Hello, Thanks for your response. I have loaded the ATI Radeon graphic card drivers using safe mode but still have a similar screen (windows is shutting down but it's totally stuck at that point). Trying to install the ASUS chipset drivers produces a "can't execute kernal mode driver" error??? "Jaime" wrote: > Are you sure you have the correct drivers loaded for the video card? > > If not, download the latest from the MFR website and load them in the safe > mode. > -- > James > Orlando (Goofy says "Hey!"), FL > > BTW, this is a Media Center forum, in the future, your question would be > best posted on a general forum for whichever version of XP you are running. > > > > "nniuqn" wrote in message > news:D7149A9E-9AFB-4609-8C31-947CA68BFADA@microsoft.com... > > Hi, > > > > Anyone with an answer to the following problem - when I reformatted my > > hard > > drive, all was apparently well until the PC restarted. The screen is 3/4 > > blue > > with a ragged black edge in the top 1/4 of the screen and does not move > > beyond this point. It wil however start fine in safe mode. Any > > suggestions? > > ...