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by m_fo

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How do I undo a monitor selection mistake?
I chose the wrong type of monitor and now I can't boot in normal mode.

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by gallaso

He meant VGA Mode...
Boot into VGA MODE and then change your driver. And reboot.
This will work...

by mckaytech

Answer number 2 will work - provided your BOOT.INI has not been modified to delete the "boot in VGA mode" option.

If so, if you can boot to any place that will give you access to your C drive, you can re-set the read-only and hidden attributes onthe BOOT.INI file and then add to the default line: /basevideo /sos

Save the file, reboot and then you'll be able to fix the monitor selection.

paul

by m_fo

The answersI have gotton so far only confirm what I thought of doing and have done so far. I went into VGA mode and was told I had to reload my video card driver. I did. But when I went back into non-VGA mode I had the same bad result. Please more help?

by hjs

I have two ways you can get around this. In VGA mode load the MS VGA drivers and not the one's for your card. If that does not work then put a different video card in. If the video is on board you may be hosed.

by blue ice

If you've tried the other replies (i.e. vga mode ,etc,..) and you still get the "VGA SCREEN OF DEATH" jhave you tried service paking the machine again?

Vanilla NT will only see an AGP card after having SP3 put on it. NO matter what you try it will always be VGA.

If that doesnt work, download the correct drivers from the website.

Good Luck.

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