floatingtrem

well, i am having serious trouble with my 5600 256mb

the thing no longer boots windows, i havent been able to try the card on my other system because it is taped inside a cardboard box and is very volitile, and the PSU in it is unsheilded, i electrocuted myself a few time working in it (damn stupidity, but not as bad as one time i had 120 volts run through my heart )

the problem started after moving my computer, testing out a few fans after powering it on and off w/o a monitor so i wdidnt know if there were any problems then, but when i brought it back to my house- and i booted, its POSTs, evverything seems fine, i get to the first winxp loading screen, that goes fine, then the monitor looses a signal- and never gets one back, i threw in my TNT2 to see if it was the 5600, and now it works fine (well, fine for a TNT2 )

if i boot in VGA mode with the 5600 it works fine, but its in VGA mode, and thats not fine, the monitor also looses a signal when i screw around with any video settings in VGA mode- and they dont come back, even after the 14 second ro whatever

as far as i know, the computer keeps working after i loose the signal, i just cant see it

HELP! i can hold out for awhile wiht a crappy card, but not too long!

heres my rig:
winxp pro
2.4c
sis 648FX- MSI Neo 684-F
512 samsung ddr400
gainward 5600 256 dvi/tv out (750 FX ultra package i think)
400w max hercules (generic i think) PSU
80GB western Digital caviar

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mot19

hahaha didnt u ask me about that? Id say its a driver problem, if you used driver cleaner, it has a tendensy to do that with the new drivers.....also try reinstalling xp, sad to say it.

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floatingtrem

yeah,i have had a similar problem before, this one is different, that one was realted to lock ups and not enough power- it was mroe than just his boot problem,

i also get this boot problem when trying to use integrated video on a install of windows form another computer, with both 2k and xp- even after deleting the enum directory- if that may help at all

or

might it be trying to use the dvi out instead?

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TYCOON

Is it overclocked? I had a similer problem and managed to change the clock back to normal in VGA mode and it fixed it....


Mr.Oe and Mrs.Oe

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floatingtrem

i had it OC'd the last time i had the problem, but to my knowedge it isnt anymore, and i oculdnt fix the OC in VGA mode anyway because coolbits doesntload because the nvidia drivers dont load

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RcT_ZykoN

i used to have this with my old gts, turns ou tther was a chunk of the core was gone, and a few other things got fruched, but ti would anly get pissed if i moved it...havent had it happen with my 5600u

floatingtrem

hmm
how do you tell if thats going on?

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