard have onboard video or can you borrow or get a cheap graphics card just so you can see what you are doing then un install the nvidia drivers and re install later ones.
If the enable vga option works then I would suggest you un install the drivers for the graphics card and re install the latest ones.
WIth nvidia cards you may find that installing an earlier version of the graphics card driver may help stability and such like ( I havent tested out the various ones ).
good luck
2006-08-21 12:41:32 · answer #4 · answered by gecko_au2003 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make sure the card is tight in it's socket, take it out and insert it again. If it's installed properly you should be able to go to safe mode and then either adjust settings or maybe delete it in device mgr and then reboot or just try rebooting normally.
2006-08-21 12:47:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What does it do when you try to go into safe mode?
I'd suggest re-installing the g-card software. You left the physical card in though right?
2006-08-21 12:42:19 · answer #6 · answered by uranium9v 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
remove the gfx cd if its there now
Get into safe mode
remove the other onboard graphics card
and remove the nvidia's disable option [from there itself .]
then shut down
fix the card int o the slot
then boot into normal XP and it will be detected!!!!
2006-08-21 12:43:20 · answer #7 · answered by niranjan t 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just clean the video slot with dray cleaner, and try again.
2006-08-21 12:47:22 · answer #8 · answered by Ali 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋