Safe mode uses basic vga display drivers. Maybe your display driver is 
corrupt or you tried to upgrade it. Try a roll back driver operation for the 
display or download a new copy from Toshiba.
Terry

"Wally" <shiner(remove)@ehmail.com> wrote in message 
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> I woke up this morning to find a black screen on my Qosmio and could not
> wake it up. I re booted and during Windows XP Media start up I had several
> patterns of vertical lines until the screen went black again and froze.
> Obviously windows isnt starting correctly for some reason. I can start in
> Safe Mode and have managed to restore a previous restore point without 
> luck.
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> Can anyone help?
> Thanks
> Steve
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