Windows 2000 starts only in Safe Mode 1

[seaport]

It is an old PC with Celeron 333. I just formatted hard drive and installed Win2000 Pro. The installation went through successfully. The network (access to a workgroup) was setup during the installation.

After I restarted the PC (normally), the screen turned black right at the end of startup. I restarted the PC several times and got the same result. The I restarted it in the safe mode and it turned out OK.

My guess is, when the PC started to access the network, something went wrong. Am I right? Could anyone give me some tips fixing the problem?

Thanks in advance.

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[electronicsfreak]

I could be wrong but to me sounds like an issue with a video driver. I would load in safe mode, uninstall it if it has one and install the right one and see if that fixes it.

 

[wolluf]

Have you looked in event log (run eventvwr.msc)

Any devices showing yellow ! or ref x in device manager (unfortunately you can't see them all in Safe Mode).

If you suspect network - just remove (or disable if onboard) the NIC and try again.

echoing electronicsfreak - if you have another graphics card available, might be worth trying.

Its always difficult trying to pin down the culprit in these situations - good luck!

 

[seaport]

electronicsfreak,

You are absolutely right. In the safe mode, I can see that there is a general video driver there. I uninstalled the driver and restart the PC normally. It worked, although the quality of video is low. The video card is Jaton video-67P. It is hard to find the driver for Win2000 right now. So I just leave it alone.

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[electronicsfreak]

You should be able to find the driver. Go to driverguide.com , membership is required but free.