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	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

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

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28-December-03, 07:18 PM		#2 (permalink)
Dimazz Sk8-Hoe-r	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

28-December-03, 07:23 PM		#3 (permalink)
TekXoID Banned	Correct, the flash after the O/S boot screen is a resolution change, from 640x480x16@60Hz to whatever your desktop resolution is.

29-December-03, 11:40 PM		#5 (permalink)
aaronrkelly Apex Tech God	You mean its continually flashes (on and off).....hmmmm.

30-December-03, 06:20 AM		#6 (permalink)
BigAkita n00b-ass reviewer	What is the make and model of your monitor?

30-December-03, 06:23 PM		#8 (permalink)
sweet91transam Apex Techie Lite	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	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	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	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