Video Driver failed to initialize [Home 32bit]

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Mattie

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I think this is the right section. I did some searching but didn't find anything to help me.

My PC was working fine yesterday morning. I then went to work and came back, turned it on and it doesn't boot. It gets to the vista loading bar then goes black and restarts. It comes up with the startup repair but that cannot fix it. I can't boot in any mode at all. When I've disabled restarting when there is a crash I get to a blue screen which says :

"The video driver failed to initialize

STOP: 0x000000B4 (0x8747F008, 0x87009000, 0x86EDE00, 0x00000000)"

Ive tried running many tests but none of them find a solution. I even tried running a Live CD of Ubuntu so that I could actually boot up but that also fails. I can't think of much else to do. I can restore it back to factory settings but I will lose all my files.

PC Specs
2GB RAM
ATI 1300/1550 series

Any solutions?
If you need anymore information just ask.

Thanks in advance, Mattie.
 

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Same problem/error message.

Vista repair CD failed to help & gave up.

PC itself is still ok - am using it to type this, but in SUSE Linux from one of my additional partitions. My two existing Windows partitions are visible and intact. Thus this seems to be a Vista only software or file corruption issue.

Since drive is accessible, I can, at least, pull off any files... but the "reload from scratch" aspect is painful of course.... Am hoping to fix the actual problem instead.

Any helpers? thanks folks!
 

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My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Self Built
    CPU
    i7 3770K HT ON 4.7GHz
    Motherboard
    P8Z68 Deluxe Gen 3
    Memory
    8GB G.Skill Ripjaws X 2133mhz
    Graphics card(s)
    2x Gigabyte GTX 670 OC WindForce SLI
    Sound Card
    X-FI Forte + ATH-AD900
    Monitor(s) Displays
    x2 Dell U2410 / 58" Samsung / "40 Sony
    Screen Resolution
    1920*1200 / 1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    2x Intel 520 240GB * Crucial M4 128GB * 2x Samsung F3 1TB (RAID 0) * 2x WD Caviar Blacks 2TB (RAID 0)
    PSU
    Corsair AX1200W
    Case
    Lian Li PC-V1020A
    Cooling
    NH-D14: 3x140mm Gelid Wing 14: Sunbeam Rheobus Extreme
    Mouse
    Razer Imperator + Thermaltake Theron
    Keyboard
    Topre Realforce // Ducky Shine Cherry MX Black
    Other Info
    Laptop Specs: Clevo Sager P170HM // 17.3 Matte 1920x1200 // i7 2720QM // 8GB 1333mhz // Dedicated GTX 485M // 240GB Intel 520 + 750GB + Blu-Ray // Samsung Story 2TB USB 3.0
The first thing I would try to do is take the Video Card out, clean it and install it back again... hopefully, is not an onboard

That links seems to be a good one as well.
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Built
    CPU
    Intel Q9650 w/CM V8 Cooler...
    Motherboard
    EVGA 780i SLI FTW... Latest Bios & Drivers
    Memory
    Corsair Dominator 8GB (4 x 2GB) PC2-8500C5D
    Graphics card(s)
    EVGA GTX260
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Def Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer 22" LCD Widescreen
    Screen Resolution
    1680 x 1050
    Hard Drives
    WD Velociraptor 160GB Samsung Sata 750GB Maxtor External 160GB
    PSU
    PC Power & Cooling 750w Silencer
    Case
    Thermaltake Speedo Advance
    Cooling
    Air Cooled... See CPU
    Mouse
    Logitech G7
    Keyboard
    Logitech G15
    Internet Speed
    Comcast 6MB Broadband
    Other Info
    Linksys WRT54G router
In my case, no - that's not it.... the hardware was/is working fine - it was Vista that was broken!! I dual boot my pc and was fully able to use it from SUSE Linux. Also - its a laptop so "pulling" any non-PCMIA card is not generally possible! In any case, being unable to find/fix the specific problem, I simply reloaded the Vista partition with a clone I had thankfully made - by dual booting and then using the LINUX tool ntfsclone! Thanks to the LINUX world for again saving my Windows stuff - lol
 

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