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screen going blank after video driver install

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May 22, 2001 5:35:11 AM

Hi -

Jeez I hope someone can help with this. I've just gotten a new PC, and have finished putting it together, and I've got one last problem I can't seem to resolve.

Everything seems to go okay on the install, and most things are detected correctly and have the software installed for them. I install the rest of the drivers, and after some drama with the HPT370 under Win2k (which was resolved by putting the boot devide on the UIDE controller and moving the CDR/DVD drives to the 686B controller), everything seems to be okay but this: every time I try to load the video drivers, it all goes well until the re-boot. When i re-boot, it gets as far as the splash screen, and then just before going to the login screen (i.e. when the resolution is changed to the proper one), the monitor goes blank, as though it's not getting any signal.

I've searched high and low, and found something saying this can happen if the monitor is detected as plug and play and the settings don't mesh, but I've got the g420 drivers installed, and the monitor is detected correctly in Windows. The last time I re-installed the video drivers it also asked for the sony monitor drivers during the install, but it didn't affect the problem.

I've re-formatted and re-installed everything countless times, and to no avail. I've tried detonator 3 6.50, 12.00, 12.40, 11.00, 6.54, 7.58, and 12.10 and they all do exactly the same thing. I have installed SP1 for Win2K. I have applied the Microsoft hotfix for incorrect recognition of Via AGP. I have installed the Via 4in1 drivers v4.31 without the AGP driver. I have installed the Nvidia Refresh Rate Fix for Win2K. I have flashed the motherboard bios to the latest, 8kt31417. Nothing has fixed the problem.

It has worked intermittently under both Win2K and Win98SE, so I know that the card is capable of working.

Does anyone have any ideas? I would love to crack this thing once and for all.

the machine specs:
Sony CPD-G420 19inch Monitor
Epox 8KKTA3+ motherboard w/ HPT370 RAID
Athlon-C 1.13GHz @ 133 FSB(not overclocked)
ThermoEngine & 6800rpm fan
PixelView XX-Player Geforce3 64MB
256MB Apacer PC-150 SDRAM (128 MB in slots 1 and 2)
Hercules Gametheater XP (pci slot 3)
Sony 12x DVD Drive (secondary master)
Lite-On 1210B 12x Burner (primary master)
Some heap of crap old floppy drive


Thanks,
Lucien

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May 22, 2001 6:05:12 AM

Start up W2K in VGA mode by hitting F8 during startup and choose VGA mode.

Open up device manager, under monitor properties change monitor to plug and play and see what happens. Probably your monitor vertical sync limit is being exceeded so it is turning intself off to protect itself.

Let us know what happens.

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by noko on 05/22/01 02:05 AM.</EM></FONT></P>
Anonymous
a b U Graphics card
May 22, 2001 6:17:11 AM

thanks for the suggestion... still didn't work. i'm pretty sure this monitor can handle just about any refresh rate i throw at it.

same result - screen turns off just before login screen.

any other ideas?
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May 22, 2001 8:24:32 AM

I had that problem with my Creative labs GeForce256 a long time Ago, I think it was having problems with the detonator drivers, so I installed the creative drivers and it worked.


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Anonymous
a b U Graphics card
May 22, 2001 8:25:41 AM

can i install creative/asus drivers, etc. if it's not the right card?
May 23, 2001 3:54:18 AM

Try removing your drivers and setting the video driver to default VGA Adapter in Windows, also, you may want to disable UDMA on all your CD ROM drives and lowering your AGP speed to 2X. Before you reinstall the drivers, set your screen resolution to no more than 800 X 600. Also, because this is a fairly new card, you might have to install some old Geforce 2 drivers (I would go back two Versions)to get some stability. Windows 2K is very fussy about non-compatible and new hardware and it normally takes the manufactures a few months to debug their drivers for W2K.

If it works for you then don't fix it.
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