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I am running Windows XP on Sony Vaio PCV-RX860
I STUPIDLY disabled my video card driver. I downloaded an updated driver from the manufacturer (SiS) but forgot to unzip the folder which contained theupdate. And I thought I need to disable my current driver and re-start the computer. I WAS WRONG.
I disabled this by going to desktop, right click, properties, settings, advanced, adapter, propertes, disable
Needless to say, I re-start my computer and I get the message - "Information - Out of Range - 3.5 MHz of 45 KHz" or something like that
So then I put restart in SAFE MODE, using F8
I tried to "Enable VGA Mode"
I tried "Safe Mode with command prompt"
I tried "Start Windows Normally"
I tried "Restart from Last Known configuration that worked normally"
Nothing. Each time it comes back to the same screen that gives me options on how to restart in which mode
So then I went to the BIOS screen using F2 on re-start. I didn't see any setting that could help if I changed it.
So then I put in the Recovery CD hoping to repair the disabled driver.
It reads the CD and then gives me a blank BLUE screen.
Also, the Winkey-R command doesn't work. I was hoping to run a system restore.
I also looked inside the computer and I found that the SiS card is a cell phone sim card-looking thing that is actually part of the mother board. I can'tremove it.
I am lost. I don't know what to do. It just keeps going in a circle to the Safe Mode screen and gives me options on which mode to start - Safe Mode, SafeMode with command prompt, Safe Mode with Networking, Start Windows Normally, etc.
Any ideas?
I STUPIDLY disabled my video card driver. I downloaded an updated driver from the manufacturer (SiS) but forgot to unzip the folder which contained theupdate. And I thought I need to disable my current driver and re-start the computer. I WAS WRONG.
I disabled this by going to desktop, right click, properties, settings, advanced, adapter, propertes, disable
Needless to say, I re-start my computer and I get the message - "Information - Out of Range - 3.5 MHz of 45 KHz" or something like that
So then I put restart in SAFE MODE, using F8
I tried to "Enable VGA Mode"
I tried "Safe Mode with command prompt"
I tried "Start Windows Normally"
I tried "Restart from Last Known configuration that worked normally"
Nothing. Each time it comes back to the same screen that gives me options on how to restart in which mode
So then I went to the BIOS screen using F2 on re-start. I didn't see any setting that could help if I changed it.
So then I put in the Recovery CD hoping to repair the disabled driver.
It reads the CD and then gives me a blank BLUE screen.
Also, the Winkey-R command doesn't work. I was hoping to run a system restore.
I also looked inside the computer and I found that the SiS card is a cell phone sim card-looking thing that is actually part of the mother board. I can'tremove it.
I am lost. I don't know what to do. It just keeps going in a circle to the Safe Mode screen and gives me options on which mode to start - Safe Mode, SafeMode with command prompt, Safe Mode with Networking, Start Windows Normally, etc.
Any ideas?