Green Gauze Monitor and Slowdown at Windows Loading Screen

[Al]

Hey all, recently when I start my computer I get a green rolling screen which
after 20 seconds flicks to the black bios startup. During the bios check the
screen flashes green as if it's degauzing several times...then after 5
minutes of the windows loading screen windows starts up in a really slow
manner, the deskop appears, then goes blank, then the icons and tool bars
appear.

My computer has always started really quickly and I've never had the green
gauzing effect...even when the monitor powers down it fades to a bright green
dot in the middle of the screen. Once the tedius loading it out of the way
windows actually works fine, and even high spec games like CoD4 run without
error (but the screen does flash green whilst changing resolution to play
them)

I assumed that it was the monitor itself, but that doesnt explain why
windows is taking ages to load...is it a problem with the graphics card? do
you think it's hardware or software based?

I'd really appreciate any advice
Thanks a lot
Al

Specs
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+
Radeon Sapphire x1600
AM2NF3-VSTA motherboard

 

[JS]

Start by downloading and installing the most recent version of the Video
driver for your PC.

JS

 

[smlunatick]

Start by downloading and installing the most recent version of the Video
driver for your PC.

JS










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The OP was stating that this problem occurs duing the boot ip prior to
the BIOS boot sequence. At this point, the PC does not use drivers.

 

[JS]

Yep, he did. Then he should try another video card.
At least this will eliminate one source of the problem.

JS

Start by downloading and installing the most recent version of the Video
driver for your PC.

JS










- Show quoted text -

The OP was stating that this problem occurs duing the boot ip prior to
the BIOS boot sequence. At this point, the PC does not use drivers.

 

[Al]

Thanks guys. The driver thing didnt make a difference. I just wanted to make
absolutly sure that the state of the monitor wouldnt affect the windows
loading time, its just strange that the graphics card has trouble loading
windows at first but runs new games as well as it ever did. I'll upgrade my
card.

Cheers
Al