Disable video card in Command Prompt

winter4w

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Hay I reimaged my hp dv2000 laptop and my nvidia gpu died and I need to disable it so my laptop will boot. I cant boot in safe mode because it says I need to finish the vista setup and I cant finish that because it wants to boot with the video card. So is there any way I can boot with the video card off. I do have a BB Capture Driver on my laptop but my pc wont boot with that one unless I disable the nvidia one. So all I am asking is how can I disable the vidoe card in command prompt. I do have my recovery cd.


Thanks.
 

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Re: Disable drivers in command prompt

If you disable the graphics driver, you will see nothing on the screen. What are you going to do from there?

I know of no procedure to disable drivers in cmd. The way to disable device drivers is to uninstall them in Device Manager.

But I suspect that you have a different problem all together. What exactly is happening at boot time.
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell
    CPU
    Q6600
    Memory
    4GB
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP w2207h
    Hard Drives
    2x250GB HDDs
    1x60GB OCZ SSD
    6 external disks 60 to 640GBs
    Other Info
    Also 1xHP desktop, 1xHP laptop, 1xGateway laptop
When you say "video card" I assume you mean the onboard graphics since most laptops don't have a discrete graphics card. Leaving the graphics as is or disabling the graphics isn't going to help you since you won't be able to see anything in either case. I don't know what symptoms are telling you the graphics died.
 

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System One

  • Operating System
    Vista Home Premium 64 bit SP2
    Manufacturer/Model
    Cyberpower
    CPU
    Intel Quad CPU Q6700 2.67 GHZ
    Motherboard
    NVIDIA 780i
    Memory
    4 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    MSI GTX 560 TI Twin Frozr
    Sound Card
    Sound Blaster SB Audigy
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Viewsonic VG2436
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080p
    Hard Drives
    Samsung HD 105SI
    WDC WD20
    Case
    Apevia XJupiter
    Cooling
    air
    Keyboard
    Logitech MX 3200
    Mouse
    Logitech MX 600
    Internet Speed
    30 Mbps
I got looking around and I guess you have the Nvidia GeForce Go 7200 option. It seems a lot of people have had problems with the graphics on this model.

I don't know if you can disable it in the BIOS. You would just have to look.

I also see there's a Setup Utility that you can access by hitting F10 at boot. Maybe that has some options.

Just some ideas.
 

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System One

  • Operating System
    Vista Home Premium 64 bit SP2
    Manufacturer/Model
    Cyberpower
    CPU
    Intel Quad CPU Q6700 2.67 GHZ
    Motherboard
    NVIDIA 780i
    Memory
    4 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    MSI GTX 560 TI Twin Frozr
    Sound Card
    Sound Blaster SB Audigy
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Viewsonic VG2436
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080p
    Hard Drives
    Samsung HD 105SI
    WDC WD20
    Case
    Apevia XJupiter
    Cooling
    air
    Keyboard
    Logitech MX 3200
    Mouse
    Logitech MX 600
    Internet Speed
    30 Mbps
I got looking around and I guess you have the Nvidia GeForce Go 7200 option. It seems a lot of people have had problems with the graphics on this model.

I don't know if you can disable it in the BIOS. You would just have to look.

I also see there's a Setup Utility that you can access by hitting F10 at boot. Maybe that has some options.

Just some ideas.

Ok BIOS does not have anything but I will try f10
 

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Re: Disable drivers in command prompt

If you disable the graphics driver, you will see nothing on the screen. What are you going to do from there?

I know of no procedure to disable drivers in cmd. The way to disable device drivers is to uninstall them in Device Manager.

But I suspect that you have a different problem all together. What exactly is happening at boot time.

Well I get the Microsoft Corporation then the screen is black
 

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Did you resolve this?
 

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System One

  • Operating System
    Vista Home Premium 64 bit SP2
    Manufacturer/Model
    Cyberpower
    CPU
    Intel Quad CPU Q6700 2.67 GHZ
    Motherboard
    NVIDIA 780i
    Memory
    4 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    MSI GTX 560 TI Twin Frozr
    Sound Card
    Sound Blaster SB Audigy
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Viewsonic VG2436
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080p
    Hard Drives
    Samsung HD 105SI
    WDC WD20
    Case
    Apevia XJupiter
    Cooling
    air
    Keyboard
    Logitech MX 3200
    Mouse
    Logitech MX 600
    Internet Speed
    30 Mbps
F10 didn't take you to the Setup Utility?
 

My Computer

System One

  • Operating System
    Vista Home Premium 64 bit SP2
    Manufacturer/Model
    Cyberpower
    CPU
    Intel Quad CPU Q6700 2.67 GHZ
    Motherboard
    NVIDIA 780i
    Memory
    4 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    MSI GTX 560 TI Twin Frozr
    Sound Card
    Sound Blaster SB Audigy
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Viewsonic VG2436
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080p
    Hard Drives
    Samsung HD 105SI
    WDC WD20
    Case
    Apevia XJupiter
    Cooling
    air
    Keyboard
    Logitech MX 3200
    Mouse
    Logitech MX 600
    Internet Speed
    30 Mbps
Since you are now able to boot into Windows, you can go to Device Manager, Display Adapters, select the NVIDIA device, and, under the Driver tab, select Disable This Device.
 

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System One

  • Operating System
    Vista Home Premium 64 bit SP2
    Manufacturer/Model
    Cyberpower
    CPU
    Intel Quad CPU Q6700 2.67 GHZ
    Motherboard
    NVIDIA 780i
    Memory
    4 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    MSI GTX 560 TI Twin Frozr
    Sound Card
    Sound Blaster SB Audigy
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Viewsonic VG2436
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080p
    Hard Drives
    Samsung HD 105SI
    WDC WD20
    Case
    Apevia XJupiter
    Cooling
    air
    Keyboard
    Logitech MX 3200
    Mouse
    Logitech MX 600
    Internet Speed
    30 Mbps
Since you are now able to boot into Windows, you can go to Device Manager, Display Adapters, select the NVIDIA device, and, under the Driver tab, select Disable This Device.

That is what I did tho is it possible to still disable it so let's say I diddent fix it yet is it still possible
 

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