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"Plaid" Screen - from power button until welcome screen

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revolink24   11-15-2008 at 05:09:22 PM

Okay, I'm starting to fear the worst, but I'm hoping someone can help.

 

I built this computer a couple of months ago. Just a few days ago, I started getting a "plaid" pattern on all screens during bios before windows loads the drivers itself. I have heard that I am not the only person to experience this problem, but I am hesitant to blame it directly on the graphics card for a couple of reasons. First of all, why does it work fine once I enter Windows? Why did it start so suddenly?

 

Here are the things I have tried so far:

 

Flashing BIOS to latest version, restoring defaults.
Updating CATALYST, restoring defaults.

 


My humble opinion thinks it might have to do something with the card itself's BIOS/Firmware. What do you all think?


Message edited by revolink24 on 11-15-2008 at 05:19:48 PM
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rangers   11-15-2008 at 05:41:26 PM
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just try and forget about it, your computer works in windows be glad of that

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revolink24   11-15-2008 at 05:48:12 PM
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It makes BIOS setup rather hard to read though.....

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rangers   11-15-2008 at 06:16:44 PM
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on the back of the card there's two monitor connectors try your monitor in the second one see if that helps

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revolink24   11-15-2008 at 06:58:40 PM
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Tried that already.

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revolink24   11-15-2008 at 07:00:01 PM
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Oh, I just started a Sapphire support ticket too. Time to deal with their horrible customer support as well. I'm still open to suggestions.

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