PLEASE HELP with display problem on HP nx9005

[SocceRich20]

Hello,

I have an HP nx9005 laptop that I am testing for my school as a student network admin. He wants me to use it with limited rights for a week to see how much I can and can't do with these rights. So yesterday, I go to hook up dual monitors, and the system FREAKS OUT, and goes to 640x480 4bit color. When I try to change this back, it gives me a blue sceen that says "A problem has been detected blah blah" and it reboots. THis is really a pain, and I can't even re-install graphic drivers. I think it may be the display itself. Any ideas?

[Bill in SD, CA]

Have you tried going into safe mode and see if you can undo what you did?

Bill

[SocceRich20]

Yes, in safe mode it wont let me change the settings. When I tell it to enable vga mode in bootup, i get at least 32bit color, but only 640x480, and if i try to change anything, it goes back to 4bit color.