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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: tinfoil on January 25, 2009, 12:56:11 am
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Okay so i was playing nhl 09 when i left for awhile and accidentally let my computer go into standby.
I came back and the game had stopped responding and no keys worked to do anything. This is normal.
I then pressed buttons until i hit upon the combination ctrl-shift-f11. I got to task manager and killed the game but when i got out of it my graphics were all screwed up and my graphics card seemed to not be doing it's job.
no amount of rebooting or unplugging helps. I am using an ati card if this makes a difference.
I really hope someone can give me a hand here, because nothing is really working at all right now and for undisclosed reasons i really really need that computer.
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reinstall video drivers
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Have you tried booting into safe mode or depending on what OS boot in VGA mode? If you can't do either one of those you probably fried something.
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. . . and for undisclosed reasons i really really need that computer.
Go buy a magazine :p
My standard procedure for when I screw something up (usually on my Linux partition, mind you) is this:
1. Get it to turn on at all
2. Attempt to get it working like it did before I screwed something up.
- 2a. Resolve to get it to get to defaults.
As others have said, boot into safe mode if you can, and try to reinstall the drivers.
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. . . and for undisclosed reasons i really really need that computer.
Go buy a magazine :p
god damn it. that's not why. i've got some stuff on there that i haven't backed up and i really want to finish. freespace stuff :rolleyes:
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Before installing the new drivers you may want to use some sort of driver cleaner as well.
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alright.
but what really bugs me is what i could have possibly done to screw over it that badly
EDIT: wtf, i tried a system restore and it says that no changes have been made when it is clear that changes have indeed been made. i guess i'll try safe mode.
EDIT2 in safe mode the weird colour/ icon glitching is gone but there is still a jacked up resolution. why is that? obviously nothing is completely fried but something is seriously wrong and to be honest, I'm a little scared to mess around with my drivers.
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EDIT2 in safe mode the weird colour/ icon glitching is gone but there is still a jacked up resolution. why is that? obviously nothing is completely fried but something is seriously wrong and to be honest, I'm a little scared to mess around with my drivers.
At first after reading this comment I was like this: :confused: :confused:
Then I realised you are about half my age. The resolution you are seeing is 640 x 480 x 16 (or 256) colors, the standard VGA format which every graphic card should be able to display. It is a Windows "safe" mode, since my guess is that all cards function in a similar way and don't need a card specific drivers to display it.
Mika
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Yeah, i figured that out this morning. i'd really like to know how i managed to make it do that though. I think i better stop just pressing buttons to fix things :lol: