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Terry
Ok, to start off i have almost always been having trouble with getting
my graphics card (ATI X700) to work to its fullest. But having said
that, I don't think the video card is the problem. I have installed
the card in another computer and it works fine. In addition, I have
recently discovered one clue (see the very bottom of this post) that
might help figure out what is wrong.
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
When i formatted my computer atleast 6 months ago and installed the
video card drivers the following would happen:
I would install the driver, restart, and once it got to the log in
screen the computer would freeze completely after about 20 seconds, no
matter what i do. Then i would restart by pressing the restart button
on the computer, and this time the computer would work fine and the
video card drivers would work.
But the next time i turn off the computer and start it up the
resolution would be the lowest and the colors would be set to the
lowest and worst looking. When i try to change these settings, it
doesn't change and just stays at a low resoltuion and color. Then
everytime i wanted to get my graphics back up to normal i would have
to install the driver again, restart, let it freeze again, restart,
and then it would work, until i restarted my computer again.
I was coping with letting my computer do that, but recently i decided
it was time for another reformat (hoping my video card problem would
go away). So i reformatted, installed all the windows updates, except
misc ones like messenger (And yes i did install .Net framework 2.0
because the driver requires it). After i installed all those updates i
got the newest video driver for my card (version 6.11) and installed
it, then restarted my computer. But is exactly the same as before...
my computer still freezes the first time when i start up, and then i
have to restart it again for it to work. And just like before when i
turn off my computer the resolution goes back to low as well as the
color, which means i have to install the video card driver again and
go through the whole process again of restarting, letting it freeze,
and restarting.
CLUE:
Recently I discovered that if I press F8 as the computer is rebooting,
and then choose 'Use Last Known Configuration', then it will start up
properly and everything works fine, without having to reboot. So, why
doesn't it automatically use Last Configuration??
It would be of GREAT if you could help me fix this problem because as
you know, i shouldn't have to install my video card driver all the
time.
Thanks, Graham
my graphics card (ATI X700) to work to its fullest. But having said
that, I don't think the video card is the problem. I have installed
the card in another computer and it works fine. In addition, I have
recently discovered one clue (see the very bottom of this post) that
might help figure out what is wrong.
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
When i formatted my computer atleast 6 months ago and installed the
video card drivers the following would happen:
I would install the driver, restart, and once it got to the log in
screen the computer would freeze completely after about 20 seconds, no
matter what i do. Then i would restart by pressing the restart button
on the computer, and this time the computer would work fine and the
video card drivers would work.
But the next time i turn off the computer and start it up the
resolution would be the lowest and the colors would be set to the
lowest and worst looking. When i try to change these settings, it
doesn't change and just stays at a low resoltuion and color. Then
everytime i wanted to get my graphics back up to normal i would have
to install the driver again, restart, let it freeze again, restart,
and then it would work, until i restarted my computer again.
I was coping with letting my computer do that, but recently i decided
it was time for another reformat (hoping my video card problem would
go away). So i reformatted, installed all the windows updates, except
misc ones like messenger (And yes i did install .Net framework 2.0
because the driver requires it). After i installed all those updates i
got the newest video driver for my card (version 6.11) and installed
it, then restarted my computer. But is exactly the same as before...
my computer still freezes the first time when i start up, and then i
have to restart it again for it to work. And just like before when i
turn off my computer the resolution goes back to low as well as the
color, which means i have to install the video card driver again and
go through the whole process again of restarting, letting it freeze,
and restarting.
CLUE:
Recently I discovered that if I press F8 as the computer is rebooting,
and then choose 'Use Last Known Configuration', then it will start up
properly and everything works fine, without having to reboot. So, why
doesn't it automatically use Last Configuration??
It would be of GREAT if you could help me fix this problem because as
you know, i shouldn't have to install my video card driver all the
time.
Thanks, Graham