Simviation Forum - Blank Screen After Boot Up

	Search the archive:

Simviation Main Site | Site Search | Upload Images

Simviation Forum › Computer Hardware & Software Forum › Hardware › Blank Screen After Boot Up

(Moderators: Mitch., Fly2e, ozzy72, beaky, Clipper, JBaymore, Bob70, BigTruck)

‹ Previous Topic | Next Topic ›

Pages: 1

Blank Screen After Boot Up (Read 253 times)

Mar 7^th, 2010 at 11:19am

Bubblehead Offline
Colonel
Clear the bridge
San Diego, California USA

Gender:
Posts: 696

I have an XFX Radeon HD 5770 video card and I accidentally "unlocked" the ATI Overdrive. Now my PC will boot up normally but after a few minutes the screen turns blank. I would like to go back to the ATI Catalyst Menu but the screen goes blank before I can get there. Now I'm trying to boot in Safe or VGA mode but when I repeatedly press F8 to get to the Boot Menu, I get this "Please Select Boot Device" message instead listing the floppy, CDROMs and th Hard Drives. Is there another way to get to the Boot Menu other than repeatedly pressing F8?

IP Logged

Reply #1 - Mar 7^th, 2010 at 11:33am

Rich H Offline
Colonel
Sweden Jamboree 2011!
Solihull, U.K.

Gender:
Posts: 2082

You could just turn off the power switch, and then it should load safe mode?

"Politics" is made up of two words, "Poli", which is Greek for "many", and "tics", which are blood sucking insects. - Gore Vidal

IP Logged

Reply #2 - Mar 7^th, 2010 at 11:51am

dave3cu Offline
Colonel
Procrastinate now, don't
put it off.
3CU, Northern Wisconsin, USA

Gender:
Posts: 3077

Try F5 instead of F8.

Dave

At that time [1909] the chief engineer was almost always the chief test pilot as well. That had the fortunate result of eliminating poor engineering early in aviation. Igor Sikorsky

I intend to live forever....so far, so good. Steven Wright

You know....you can just rip up a to-do list.

IP Logged

Reply #3 - Mar 7^th, 2010 at 2:03pm

Bubblehead Offline
Colonel
Clear the bridge
San Diego, California USA

Gender:
Posts: 696

I know this is a dumb assumption but if I turn off the power switch wouldn't that shut down my PC? Or did you mean that while my PC is on I'll turn off the power switch and then turn it back on and that will get me to the Boot Menu. No?

IP Logged

Reply #4 - Mar 7^th, 2010 at 4:01pm

Bubblehead Offline
Colonel
Clear the bridge
San Diego, California USA

Gender:
Posts: 696

Follow Up.

Got the system running normally now. I was taping F8 too soon to get to the Boot Menu. I should've waited until after the logo. Nonetheless, after I got to the VGA Mode I uninstalled the ATI Catalyst and Driver and then reinstalled. ATI Overdrive was set to default and remained in the locked position.

But thanks for the help gents.

IP Logged

Pages: 1

‹ Previous Topic | Next Topic ›

« Home

‹ Board

Top of this page