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Windows not booting due to bad display driver
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Hi! I recently got a used ATI Radeon HD 7350 1gb to replace my old Nvidia graphic card. Unfortunately, Windows 7 wouldn't detect it and only showed "Standard VGA card", which I assume is the one integrated in the motherboard. I tried to find a solution and read online that setting the ATI card as the default one in the BIOS could solve it, so I tried it.
Now the situation is even worse. In the BIOS I changed the default display from "Auto" to IGP (didn't work), PEG (didn't work), PCI (didn't work) and back to "Auto", and now the computer simply restarts when the "windows is starting" message and the rotating logo appear on screen.
I tried the old graphic card and got the same problem. Also tried a different hard disk with both a Windows 7 and a Windows XP partition, and even though Windows 7 won't start, windows XP does (though it doesn't detect the ATI card either). Also, the boot repair tool says it can't fix the problem but at least points out a reason: "baddriver". Safe mode won't initiate either.
Bottom line: I'm assuming the integrated card's default drivers for windows 7 got corrupt or something similar, but I have no idea how to replace them/fix them. Any suggestions? Thanks a lot!