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Doinker   05-15-2009 at 11:12:34 PM

I was in the process of removing vista and installing xp, made a partition and the install seemed to be going fine. However, when it started installing devices the screen goes crazy, possible driver problem maybe?

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Bronze Win XP badge aford10   05-16-2009 at 01:56:47 AM
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Did you run the comprehensive format before the install process started?

The format should remove all the old drivers.

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Doinker   05-18-2009 at 08:40:49 PM
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I did, several times even.

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Bronze Win XP badge aford10   05-18-2009 at 10:30:10 PM
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If it's not a driver problem, the card could be failing.

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Doinker   05-18-2009 at 10:50:17 PM
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I'm almost positive it's not the card, setup just quits now midway through the initial setup, then the computer shuts down.

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Bronze Win XP badge aford10   05-18-2009 at 11:16:21 PM
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What setup is quitting? Is it freezing, giving BSOD, or just restarting?

------------------------------ CM HAF 932 - 300GB Velociraptor
GIGABYTE GA-EP45T-DS3R
E8500 - Sapphire 1Gb 4850
4G DDR3 OCZ Reaper 1333
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Doinker   05-18-2009 at 11:37:10 PM
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Sorry about the lack of info, during the format (NTFS) it powers off. I haven't done anything different from what I was doing before, aside from running a diagnostic test which checked out alright.

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Bronze Win XP badge aford10   05-19-2009 at 12:00:47 AM
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Have you checked your temps in the BIOS?

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GIGABYTE GA-EP45T-DS3R
E8500 - Sapphire 1Gb 4850
4G DDR3 OCZ Reaper 1333
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