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[quote=”shadymg”]
Yes, drivers can cause what you’re seeing. especially if the BIOS and bootup screen are just perfectly fine. Ugadata is spot on with his advice. and once you’re in, you can roll back the driver (and honestly, you can reboot as well and then reinstall the same driver, and everything will probably be ok).

I’ve had weird issues when i do bulk updates on a system and don’t reboot between each significant one.
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So are you saying to roll back, reboot, and reinsall the driver; or reboot and reinstall the driver?

Also, is it better to let windows update install the driver, or to download and run it directly from Intel’s website?

[xjboonie]

[quote=”shadymg”]
Yes, drivers can cause what you’re seeing. especially if the BIOS and bootup screen are just perfectly fine. Ugadata is spot on with his advice. and once you’re in, you can roll back the driver (and honestly, you can reboot as well and then reinstall the same driver, and everything will probably be ok).

I’ve had weird issues when i do bulk updates on a system and don’t reboot between each significant one.
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So are you saying to roll back, reboot, and reinsall the driver; or reboot and reinstall the driver?

Also, is it better to let windows update install the driver, or to download and run it directly from Intel’s website?

[xjboonie]

[quote=”Ugadata”]
The picture is there I can see it.

I presume you have rebooted more than once after the update.

I have experienced issues upgrading older Intel graphics drivers hosing the display if the PC wasn’t rebooted to an administrative account.  And in the case of Win7 it could be UAC messing with it.

I would certainly try pressing F8 and try the VGA mode option.  It won’t fix the problem but it can help in undoing the update.

[i]OK, so starting with Vista it is called “Enable low Resolution Mode”

And from the picture it does look like an incorrect resolution that HDMI or the TV doesn’t like[/i]
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I turned off UAC, and did reboot a few times after that, but I don’t know if the update even went through.  I should be admin, as it’s a brand new, fresh install of Win7 and only one account.

I’m going to try using a VGA cable between the PC and TV tonight to see if that works (have to borrow one from work.. lol)

[xjboonie]

[quote=”Ugadata”]
The picture is there I can see it.

I presume you have rebooted more than once after the update.

I have experienced issues upgrading older Intel graphics drivers hosing the display if the PC wasn’t rebooted to an administrative account.  And in the case of Win7 it could be UAC messing with it.

I would certainly try pressing F8 and try the VGA mode option.  It won’t fix the problem but it can help in undoing the update.

[i]OK, so starting with Vista it is called “Enable low Resolution Mode”

And from the picture it does look like an incorrect resolution that HDMI or the TV doesn’t like[/i]
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I turned off UAC, and did reboot a few times after that, but I don’t know if the update even went through.  I should be admin, as it’s a brand new, fresh install of Win7 and only one account.

I’m going to try using a VGA cable between the PC and TV tonight to see if that works (have to borrow one from work.. lol)

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It’s not a screen shot – it’s an attachment picture from my iPhone (sorry it’s not better – and it’s rotated – I’ll see if I can fix that) of the screen.

[xjboonie]

It’s not a screen shot – it’s an attachment picture from my iPhone (sorry it’s not better – and it’s rotated – I’ll see if I can fix that) of the screen.

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I think I forgot to mention that the pc is hooked to the TV via HDMI.

I’m going to borrow a VGA cable from work and see if that fixes it tonight.

Could the driver update have affected the setting such that it doesn’t display properly?

The TV is a VIZIO E320VL, which is a 720P 32″ tv, but win7 said the recommended resolution was 1080P, and the tv indicated 1080P when I switched to the HDMI input (before the driver update).  When I set the resolution to 720P, I had to switch the TV to WIDE setting otherwise there was a black band all around the screen.

[xjboonie]

I think I forgot to mention that the pc is hooked to the TV via HDMI.

I’m going to borrow a VGA cable from work and see if that fixes it tonight.

Could the driver update have affected the setting such that it doesn’t display properly?

The TV is a VIZIO E320VL, which is a 720P 32″ tv, but win7 said the recommended resolution was 1080P, and the tv indicated 1080P when I switched to the HDMI input (before the driver update).  When I set the resolution to 720P, I had to switch the TV to WIDE setting otherwise there was a black band all around the screen.

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