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| Predalienator_ |
  Posted 14th Dec 2006 8:12am |
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Well my pc mostly doesnt want to startup normally it just displays the BIOS screen that doesnt even respond.I had these problems occur when i instaled this new driver wich is the right one for my vid card so is it the driver thats causing all this coz its definitely not a virus coz i have scanned the pc.
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| Terminator20 |
Posted 14th Dec 2006 11:42pm |
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Did you make sure that you removed the old driver before you installed the new one? You will run into problems if you install a ne video driver over the old one. Easy way to fix this is to boot up into safe mode if you can get that far and remove the old driver, restart and install the new driver. If you can get far enough to get to the windows boot menu with "F8" then use a boot floppy disk to bypass the hd.  |
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sobe  |
Posted 14th Dec 2006 11:57pm |
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It would help if you gave proper information in your profile about your pc... 
1) Try resetting the BIOS. |
| "Apparently, Plaintiff believes that he could sue an egg company for fraud for labeling a carton of 12 eggs a dozen, because some bakers would view a dozen as including 13 items." - Western Digital 2006 |
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| Predalienator_ |
Posted 15th Dec 2006 12:52am |
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Aha i think my problem is overlapping the new driver with the old one.So resetting the BIOS eh?So i enter in there and.............. |
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| Schuy01 |
Posted 15th Dec 2006 1:07am |
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....and look for an option that lets you set it back to factory defaults. Or, consult your motherboard manual and look for a jumper that will mechanically reset the BIOS. (I think its called the CMOS jumper) |
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| Predalienator_ |
Posted 15th Dec 2006 1:13am |
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| Quoting Schuy01 | | ....and look for an option that lets you set it back to factory defaults. Or, consult your motherboard manual and look for a jumper that will mechanically reset the BIOS. (I think its called the CMOS jumper) |
Oh well i d/loaded the official driver from the SiS site and i can play games now but the startup problem is still there so i think resetting the BIOS like you guys said should solve all probs. |
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| Schuy01 |
Posted 15th Dec 2006 1:16am |
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Oh, after resetting the BIOS, make sure that you change any settings back to what your hardware requires. (check out your motherboard manual for that too.) |
◄ "Si vis pacem, para bellum!" - Flavius Vegetius Renatus ►
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| sobe |
Posted 15th Dec 2006 1:29am |
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Wait... it boots now 
I thought it never got past the boot screen. Meh. |
| "Apparently, Plaintiff believes that he could sue an egg company for fraud for labeling a carton of 12 eggs a dozen, because some bakers would view a dozen as including 13 items." - Western Digital 2006 |
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| Predalienator_ |
Posted 15th Dec 2006 2:15am |
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| Quoting sobe | Wait... it boots now
I thought it never got past the boot screen. Meh. |
I have to press the on button a lot of times then in a one in a million chances it starts  |
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| sobe |
Posted 15th Dec 2006 2:22am |
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LOL! Sorry, that's funny
Errr.... to me, not to you
Anyway, yes, try resetting your BIOS and see what happens. I prefer the use of jumpers myself, but meh. |
| "Apparently, Plaintiff believes that he could sue an egg company for fraud for labeling a carton of 12 eggs a dozen, because some bakers would view a dozen as including 13 items." - Western Digital 2006 |
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