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hello everyone

my friend got gta san andreas that he couldnt play because of the crash..he was thrown away to the desktop

i told him that the problem is in the video driver and he need to update it...after done pc wont boot and the "no signal" message is on the screen..then i told him to rollback driver via safe mode or vga mode...he has done it but it still doesnt work and the same message is on the screen (have sound and pc works ) :eek:

does anybody know whats the problem??? please :lol: :lol: :lol:

thanx a lot

p.s : nvidia geforce fx 5200 +benq tft screen

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Short, focused troubleshooting based on the thread: after a video-driver update the PC runs (fans/sound) but the display shows “No Signal.” reported the problem started after trying to fix a game crash; suggested audio drivers as a possible cause. The most useful first step is to separate “driver/OS” problems from a hardware/no-sync issue.

If nothing appears during POST (no BIOS splash or POST text), the problem is at or before the graphics output stage — likely the card, its slot, the cable, or the monitor input selection. Suggested checks: power off, reseat the video card, try the card in a different AGP/PCI/PCI‑Express slot or try the monitor on another machine (or a known-good spare card on this machine). Inspect the cable and connectors and the monitor’s input setting (some TFTs have DVI/VGA input switches).

If the BIOS/POST is visible but Windows display never appears, the driver is the likely culprit. Steps to recover the display driver state: boot Safe Mode, open Device Manager and uninstall the Display Adapter driver completely so Windows reverts to the generic VGA driver; if available, use System Restore to roll back to a restore point made before the driver update. Once the generic display returns, install a known-good, matching driver (correct OS and exact GPU variant) at a conservative resolution/refresh (e.g., 1024x768 @ 60Hz). For a thorough cleanup on modern systems, a driver-clean utility can help remove leftover files before reinstalling drivers.

If all of the above fails, the video card hardware may have failed — testing the card in another PC or trying a different card in this PC will confirm that. The audio-driver angle mentioned by is worth checking only if the motherboard uses integrated nForce audio and other symptoms (BSODs, system instability) are present; it is unlikely to produce a hard “no signal” by itself.

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had the same problem with a 6800 ultra card it not the videocard,it was the sound card. ( If you are using a onboard or audigy 2 sound card update the driver if nividia nforce motherboard download nividia sound driver located on nividia site. not the realtech driver your problem will go away.) but with a 5200 game will kind of lag.

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thanx a lot am gonna tell him to try this out

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