Driver problem

[lee]

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Help wanted. I am having problems with my ATI drivers. Since I upgraded I've
had problems with the drivers giving me errors, pushing the monitor out of
range and having to restart. It get worse gradually until I do a complete
re-install of the drivers and then it's ok for another few weeks. Any ideas
whats causing this?

Thanks

Lee

Athlon XP64 +3000
MSI K8T Neo2
1gb DDR
250gb Hitachi S-ATA drive
Radeon 9800 pro
SB Audigy

 

[Guest]

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"Lee" <lee24NOT REALLY NEEDED@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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> Help wanted. I am having problems with my ATI drivers. Since I upgraded
I've
> had problems with the drivers giving me errors, pushing the monitor out of
> range and having to restart. It get worse gradually until I do a complete
> re-install of the drivers and then it's ok for another few weeks. Any
ideas
> whats causing this?

Don't suppose you've got any nvidia drivers lurking on your system
perchance?

 

[lee]

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"Spammy Sammy" <Someone@microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Lee" <lee24NOT REALLY NEEDED@btinternet.com> wrote in message
> news:dcse1h$df6$1@nwrdmz03.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com...
>> Help wanted. I am having problems with my ATI drivers. Since I upgraded
> I've
>> had problems with the drivers giving me errors, pushing the monitor out
>> of
>> range and having to restart. It get worse gradually until I do a complete
>> re-install of the drivers and then it's ok for another few weeks. Any
> ideas
>> whats causing this?
>
> Don't suppose you've got any nvidia drivers lurking on your system
> perchance?
>
>It's a third reinstall of XP, and it's the similar each time.

 

[shawk]

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"Lee" <lee24NOT REALLY NEEDED@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Spammy Sammy" <Someone@microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1123140353.653734@teuthos...
>>
>> "Lee" <lee24NOT REALLY NEEDED@btinternet.com> wrote in message
>> news:dcse1h$df6$1@nwrdmz03.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com...
>>> Help wanted. I am having problems with my ATI drivers. Since I upgraded
>> I've
>>> had problems with the drivers giving me errors, pushing the monitor out
>>> of
>>> range and having to restart. It get worse gradually until I do a
>>> complete
>>> re-install of the drivers and then it's ok for another few weeks. Any
>> ideas
>>> whats causing this?
>>
>> Don't suppose you've got any nvidia drivers lurking on your system
>> perchance?
>>
>>It's a third reinstall of XP, and it's the similar each time.
>
>

Full re-install (ie with a disk reformat) or repair re-install which may
have left traces of other drivers on there?

 

[lee]

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"Shawk" <shawk@clara.co.uk.3guesses> wrote in message
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>
> "Lee" <lee24NOT REALLY NEEDED@btinternet.com> wrote in message
> news:dcsgub$k1h$1@nwrdmz03.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com...
>>
>> "Spammy Sammy" <Someone@microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:1123140353.653734@teuthos...
>>>
>>> "Lee" <lee24NOT REALLY NEEDED@btinternet.com> wrote in message
>>> news:dcse1h$df6$1@nwrdmz03.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com...
>>>> Help wanted. I am having problems with my ATI drivers. Since I upgraded
>>> I've
>>>> had problems with the drivers giving me errors, pushing the monitor out
>>>> of
>>>> range and having to restart. It get worse gradually until I do a
>>>> complete
>>>> re-install of the drivers and then it's ok for another few weeks. Any
>>> ideas
>>>> whats causing this?
>>>
>>> Don't suppose you've got any nvidia drivers lurking on your system
>>> perchance?
>>>
>>>It's a third reinstall of XP, and it's the similar each time.
>>
>>
>
> Full re-install (ie with a disk reformat) or repair re-install which may
> have left traces of other drivers on there?
>
>
>It was a full re-install with a format first.
I have, however, been ok so far today since I returned to "windows classic".
I don't know if this can corrupt the driver or whether it's a coincidence.
One other thing of note was the control panel stopped working and wouldn't
load after I had problems.

 

[Guest]

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Sounds like your windows install is going. Its quite possible that because
of corruption that windows isn't shutting down properly and its only getting
worse over time. I think you should start over.

"Lee" <lee24NOT REALLY NEEDED@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Shawk" <shawk@clara.co.uk.3guesses> wrote in message
> news:1123157288.18825.0@ersa.uk.clara.net...
>>
>> "Lee" <lee24NOT REALLY NEEDED@btinternet.com> wrote in message
>> news:dcsgub$k1h$1@nwrdmz03.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com...
>>>
>>> "Spammy Sammy" <Someone@microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:1123140353.653734@teuthos...
>>>>
>>>> "Lee" <lee24NOT REALLY NEEDED@btinternet.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:dcse1h$df6$1@nwrdmz03.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com...
>>>>> Help wanted. I am having problems with my ATI drivers. Since I
>>>>> upgraded
>>>> I've
>>>>> had problems with the drivers giving me errors, pushing the monitor
>>>>> out of
>>>>> range and having to restart. It get worse gradually until I do a
>>>>> complete
>>>>> re-install of the drivers and then it's ok for another few weeks. Any
>>>> ideas
>>>>> whats causing this?
>>>>
>>>> Don't suppose you've got any nvidia drivers lurking on your system
>>>> perchance?
>>>>
>>>>It's a third reinstall of XP, and it's the similar each time.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Full re-install (ie with a disk reformat) or repair re-install which may
>> have left traces of other drivers on there?
>>
>>
>>It was a full re-install with a format first.
> I have, however, been ok so far today since I returned to "windows
> classic". I don't know if this can corrupt the driver or whether it's a
> coincidence. One other thing of note was the control panel stopped working
> and wouldn't load after I had problems.
>