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bailout · 02-17-04, 08:53 PM

After installing the drivers and editing x86config as per readme I was getting what appeared to be a crash, the screen would go completely blank with no pc activity and dead keyboard needing a hard reboot. Searching the forum I saw that a lot of people are posting similar problems so i thought I would report how I fixed it.

See this thread and read the second post
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/show...threadid=24708

I don't know whether my pc would have eventually booted if left for long enough, I left it for 3-4 minutes at least, but applying this fix solved the problem.

I have a crt monitor so I added the line,
option "IgnoreDisplayDevices" "DFP, TV"
and it now boots perfectly.

Check the readme for details.

02-17-04, 08:53 PM	#1
bailout Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 5	startx blank-screen crashes fix After installing the drivers and editing x86config as per readme I was getting what appeared to be a crash, the screen would go completely blank with no pc activity and dead keyboard needing a hard reboot. Searching the forum I saw that a lot of people are posting similar problems so i thought I would report how I fixed it. See this thread and read the second post http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/show...threadid=24708 I don't know whether my pc would have eventually booted if left for long enough, I left it for 3-4 minutes at least, but applying this fix solved the problem. I have a crt monitor so I added the line, option "IgnoreDisplayDevices" "DFP, TV" and it now boots perfectly. Check the readme for details.