Just Updated to XP, now if I change screen res monitor shuts off!

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jsgtpd

Hey all

Ok so I started fresh with a new HD and installed Windows XP Pro SP2.
Not I can only work in 8 bit screen res, or my monitor shuts off! And
sometimes the comp even reboots on me!

I am using a brand new Radeon 9550 and I have installed all of the new
drivers from their website.

Thanks
 
Uninstall the driver, reboot - download the latest Chipset driver
package for your specific motherboard. Install that and then do
the latest Catalyst driver from ATI.
 
jsgtpd said:
Hey all

Ok so I started fresh with a new HD and installed Windows XP Pro SP2.
Not I can only work in 8 bit screen res, or my monitor shuts off! And
sometimes the comp even reboots on me!

I am using a brand new Radeon 9550 and I have installed all of the new
drivers from their website.

Thanks
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I've seen this one many times, ATI's Radeon 9000 series drivers are
problematic. This is _one_ case where the Microsoft supplied driver
works better. Uninstall the ATI driver and let Windows install it's driver.

Steve N.
 
jsgtpd said:
Hey all

Ok so I started fresh with a new HD and installed Windows XP Pro SP2.
Not I can only work in 8 bit screen res, or my monitor shuts off! And
sometimes the comp even reboots on me!

I am using a brand new Radeon 9550 and I have installed all of the new
drivers from their website.

Thanks
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It sounds like you have the resolution set too high for your monitor.
How old is the monitor? Try a resolution of 1024x768 with 32-bit color
to see what happens.

Malke
 
Malke said:
jsgtpd wrote:


It sounds like you have the resolution set too high for your monitor.
How old is the monitor? Try a resolution of 1024x768 with 32-bit color
to see what happens.

Malke
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The monitor I am using is my HP Pavilion M70 its from 1998, but all the
specs i read online say it should handle it.
 
Steve said:
jsgtpd wrote:

I've seen this one many times, ATI's Radeon 9000 series drivers are
problematic. This is _one_ case where the Microsoft supplied driver
works better. Uninstall the ATI driver and let Windows install it's
driver.

Steve N.
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Hey Steve

Thanks! I tried this but even that dosent work.
 
R. McCarty said:
Uninstall the driver, reboot - download the latest Chipset driver
package for your specific motherboard. Install that and then do
the latest Catalyst driver from ATI
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Ok i am gonna try this. Do I have to open my comp to find out what
mother board i am using?
 
Ok so how about this. Everytime I change the bits or screen resolution
it says

"VPU has has reset your graphics accelerator....."


Does this help ???
 
Hey all

Ok so I started fresh with a new HD and installed Windows XP Pro SP2.
Not I can only work in 8 bit screen res, or my monitor shuts off! And
sometimes the comp even reboots on me!

I am using a brand new Radeon 9550 and I have installed all of the new
drivers from their website.

Thanks
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Have you confirmed that the proper monitor drivers are installed?

Right click a blank part of the desktop and select properties. Go to
Settings->Advanced->Monitor. If the M70 monitor is not listed, click
Properties->Driver->Update Driver and work your way through the dialogs.

I had a similar problem in Win98 and a monitor of the same era. To solve
the problem I had to disable the function "automatically detect Plug and
Play monitors" I can not find a similar setting in XP but suspect the base
problem is the same--the wrong driver for the monitor is being loaded.

I have also found this bit of additional detail while Googling:

<quote>
XP natively has Monitor definitions for the M70. Just update your
driver, but not automatically select. Uncheck "Show compatible
Hardware", select HP for vendor - then scroll through list M70 is
shown near the end of the listings.
</quote>

I found this at http://www.mcse.ms/archive209-2004-12-1299865.html

HTH,

mikkl
 
I've seen this one many times, ATI's Radeon 9000 series drivers are
problematic. This is _one_ case where the Microsoft supplied driver
works better. Uninstall the ATI driver and let Windows install it's driver.

Steve N.
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Actually it sounds like the Refresh rate is being set too high for the
monitor and it is shutting itself down to protect itself.
 
jsgtpd said:
Ok how do I change that??
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Right click your Desktop/Properties/Settings/Advanced Button/Monitor.
Change it to 60 hertz if LCD monitor and 75 hertz if CRT monitor and see
if that helps. Also, just curious, what is it set to now?

Alias

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Les said:
On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 15:36:06 GMT, "Steve N." (e-mail address removed) wrote:

Actually it sounds like the Refresh rate is being set too high for the
monitor and it is shutting itself down to protect itself.
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Ok how do I change that?
 
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