PC booting in safe mode but not in normal mode

Realtek RTL8168C(P)/8111C(P) Family PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.0)

Thats my network adaptor.

Where can I download a driver for it?
 
Get the Catalyst Control Center as well to tweak/manage your graphics settings.
 
PokerKing said:
Um how do I install the drivers?
Do I have to run them off a cd?
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You save the files to your desktop (or where you know they are) and run the file/setup. If it's a zip file (like the LAN) you could extract it to a folder on the desktop and start the setup file from the folder.
 
Personally I'm a bit hesitant to install a bunch of drivers at once because in fixing one thing, you may break many others. Rather do it one at a time until you've narrowed down what could be wrong.

First update the drivers for the adapter that it's complaining about which is the Microsoft ISATAP Adapter. Reboot, see if there's a difference. If not, get the drivers for your Realtek Adapter (I haven't listed this in the post, but it was complaining about it too).

If there is no difference, boot off your onboard graphics before updating your graphics drivers. Don't forget to set your display device to onboard in the BIOS and plug your monitor into the port connected to the motherboard. If it boots into Windows normally then you've narrowed it down to your card's drivers, so it's safe to update them.

If the problem persists then you'll have to find a known working AFD.SYS file (google). Make a backup copy of the old file (or rename it) and copy the new file into the same location. If things break, boot into safe mode and restore your old AFD.SYS file.

Let us know how it goes.
 
teraside said:
I don't understand?

All you run is setup.exe. That's it.
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There isn't a setup.exe file...

The realtek driver file has one .dll file, one system file, one text document, one 'setup information' file (its a text document) and a Security Catalog file..
 
Smooth Criminal said:
Personally I'm a bit hesitant to install a bunch of drivers at once because in fixing one thing, you may break many others. Rather do it one at a time until you've narrowed down what could be wrong.

First update the drivers for the adapter that it's complaining about which is the Microsoft ISATAP Adapter. Reboot, see if there's a difference. If not, get the drivers for your Realtek Adapter (I haven't listed this in the post, but it was complaining about it too).

If there is no difference, boot off your onboard graphics before updating your graphics drivers. Don't forget to set your display device to onboard in the BIOS and plug your monitor into the port connected to the motherboard. If it boots into Windows normally then you've narrowed it down to your card's drivers, so it's safe to update them.

If the problem persists then you'll have to find a known working AFD.SYS file (google). Make a backup copy of the old file (or rename it) and copy the new file into the same location. If things break, boot into safe mode and restore your old AFD.SYS file.

Let us know how it goes.
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Ok ill follow these instructions first, thanks

I'll let you know
 
PokerKing said:
There isn't a setup.exe file...

The realtek driver file has one .dll file, one system file, one text document, one 'setup information' file (its a text document) and a Security Catalog file..
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Device Manager, double click Unknown Device> Install Driver> Have Disk> Go to Folder and install.

But I think I've had enough of this for today.

Cheers ;)
 
Smooth Criminal said:
Personally I'm a bit hesitant to install a bunch of drivers at once because in fixing one thing, you may break many others. Rather do it one at a time until you've narrowed down what could be wrong.

First update the drivers for the adapter that it's complaining about which is the Microsoft ISATAP Adapter. Reboot, see if there's a difference. If not, get the drivers for your Realtek Adapter (I haven't listed this in the post, but it was complaining about it too).

If there is no difference, boot off your onboard graphics before updating your graphics drivers. Don't forget to set your display device to onboard in the BIOS and plug your monitor into the port connected to the motherboard. If it boots into Windows normally then you've narrowed it down to your card's drivers, so it's safe to update them.

If the problem persists then you'll have to find a known working AFD.SYS file (google). Make a backup copy of the old file (or rename it) and copy the new file into the same location. If things break, boot into safe mode and restore your old AFD.SYS file.

Let us know how it goes.
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How to I change to on-board graphics in the bios?
And would I plug the monitor into the back of the motherboard first?
 
Ok got the onboard graphics working now, so it is definitely my graphics card's drivers.. So can I uninstall them, then reboot , then reinstall?
 
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