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| Thread ID: 57977 | 2005-05-18 01:02:00 | Radeon 9600 display corruption :( | harris_t (7189) | Press F1 |
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| 356105 | 2005-05-18 01:02:00 | Here are my specs: OS: Windows XP Professional x64 CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Winchester Socket 939 Motherboard: ASUS A8V DELUXE Socket 939 VIA K8T800 Pro RAM: 512MB DDR pc2700 Video: PowerColor ATI RADEON 9600PRO 128MB I know this may be a lot to read, but damn it I need help. When I had this video card on my old 32-bit machine I could not install the latest drivers from the ATI website without getting errors, so I always had to use the drivers on the cd that came with the product's box. But now I just got a 64bit machine, so I can no longer use the 32bit drivers on the CD. So, I went to the ATI website (www.ati.com) , and downloaded and installed their latest driver that would fit my specs, "CATALYST 5.5 Windows XP Professional x64 Edition". I was able to install with no errors, but then when I rebooted my system there was MAJOR display distortion/corruption/artifact all over my screen. I couldn't see or read a damn thing, so I had to restart into safe mode in order to uninstall the driver. Now I'm just using window's default driver, which is super slow. After googling around I discovered people who have had minor display corruption saying swapping their power supply with a stronger one fixed the problem. So I swapped my 350watt power supply with a 450watt, but there's no difference at all. Maybe if PowerColor had their own 64-bit drivers it would work fine, because it seems that I can never use the drivers from ATI's website. Do you think its the video card thats the problem? I might be able to send it back for warranty, but I only have everything but the reciept :( Please, any suggestions? |
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| 356106 | 2005-05-18 03:01:00 | You could try using a utility such as driver cleaner 3 to remove all traces of the drivers then try and reinstall them and see how you get on | Overdrive_5000 (4950) | ||
| 356107 | 2005-05-18 03:10:00 | First your system is nice except for the card. Its getting old. Second it should run the ATI drivers without a problem so I'd send it back or throw it away or whatever. Third, XP64? Well thats what happens when you become the beta tester. |
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