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| Author: | jive512 [ Thu Jan 15, 2004 10:34 am ] |
| Post subject: | Newbie needs help with install |
After completion of the Automatic install and the reboot, I get a black screen. I think I get a blinking cursor. I even tried a manual install, but the same result. I have read many postings about Nvidia drivers. So, with the automatic install files on my hda, I booted my system from the cdrom. Then, I tried installing the nvidia drivers (wget) instructed from the FAQs, but not sure if they installed properly, because after rebooting I get the same black screen. I am lost with this one. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks in advance. MSI KT7Pro2 AMD Athlon XP 1700+ 256 RAM Gainward Nvidia Ti4200 ATI TV Wonder PCI 80 GB HDD |
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| Author: | cesman [ Thu Jan 15, 2004 10:40 am ] |
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After installing, did you: <CTRL><ALT><F1> install-nvidia.sh |
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| Author: | jive512 [ Thu Jan 15, 2004 12:20 pm ] |
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I'm trying to remember because I am not at home, but I believe it automatically rebooted. To clarify, the install rebooted itself. Then, I changed the boot device to IDE-0 in the bios. Afterwards, it comes up with the black screen. |
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| Author: | jive512 [ Thu Jan 15, 2004 12:25 pm ] |
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To answer your question, yes. I did the CTRL-ALT-F1 and tried installing the driver. It did have a copy error, device full. I believe it was trying to copy to the cdrom, because the only way I could get the command prompt was via the gui install (off the cd). I changed the prompt to HOME and tried the install, but I got some other errors that I can remember at this time. |
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| Author: | jive512 [ Fri Jan 16, 2004 7:32 am ] |
| Post subject: | I figured it out ... |
bad harddrive. The MBR was corrupt. Thanks for the help anyway. |
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