Safe mode starts with Microsoft's own drivers, that suggests a driver issue with the GPU drivers in Windows under normal operation, but that might be a result of new drivers and old BIOS conflicts, but I do say MIGHT, so take this with a pinch of salt. No warranties given, expressed, implied etc... any suggestions followed are at your own risk, yadda yadda, and then some. If it don't work, it's not my fault and all other usual disclaimers apply.
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I'll check out CPU-Z Thanx..
OK First problem.. When I run CPU-Z I get this:
ERROR CODE 0X43C (1084) OCCURED DURING INITIALIZATION
This is the logfile on the error..
[bInitDriver] path = C:\Windows\temp
[bInitDriver] GetCurrentDirectory = C:\Program Files\CPUID\CPU-Z
[bInitDriver] GetModuleFileName = C:\Program Files\CPUID\CPU-Z\cpuz.exe
[vGetOSVersion] m_iOSVersion = 2 (10.0), SHA2 = 1
[vGetOSVersion] IsAMD64=0, IsIA64=0, IsAlpha=0, IsARM=0, SHA2=1
[bInitDriver] Extract dir = C:\Windows\temp\cpuz152\
[bInitDriver] m_szPath_2=C:\Windows\temp\cpuz152\, m_szFilename=cpuz152_x64.sys
[WinNT_hCreateServiceHandle] CreateFile cpuz152 returned 2 (0x2)
[WinNT_bInstallDriver] szMachineName = DESKTOP-EN2LN3L
[bDeleteFile] DeleteFile C:\Windows\temp\cpuz152\cpuz152_x64.sys failed (error = 3)
[bDeleteFile] RemoveDirectory C:\Windows\temp\cpuz152\ failed (error = 2)
[dwExtract_SYS] Extract C:\Windows\temp\cpuz152\cpuz152_x64.sys
[dwExtract_SYS] File C:\Windows\temp\cpuz152\cpuz152_x64.sys successfully created
[WinNT_bCreateService] szDestName = C:\Windows\temp\cpuz152\cpuz152_x64.sys
[WinNT_bCreateService] CreateService succeeded
[WinNT_bStartService] StartService failed, error code = 1084
[bInitDriver] bInitDriver returned 1084
[WinNT_dwStopService] OpenService failed, errorcode = 1060
[WinNT_dwDeleteService] Openservice failed, errorcode = 1060
[bDeleteFile] DeleteFile C:\Windows\temp\cpuz152\cpuz152_x64.sys succeeded
[bDeleteFile] RemoveDirectory C:\Windows\temp\cpuz152\ succeeded
[vCloseDriver] CloseHandle(mutex) = 1
And then there is no info in the GRAPHICS Tab of CPU-Z
I am assuming that I have to be out of SAFE MODE to run CPU Z???