If i remember rightly i couldnt actually get safemode up at all.. infact it just displayed the boot screen then went off.. might actually have been my mobo
tbh its not really of any use to me now (not really into games and using a radeon9600 for when i css).. i think ill try it over the weekend if i drag myself away from re4
but thanks for the reply
ill let you know if i sort it