Save me from formatting.

Lo all,

I am getting a bit desperate so will resort to asking here for help.

I have suffered this problem a couple of times before but cannot get it fixed this time.

Basically, i was starting up a game and then my screen went blank. The problem is that everytime i get to the login screen the screen will go into standby mode and not wake up, I can log in while it is blank and windows will load but it will not wake up.

I have tried to restart in the last known good config but since windows boots up fine minus the blank screen don't think it does anything, i have also tried a system restore to no effect.

I have booted into safe mode and indeed am in it now but wiping the drivers from here and then restarting and reinstalling the drivers does nothing.

I must be doing something wrong but can't figure out what.

Anyone suffered the same problem and got a definate fix?

PC is in sig and as i have said, i can boot into safe mode and with drviers removed into normal windows where i now am.

Also, forgot to mention have tried latest drivers as well as 8.10 and 8.11 since they are know to work.

Is this a very old game?

I have a 19" phillips touchscreen monitor at my friends house and I get the same issues with older games like Vampire : The Masquerade and others.

The game isn't the problem, have played it alot without issue.

Doormatderek, get some glasses.

Have tried plugging it into the other connect but again, due to it working fine for months now don't see that as the problem, definately driver related although thank you for the advice.

Also, try running chkdsk? Ive heard problems waking up if HD is in error

It could be a combo problem. Power setting issues, as in power states, seek issues on HD, DVI connects, and possibly ram. If theres seek issues, it may only show up using your gpu driver

Well, don't know what exactly the problem is but borrowed my dad's 17" POS LCD monitor which uses a vga connection and managed to get the drivers installed and the screen to display. Switched to my own and restarted and it is working touch wood.

Am away to re-install the drivers to make sure it isn't a fluke.

Possible something to do with the signal between the vid card and monitor as i had to enable low res video option to get the vga monitor to work for some reason.

Best part of a weekend to fix it, should have just tried out disco ducks suggestion from the start but still don't know why removing the drivers did not work.

Thanks for all the help and lets hope it doesn't happen again.