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walter22

walter22

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turned on my computer today ive got artifacting... it started of in the bottom right corner i thought it was strange so i installed omega drivers (i have a radeon 9700 pro) the problem persisted... now when i boot windows my windows XP screen comes up and is hardly visible due to the the purple lines but im sat in windows now and the lines have just disappeared? i used too have a artifacting problem a long time ago and it turned out too be overheating but im not even in a game... when im booting up and they seem to come and go... very strange... i have no need for a graphics card at the moment as i dont really play games apart from tiberian sun which doesnt even require a decent graphics card...

any help much appreciated system spec is:

nforce 2 chipset
amd 2800 not overclocked
9700 pro not overclocked
1gb ram...

thx
 
Takenyour card apart and reapply TIM.
If that doesnt work its probs upgrade time!
You could try an aftermarket cooler but i think yoir card is completely dead
 
ouch it has been on and off all nite its just started ****ing up again now. does anyone know how i can use the onboard graphics? it is nvidia nforce2 chipset... ive plugged the monitor into it but it isn't picking it up for some reason?
 
You'll need to remove the current ATi drivers, power down, remove the card, on boot enter BIOS and enable the onboard video. Save and exit BIOS. When in windows you' will need to install drivers for the new video chip, whatever it is, at least if you are not happy with the default windows driver.

Not sure exactly how you would enter BIOS or where to find the setting to enable as all MB are different, but if you root around you should find it.
 
Are you sure you have onboard video? If you do, there should be a BIOS option to enable/disable it.

I can't find any info on this board. Is it an HP board?



Go into BIOS > Advanced Menu > Chipset > Primary Video > change/make sure is set to "AGP/Onboard"

Save & Exit > Reboot with Video Cable connected to onboard.


That is all I can find as far as a setting to enable/disable onboard video. I can only imagine that the BIOS auto recognizes which one to use on boot.



If the setting above doesn't get the onboard going, try removing the video card from the slot and try booting to the onboard.



If that doesn't work you will have to power down and reset the BIOS. Then it should boot to the onboard video.

BIOS reset jumper is marked CLRTC1 and is located below and to the left (9 O'Clock) of the battery.

1) Remove the battery
2) Move jumper from position 1-2 to 2-3 for a few minutes (position are [1-2-3] from left to right)
3) Move jumper back to original position of 1-2
4) Install battery
5) Boot.
 
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Try to reset/clear the BIOS. Take the card out first.

BIOS reset jumper is marked CLRTC1 and is located below and to the left (9 O'Clock) of the battery.

1) Remove the battery
2) Move jumper from position 1-2 to 2-3 for a few minutes (position's are [1-2-3] from left to right)
3) Move jumper back to original position of 1-2
4) Install battery
5) Boot.
 
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yeah ive tried that, but wouldnt that just reset the bios there to fail safe defaults? i think ive converted to a faulty bios which is why it wont show??/ :(
 
This is a more thorough reset than just resetting from within the BIOS.

Also on a BIOS flash, most boards require a hard BIOS reset.

All is not lost yet, do the hard reset.

And don't forget to remove the video card first.
 
When you flashed the BIOS the video card was in, right?

And you lost ability to boot/display video.

Even with card out no display/boot.

Not good. All you can do at this point, as a last ditch effort, is to make sure you got a good BIOS reset. Make sure you have the correct headers for reset. Pull battery, leave jumper to pos 2-3 for 10 minutes or so. Pull out RAM, disconnect all wires from board. Re-install RAM, connect all wires back to board. Put jumper back to 1-2, re-install battery and try again.

Sounds wierd I know but I have had boards that I had to do this to (asus boards too). I usually remove CPU too. Probably futile but maybe worth a shot.

If that doesn't work you'll need a new BIOS chip (if it is removable).
 
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