So my brother has this old e-machine. He had some problems with the display after a lightning storm, it began displaying everything in wavy lines. He calls me up and asks me to come fix it. Before I assume its a hardware issue I check the drivers.
*It's at this point I'd like to make note that I am an amateur at dealing with these software issues.
I open up the Device Manager, this is Windows XP btw, I look under display drivers and I see two, one titled ATI 2000 Express Driver, this is what the machine has, and one named something else. Anyways, I, probably foolishly, deleted the "other" driver. Then I restarted the machine. Nothing at all is displayed now. No boot options, no start up screen, nothing. It's my assumption that windows drivers should not affect me not seeing the initial boot screen and menu. So I think the built in ATI graphics just finally hit the bit.
Please either confirm my diagnosis or feel free to flame me for being a total tech noob.
Thanks.
*It's at this point I'd like to make note that I am an amateur at dealing with these software issues.
I open up the Device Manager, this is Windows XP btw, I look under display drivers and I see two, one titled ATI 2000 Express Driver, this is what the machine has, and one named something else. Anyways, I, probably foolishly, deleted the "other" driver. Then I restarted the machine. Nothing at all is displayed now. No boot options, no start up screen, nothing. It's my assumption that windows drivers should not affect me not seeing the initial boot screen and menu. So I think the built in ATI graphics just finally hit the bit.
Please either confirm my diagnosis or feel free to flame me for being a total tech noob.
Thanks.
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