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Initialized display message then no boot
im trying to revive a dell optiplex gs+ running win 98 and after laborious
booting it finally comes up with the black/white msg "windows has succesfully initialized this display adapter - go into control panel select settings and finish configuring or some other verbage to that effect" then it just sits there with the cursor on the bottom and will not go any further. Is this a display issue or a corrupt OS issue?? Any help would be appreciated. -- bigec in louisiana |
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Initialized display message then no boot
Can you boot in safe mode? If so, I'd go to control panel, system, device
manager and delete the display adapter. Reboot and see if Windows will boot? If so, load the proper display driver. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "bigec" wrote in message ... im trying to revive a dell optiplex gs+ running win 98 and after laborious booting it finally comes up with the black/white msg "windows has succesfully initialized this display adapter - go into control panel select settings and finish configuring or some other verbage to that effect" then it just sits there with the cursor on the bottom and will not go any further. Is this a display issue or a corrupt OS issue?? Any help would be appreciated. -- bigec in louisiana |
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Initialized display message then no boot
When I try to boot in safe mode I get no display. The light on the monitor
stays amber. But after I let it do the lengthy boot it gives me the "initialized the adapter message" I think it gets to the screen where I can boot to safe mode but I just cant see it. -- bigec in louisiana "Ron Badour" wrote: Can you boot in safe mode? If so, I'd go to control panel, system, device manager and delete the display adapter. Reboot and see if Windows will boot? If so, load the proper display driver. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "bigec" wrote in message ... im trying to revive a dell optiplex gs+ running win 98 and after laborious booting it finally comes up with the black/white msg "windows has succesfully initialized this display adapter - go into control panel select settings and finish configuring or some other verbage to that effect" then it just sits there with the cursor on the bottom and will not go any further. Is this a display issue or a corrupt OS issue?? Any help would be appreciated. -- bigec in louisiana |
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Initialized display message then no boot
The "some other verbage" is the important bit, but if it refers to accessing
video properties and enabling the second display adapter then it is telling you that the monitor is plugged into the second or alternate video display card and you need to switch the monitor cable to the other VGA connector in the back of the unit. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "bigec" wrote in message ... When I try to boot in safe mode I get no display. The light on the monitor stays amber. But after I let it do the lengthy boot it gives me the "initialized the adapter message" I think it gets to the screen where I can boot to safe mode but I just cant see it. -- bigec in louisiana "Ron Badour" wrote: Can you boot in safe mode? If so, I'd go to control panel, system, device manager and delete the display adapter. Reboot and see if Windows will boot? If so, load the proper display driver. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "bigec" wrote in message ... im trying to revive a dell optiplex gs+ running win 98 and after laborious booting it finally comes up with the black/white msg "windows has succesfully initialized this display adapter - go into control panel select settings and finish configuring or some other verbage to that effect" then it just sits there with the cursor on the bottom and will not go any further. Is this a display issue or a corrupt OS issue?? Any help would be appreciated. -- bigec in louisiana |
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Initialized display message then no boot
Does this system by any chance have two display adapters installed -
possibly one on the motherboard and a separate card as well? If so, remove the secondary card and also go to the BIOS setup during the boot and be sure to choose correctly whether the display adapter in the system is AGP or PCI. You can probably get more information from the Dell web site on what hardware was included with this system. PattyL "bigec" wrote in message ... When I try to boot in safe mode I get no display. The light on the monitor stays amber. But after I let it do the lengthy boot it gives me the "initialized the adapter message" I think it gets to the screen where I can boot to safe mode but I just cant see it. -- bigec in louisiana "Ron Badour" wrote: Can you boot in safe mode? If so, I'd go to control panel, system, device manager and delete the display adapter. Reboot and see if Windows will boot? If so, load the proper display driver. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "bigec" wrote in message ... im trying to revive a dell optiplex gs+ running win 98 and after laborious booting it finally comes up with the black/white msg "windows has succesfully initialized this display adapter - go into control panel select settings and finish configuring or some other verbage to that effect" then it just sits there with the cursor on the bottom and will not go any further. Is this a display issue or a corrupt OS issue?? Any help would be appreciated. -- bigec in louisiana |
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