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HI
Try this
Just when you get the error message press Ctrl + Alt + F1
then login
and now run sudo envy
and install your drivers, ( y )to everything, you are done!
Do not uninstall the driver first envy will take care of that.

But other than that your system is still "working"? Can you boot the Mint CD in "Live CD" mode? I suppose this would work? You could then mount your Linux HD and take the error log from there and post this here.

Another idea might be to force your X.org to reconfigure itself. So when your system boots (from the HD) and X crashes, can you press ALT+F2 so you get to a console login? Please log in with your normal account (i.e. the same you would use when you login via the GUI). You will be greeted with a command shell. Once you're there type in this command: ... it will ask you for your password.

I am not 100% sure if this works, but my hope is that this would at least give you a minimum screen resolution so you can more or less work with the system again ... It's way easier to fix all the remaining problems from there onwards. Can you try that please?

cool_gamer8119 wrote:ok... it is fixed... frank392's idea worked... thanks!!

oh, Cool

cool_gamer8119 wrote:Can anyone tell me what went wrong?

Sounds like a hardware problem to me Because whatever you do in Linux shouldn't have any influence whatsoever in Windows and vice versa (unless you format disk partitions and stuff like that ...). Maybe your card's cooling is insufficient? It overheated and that's why it went bye bye in both Linux and Windows ... I have the same problem in two of my machines, both with NVidia cards. I had to remove parts of the casings so that these two machines are constantly open. Or else that hot air building up inside wouldn't be able to get out ... Maybe you have a similar problem? Those graphics cards can really get very very hot (especially when doing 3D accelerated stuff!) and when they overheat they tend to behave strangely or may even get damaged ... whick kinda sucks

Maybe it would be worth checking how hot your PC gets in the inside, just to be sure it's no heat problem?

cool_gamer8119 wrote:... i am just worried about what windows will do to grub

It will overwrite it!! It's Microsoft standard policy Non-Microsoft boot loaders always get overwritten ... So much for the bad news. The good news: It's easy to get grub back ... e.g. with the Live CD it's just a matter of typing three or so commands into the terminal and grub is back as if nothing had happened.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Recov ... ingWindows
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=224351

Another way to fix this in a quick way would be the "Super GRUB" Live CD ... Instructions here:
http://users.bigpond.net.au/hermanzone/ ... kPage.html

... the short version (taken from help.ubuntu.com above) would be:

• * Download the Super Grub Disk from here: http://supergrub.forjamari.linex.org/
  * Burn into a cdrom (better) or a floppy
  * Boot from it
  * Select: your language
  * Select: Linux
  * Select: Fix Boot of Linux (GRUB)
  * You see the message: SGD has done it!
  * Reboot
  * You're done.

Sounds pretty easy I think


Regards,
scorp123

fyi... in a normal case setup cooling should be better with the case closed because of the increased airflow going from front and exiting at the back of the casing...

NiksaVel wrote:fyi... in a normal case setup cooling should be better with the case closed because of the increased airflow going from front and exiting at the back of the casing...

In theory yes ... but on the two boxes of mine it just isn't the case. So I really have to keep those two open or else I face the same problems.

depends on the case design and fans placement of course

NiksaVel wrote:depends on the case design and fans placement of course

Absolutely.

cool_gamer8119 wrote:windows is working perfectly but every attempt at grub that i make backfires.

OK, can you be more precise on that? What precisely did you try? Also, maybe you should provide us with details about your harddisks and the partitioning scheme you use. Could be that your partitioning scheme and harddisk setup is slightly different and that therefore the instructions you followed so far backfired for some reason ...