The XP/graphics hell continues
Ness:
urgh!
I'm really beginning to believe that this computer isn't meant to ever have XP on it (unfortunately, hubby has a bee in his bonnet over it and is continuing to try!)
previously, everything went well until we installed the graphics driver for my radeon 9600 - then it all goes phoeey and I have a nasty blue and green flicker instead of a display... after a week, we hear back from ATI's tech support, they say it's the AGP drivers, so we grab the latest version of those, and once again - phooey! still the blue and green flicker...
at least this time hubby disabled something and I have a working computer, just no 3D graphics...
does anyone have a clue what the problem could be? does anyone else have a radeon 9600 running with XP?
Ness
Mirelly:
The problem could be anything from a broke Radeon to the monitor being being plugged into the wrong socket, from the wrong driver to a hardware conflict, from a bad BIOS config to a Windoze glitch. Try running a full dxdiag and posting the results on a tech support forum eg: http://www.techsupportforum.com/
The fact that you are asking for help and your hubby isn't is somehow an amusing indictment of the bullheaded steretype of the "I'm NOT lost" male. Good luck kiddo. ;)
Peel:
Check to see if there is a hardware I/O conflict between your video card and another piece of hardware in your machine. You can check this by start > all programs > accessories > system tools > system information.
Then under Hardware Resources click conflicts/sharing
I do know that some Creative sound cards have I/O conflicts with some Radeon cards if the two cards are in slots right next to each other. They have to be at least one slot from each other or they try to use the same ports.
U_Dog_U:
Make sure you have the latest version of directx because catalyst drivers need it to work properly.
Ness:
I don't think it's a hardware issue... the exact same system runs perfectly under 98, but hubby has decided that it needs to upgrade to XP, as far as I know, I've got on board sound
I'm far from being a techy, and that tech support forum looks like it would eat me alive!
Ness
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