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It's probably the driver for your graphics card setting a graphics mode that either the graphics card or the monitor doesn't like.
There are a number of things you can do: pljvaldez suggests one option to force the driver to a compatibility mode, but that may not help if it's your monitor that's the problem.
Another thing you could try is holding crtl+alt and pressing the + key on the numeric keypad, which usually switches between available graphics modes. This may let you find a mode that will work well enough to bring up a graphics configuration program.
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