Radeon 9600PRO ? HELP ME

sweet91transam · 28-December-03, 06:54 PM

I have a pentium 4 3ghz processor/ intel desktop board 875pbz/ powercolor radeon 9600PRO 256MB video card Running on windows 2000 Professional. What I am having for a problem is my screen flashes on start up(on the screen where it says windows is loading. Wondering what will cause this and is it bad??

?? It has done this since i got the video card.

Thanx for any help you may be able to provide.

Adam Hegner

Dimazz · 28-December-03, 07:18 PM

is it right after the wondows is loading screen? cause thats normal, every computer with xp that ive seen does that. i think its the screen changing resolutions

TekXoID · 28-December-03, 07:23 PM

Correct, the flash after the O/S boot screen is a resolution change, from 640x480x16@60Hz to whatever your desktop resolution is.

sweet91transam · 29-December-03, 11:29 PM

nope its before that while the bar is going across the bottom of the screenand it flashes up untill it changes resolutions.

aaronrkelly · 29-December-03, 11:40 PM

You mean its continually flashes (on and off).....hmmmm.

BigAkita · 30-December-03, 06:20 AM

What is the make and model of your monitor?

Highperf15 · 30-December-03, 06:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Dimazz


	is it right after the wondows is loading screen? cause thats normal, every computer with xp that ive seen does that. i think its the screen changing resolutions

Mine does that too.......But it only does one quick blimp, then everything is fine. Dimazz is right, it's normal screen resolution change-over.

sweet91transam · 30-December-03, 06:23 PM

no.....wrong place. while the windows screen is loaing....the one with the blue bars on the bottom of it that move to show how far the os has loaded....that is the one the flashes.....not after...while that one is loading....it does it from start to finish at least 20 times...until it changes resolution.....if u can help me that would be great.

Dead_Man · 30-December-03, 07:01 PM

Your problem sounds similar to whats happening to me. Have you overclocked your card at all? I have seen other people complaining of similar problems in other forums, it might be a general problem with radeons.... I have a Saphire Radeon 9600 Pro and during certain benchmarks i get horizontal lines across the screen that generally move upwards, it looks kind of like a flashing. I'm not sure why its happening though.

sweet91transam · 31-December-03, 06:30 PM

yeah man you hit the nail on the head with the discription. no i don't have any overclocking done to it though. hopefully it isn't a bad thing. i mean hey long as it runs once the os gets loaded.. rite?

benjaminrhs666 · 31-December-03, 07:23 PM

did you know that power color is the only maker I've seen make 256mb Radeon 9600??

and the worst part is that people like you gets suckered into buying it...it's actually slower then 128mb sapphires or any other ones.... I read somewhere that the RAM they're using are low grade and that it's not DDR2... or something like it... even though it has a bigger memory it's slower..... why are people always so attracted to numbers???

anyways... Are you seeing distortions?? OCing?... like BA said, it might be the monitor flickering when it's first being used/ right after being powered on

28-December-03, 06:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
sweet91transam Apex Techie Lite Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Wi Posts: 36	Radeon 9600PRO ? HELP ME I have a pentium 4 3ghz processor/ intel desktop board 875pbz/ powercolor radeon 9600PRO 256MB video card Running on windows 2000 Professional. What I am having for a problem is my screen flashes on start up(on the screen where it says windows is loading. Wondering what will cause this and is it bad?? ?? It has done this since i got the video card. Thanx for any help you may be able to provide. Adam Hegner

28-December-03, 07:18 PM	#2 (permalink)
Dimazz Sk8-Hoe-r Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Chesterfield, MI Posts: 2,108	is it right after the wondows is loading screen? cause thats normal, every computer with xp that ive seen does that. i think its the screen changing resolutions __________________

29-December-03, 11:29 PM	#4 (permalink)
sweet91transam Apex Techie Lite Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Wi Posts: 36	more info nope its before that while the bar is going across the bottom of the screenand it flashes up untill it changes resolutions.

29-December-03, 11:40 PM	#5 (permalink)
aaronrkelly Apex Tech God Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Arrgh!!! in a pirate ship watching me video CDs and listen to MP3s Posts: 2,720	You mean its continually flashes (on and off).....hmmmm. __________________

30-December-03, 06:20 AM	#6 (permalink)
BigAkita n00b-ass reviewer Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Nirvana Posts: 14,317	What is the make and model of your monitor? __________________ "I'll stop being an A-Hole if you will stop being an Idiot."

28-December-03, 07:23 PM	#3 (permalink)
TekXoID Banned Join Date: May 2003 Location: looking for love in the nearest gay bar Posts: 4,089	Correct, the flash after the O/S boot screen is a resolution change, from 640x480x16@60Hz to whatever your desktop resolution is.

30-December-03, 06:23 PM	#8 (permalink)
sweet91transam Apex Techie Lite Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Wi Posts: 36	no.....wrong place. while the windows screen is loaing....the one with the blue bars on the bottom of it that move to show how far the os has loaded....that is the one the flashes.....not after...while that one is loading....it does it from start to finish at least 20 times...until it changes resolution.....if u can help me that would be great.

30-December-03, 07:01 PM	#9 (permalink)
Dead_Man Apex Master Tech Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 353	Your problem sounds similar to whats happening to me. Have you overclocked your card at all? I have seen other people complaining of similar problems in other forums, it might be a general problem with radeons.... I have a Saphire Radeon 9600 Pro and during certain benchmarks i get horizontal lines across the screen that generally move upwards, it looks kind of like a flashing. I'm not sure why its happening though.

31-December-03, 06:30 PM	#10 (permalink)
sweet91transam Apex Techie Lite Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Wi Posts: 36	yeah man you hit the nail on the head with the discription. no i don't have any overclocking done to it though. hopefully it isn't a bad thing. i mean hey long as it runs once the os gets loaded.. rite?

31-December-03, 07:23 PM	#11 (permalink)
benjaminrhs666 Apex Advanced Techie Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 153	did you know that power color is the only maker I've seen make 256mb Radeon 9600?? and the worst part is that people like you gets suckered into buying it...it's actually slower then 128mb sapphires or any other ones.... I read somewhere that the RAM they're using are low grade and that it's not DDR2... or something like it... even though it has a bigger memory it's slower..... why are people always so attracted to numbers??? anyways... Are you seeing distortions?? OCing?... like BA said, it might be the monitor flickering when it's first being used/ right after being powered on __________________ ASUS A7N8X Deluxe Rev. 2 Dual LAN Serial ATA WD Raptor 10000 RPM Creative Inspire 5200 5.1 Speaker set AMD Athlon XP 2500+ @( 200x12 @1.800v) 2.4GHz OCZ Dual PC 3200 OCZ Copper plated RAM 2x 512 nVidia FX 5600 Ultra Antec LANboy 350W PSU Samsung 19" 955MB TCO 99 monitor Future Rig (saving $$$) AMD Athlon 64 (Depending on how much $$ I got) 3200 or 3000 Gigabyte GA-K8VNXP ASUS Radeon 9800XT Corsair XMS 512mb Pro (With LED's) 2x WD Raptor 10000 RPM

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