[HeadUp]

wallbash:

my neighbors dropped off my new computer yesterday, i tried installing the drivers for my gfx card, an nvidia 7800 gfx, made by bfg tech...while installing it said something about windows not being able to verify that the card was made compatible for windows, and it was recommended i stopped. i didnt, and the computer started fucking up. basically, it would show the options of loading windows normally (which wouldnt work, the pc would reboot and then go back to this screen), run the last working config, or safe mode options...

i had a campus tech services guy come today, we were there for 5 hours trying to figure out wtf the problem is...he called his supervisor, who suggested that the drivers we were trying to install were corrupt, uninstalling them didnt seem to work, and after calling BFG tech support, all they could recommend was to dl drivesweep (which would clear up all nvidia drivers) and to install the newest drivers from nvidia off the interweb. the drivesweep worked, but the newest drivers wouldnt install b/c it couldnt find something (i forget what it said, something about not being able to find a compatible something)

basically, we tried tons of different things, but windows wouldnt load...so he left after 5 hrs, ill be waiting to reschedule another appt for this week...hopefully we will have more than one person this time.

so a couple mins after he left, i gave it a shot, and chose to load the last known working config and guess what...WINDOWS FUCKING LOADED!!! i re-ran drivesweep and rebooted and it loaded windows correctly!!!11

thats the last touch i made to the computer, im afraid to do anything else...has anyone ever had or heard of a problem like this, or does anyone know of a possible source of this problem or a feasible solution? i would give whoever has anything that works +1's basically every time i see them...