Graphix driver

[DarkSky]

Alright, so I got a brand new computer, put on WinXP Pro SP2, and everythings going fine. My friend helped me overclock (I'm a first timer to the thing), and it still went fine. Then I started getting blue screens that had to do with memory, and I read that it could have something to do with the graphics card. Remembered that I hadn't yet installed the driver for it, so I did so, and now I can't boot the OS properly. It hangs on the screen right before the login screen. (After the bootloader, b4 the login screen. says something like "please wait..." or something.) Is there a way that I can disable the driver through the recovery console? Can I use the "disable" command somehow to disable the driver? Thanks in advance.

 

[minendo]

Turn down the overclock.

 

[DarkSky]

Already did. I'll go try going down to the default FSB setting...see if that helps.

 

[BatmanNate]

Check that your memory timings aren't overly aggressive as well.

 

[DarkSky]

FSB didn't help, but ya, I'll go try that too.

EDIT: Nope. It was already on default settings. I guess I already brought it down from turbo...

 

[neonerd]

does anyone know if might be that driver? maybe it's faulty?

 

[neonerd]

yeah, the driver was for another year, anyone know how to disable it thru recovery console on the win xp cd?

 

[DarkSky]

lol, he's speaking for me, but that's right. He PMed me. The driver from the CD I installed it with is apparently old, and has had some problems with WinXP, so I shoulda gotten it from the manufacturer's website. However, that doesn't fix my problem. Is there a way I can disable the driver?

 

[huesmann]

Can ya boot to safe mode?

 

[DarkSky]

nope. same thing happens, right b4 login screen.

 

[huesmann]

Try an XP repair install.

 

[imported_raybay]

Remove or disable the driver in the Control Panel, then reinstall a freshly downloaded version.

 

[Sianath]

You can add the switch /BASEVIDEO to a boot.ini file on a boot disk you can make.

Create a floppy with ntldr, boot.ini, and ntdetect.com. Copy a boot.ini from a working machine if you aren't sure how to create one, and after the /FASTDETECT, add /BASEVIDEO. If video is your problem, this should bypass it.