I'm in a really desperate situation

IcE-ColD · 28 Jan 2009 at 18:02

Boot into the BIOS, select the video adapter to be the one on your motherboard. Boot into windows uninstall the old graphics drivers, download the latest 1's, and install them. Set the resolution to your prefered one. Then back into the BIOS change video adapater to be your GPU. Then try and boot into windows.

snowdog · 28 Jan 2009 at 18:05

Monitor or drivers prolly... Also odd that your kb doesn't work before windows, most modern boards detect usb input devices just before the RAM self check.

IcE-ColD · 28 Jan 2009 at 18:08

The resolution is probably set too high so thats why it says out of range and wont show anything. This has happened to me numerous times and all i did was what i suggested above. If you get into windows set the resolution to 800x600 for the time being. Then try and boot into windows with the GPU set as your main video adapter in BIOS.

bobbydigital · 28 Jan 2009 at 18:35

As people said you should be able to use keyboard to get in bios, enable usb legacy support, on boot press F8 and select vga mode to load windows. Once there set your correct resolution / refresh rate (if this has changed for any reason.)

Once the drivers are installed vista selects what it believes to be the correct resolution and is probably selecting an unsupported one. Go for 1024 by 768 to start with.

EsaT · 28 Jan 2009 at 18:36

What BIOS version?
One BIOS update is described as fix for VGA compatibility issues:
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/Motherboard/BIOS_Model.aspx?ProductID=2846

Goose said:
I tried getting into safe mode by booting from the vista cd but i cant select the option because my usb keyboard wont work until windows loads.

Basing to manual Gigabyte has helpfully disabled USB keyboard support (Integrated Peripherals menu) as default... :rolleyes:

USB Keyboard Support
Allows USB keyboard to be used in MS-DOS. (Default: Disabled)

Vista CD? Why?
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/safemodevista.html

Goose · 28 Jan 2009 at 18:51

I managed to turn on USB keyboard support and i've successfully got into windows safe mode.

I've uninstalled the drivers for my gfx card but i dont understand how i'm meant to re-install drivers (which require a reboot) and set a resolution that my monitor is happy with.

Superficial · 28 Jan 2009 at 18:54

set the res to the lowest possible like 800*600 and it should follow though to standard mode on restart.

edit: whilst the drivers are isntalled i mean

lunarwolf · 28 Jan 2009 at 18:54

a 17" monitor isnt really gonna be bigger than 1280x1024 res

IcE-ColD · 28 Jan 2009 at 19:01

Goose said:
I managed to turn on USB keyboard support and i've successfully got into windows safe mode.

I've uninstalled the drivers for my gfx card but i dont understand how i'm meant to re-install drivers (which require a reboot) and set a resolution that my monitor is happy with.

When prompted to restart say no, change resolution, then restart.

Goose · 28 Jan 2009 at 19:14

OK guys its all sorted now. Phew!

Thanks to everyone for their assistence.

lunarwolf · 28 Jan 2009 at 19:17

was the problem that it was set at wrong res?

VFR_KID · 28 Jan 2009 at 19:46

What was the issue then?

You cant run away now lol the suspense is to much

Spyke_UK · 28 Jan 2009 at 19:49

Come back Goose, knowledge is the key!
We all need it!
Share, share my friend, share and teach the world! well, this forum and it's users, lol.

Goose · 29 Jan 2009 at 00:42

LOL sorry.

It was the resolution setting. After installing the drivers i setting the res to a number my monitor can handle before rebooting.

bobbydigital · 29 Jan 2009 at 00:44

Glad to hear you got it sorted and can enjoy your new pc