OT: I NEED SOME HELP, PLEASE!!!!

[MythicalMino]

Ok, yesterday, i bought the GeForce XF 5600 card from MSI. I put it in, it was working.

I decided today that maybe i should do a clean install of the drivers. Perhaps that was not such a good idea. Because now, all I get is a black screen. The pc itself is running fine, i can hear icq in the back ground, ect. But, i cannot see anything. Just a black screen.

I have tried unplugging my monitor, restarting, and then re-plugging it back in, but i still get nothing. I have tried going back to my previous graphics card, but again, nothing.

All i did was install the drivers from the cd-rom. After they were done, it asked me to restart, so i did. Now, all i get is the black screen. I cannot check any settings, because i cannot see anything on the screen.

Does anyone have ANY idea what i need to do to get my screen to work properly.

Btw, when i first turn my pc on, I see the windows XP logo, but then, after that, it goes black, as the pc loads.

ANY HELP please!!!

Thanks

Chris

P.S. I understand that this is off-topic, and that they may be "appropriate" forums to post this, BUT, I am using my mother-in-laws pc right now, and i need to get the answers quickly....hence, i am posting in the forums I visit the most....

[Argitoth]

dood, goto Properties --> Settings --> Advanced

And mess with something in there. You need to tell the computer what video card you are using.

[MythicalMino]

I would, if i could....but i cannot see anything on the screen....the screen is totally black

[condors]

if the monitor has a green light try it on another pc or another monitor on your pc

if it has a orange/yellow light check the connections

[Johan K]

You could boot in safe mode and then install another driver. I don't remember the proper way to get into safe mode, but a reset halfway through the boot process might do the trick as well if your harddrive survives it (mine did).

[Arryn]

Try loading XP in "safe mode". This will bypass your card-specific video drivers and use Windows' own standard drivers. If this works, you can then try messing with settings, or re-installing drivers.

BTW, since you have XP a bit of advice: always create a system restore point prior to changing your hardware config or making any drastic changes to the OS environment. Microsoft has an excellent metallic blue and black -colored paperback tome (ISBN 0735613826 $45 list) called Windows XP Inside Out that I highly recommend. It has pretty much everything you'll ever need to know about the OS.