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Black Screen in Normal & Safe Mode

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by kdlennis531

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I'm having the same issue. I get the black screen in normal mode and if I select safe mode I get the black screen with the words "safe mode" in all four corners but no error message. I don't have the windows xp cd to run a repair. I bought computer from work and off course I got not CD with it. Is there anything I can do to save my computer?

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by rob miners

When starting up in Safe Mode you should have an option for Enable VGA Mode. Select this setting.
You may have set the Resolution too high for the monitor to use. Try setting it back to 800 X 600.

If that is not the problem and you can access Safe Mode via the Enable VGA Mode, go to Device Manager and click on

Display Adaptors, right click on the adaptor and click on Uninstall.
Restart the PC.

It may pick up the Drivers automatically on restart. If not you will have to download them.
Let us know how you get on.

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