Cannot boot computer with disabling Display Driver?

Question

A while back my computer stopped booting properly after getting a warning saying "Nvidia Kernel driver has crash and successfully recovered". Problem is, I kept getting that warning. A day or so later, My computer wouldn't boot unless it was in safe mode or if I disabled my Display Driver. Now I have weird horizontal lines jumping around, and they tend to leave "marks" on the screen, which go away when I move my cursor over them.

I have uninstalled my driver and reinstalled it multiple times, and I get the same issue when it restarts. I have to go back into safe mode, and disable it to get past the "Starting Windows" animation on startup

My computer was custom built by someone I know. The graphics card is Nvidia Geforce 8600 GT. It's up to date.

I've tried rolling back to older versions to no avail. I've done a multitude of things to try to fix this short of bringing it to a repair shop.

This problem has persisted for over a month now.

I don't even have my driver enabled because, as I said. I cannot boot past "starting windows" if it's enabled. Therefore installing new drivers, rolling back the driver, or uninstalling and reinstalling new drivers has no effect.

Answer 1

What you may need to do is find an older version of the driver, (obviously the latest one is playing up). Rollback can only change back one version, so the original driver may not be there.



Have a look on NVidia site (but I think they only have the latest version, but check anyway you may be able to get an older version), or contact the guy who built it to see if they had the version they put on, or try and find an nvidia forum to see if someone has on older version.

Answer 2

You can download ccleaner for free here: http://bit.ly/1Bk5V5C



First open CCleaner

Go to the Cleaner tab and you will be confronted by a very confusing lineup of checkboxes.

To make this brief, below is my recommended setup:

Under internet explorer check temporary internet files, cookies, and last download location. Most users don't really need this stuff. keep history and bookmarks unchecked, history is a maybe, but you don't want to lose bookmarked sites. You can normally leave Windows Explorer, System, and Advanced alone.

Run CCleaner and it will start deleting files.

afterward it will present you with a list of the files deleted, you really don't need to go through it as it will be several pages long.

The registry cleaner is recommended for slightly more advanced users. Use it after uninstalling programs as they will often leave behind incorrect registry entries.

If you decide to run Registry cleaner then review the items detected and always back up the registry (I keep a folder aside for this)

The Tools tab lets you uninstall programs and set startup programs. Why do you need this if Windows has all of these features? Especially with Vista Home Ed. The windows defender software explorer( startup programs) doesn't pick up some entries (however software explorer is easier to use).

Using CCleaner to uninstall programs and then check for leftover registry entries takes less time.

Under Options you can determine how CCleaner cleans your files. I leave this alone.

Answer 3

You have not recounted when you've got set up a new program or hardware just lately or havinh achieved any updates.If these things have ever been don befor you recieve the blue page then there may be an conflict: do a "clear cmos" the proccess of which is written on your motherboard's handbook OR substitute the battery of your mother board for a while and then substitute it and vigor on this normally will remedy your problem if it did not then you're going to ought to test your hardwares one after the other untill you in finding the situation hadware

Answer 4

WTH?? I've answered this twice already!!

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