dansleeth
07-04-2009, 05:04 PM
This is really annoying! I was working on my PC and wanted to play a video on my HDTV via my second DVI port, so I went into display properties, extended my desktop onto the TV (something I have done a thousand times before) but for some reason, when I pressed OK, the screen went blank on my primary monitor. Now, when I boot in normal mode, I get to the loading screen and as it is about to show the login screen (where I click my username) the screen goes blank and my monitor says that it has disconnected. My TV also shows no signal, but will show everything up until that point.
If I start XP in VGA mode or Safe mode, everything works as it should, but at the stupid resolution.
How can I use safe mode to tell my graphics card to just display on my monitor at a reasonable resolution? I can't see why it has not worked. I have tried rebooting, changing the port I plug the monitor/TV into and even taken the graphics card out in the hope of it resetting - but it didn't work.
If I start XP in VGA mode or Safe mode, everything works as it should, but at the stupid resolution.
How can I use safe mode to tell my graphics card to just display on my monitor at a reasonable resolution? I can't see why it has not worked. I have tried rebooting, changing the port I plug the monitor/TV into and even taken the graphics card out in the hope of it resetting - but it didn't work.