lmacmil
join:2001-01-26
South Bend, IN | reply to lmacmil
Re: [motherboard] New mobo losing video Thanks for the suggestions. I think my topic title is pointing people in the wrong direction. I should have said "new mobo, CPU & video didn't cure problem" which is the system is locking up randomly and the video disappears a couple seconds later (the last time it happened, I noticed the mouse cursor froze just before the screen went blank.)
Whatever is causing the problem, since it has continued after a mobo, cpu, video and memory swap, pretty much rules out those components (and their drivers which have all changed as well.)
I don't think it's the monitor because the prior system did the same thing with an LCD monitor. I suspect a software issue and the two things that have remained the same between old and new hardware are the OS (XP Home w/SP3) and ATI video drivers (though the driver level is not the same). At some point I will probably do a fresh install but I'm really wondering if there's something going on with the ATI drivers. I know I had upgraded them on the old hardware in the last couple months and I'm thinking the problem started sometime after that but not so soon as to immediately suspect the driver update. Pointing away from the drivers is the fact that I have another very similar socket A system with the same drivers and video cards as this one prior to the upgrade and it doesn't exhibit the problem.
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