Moezter 0 Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 Ok so I bought an x1800xt from newegg a couple of weeks ago. It displayed my motherboard logo in 16 colors and shows a grey screen with artifacts for a second right before launching windows. I called ati and they told me it was either: Bad videocard memory or needed to update motherboard. The motherboard came out when the x850xt was still new so I could understand why it would need to be updated. I sent the card back and got a new one from newegg again. I update dmy bios and it fixed the logo problem but not the corrupted screen right before launching windows. I've read some reviews and posts about this. Whats causing it? I have P4 3.0, 1 gig ram, 500watt psy. The card is connected directly to the psu and not through motherboard molex. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ROCO*AFZ* 0 Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 contact the Mainboard manufacturer and see if there are any known incompatibilities Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Logos 0 Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 Ok so I bought an x1800xt from newegg a couple of weeks ago. It displayed my motherboard logo in 16 colors and shows a grey screen with artifacts for a second right before launching windows. I called ati and they told me it was either: Bad videocard memory or needed to update motherboard. The motherboard came out when the x850xt was still new so I could understand why it would need to be updated. I sent the card back and got a new one from newegg again. I update dmy bios and it fixed the logo problem but not the corrupted screen right before launching windows. I've read some reviews and posts about this. Whats causing it? I have P4 3.0, 1 gig ram, 500watt psy. The card is connected directly to the psu and not through motherboard molex. What kind of 500W PSU? Are you overclocking the system processor and/or GPU? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moezter 0 Posted May 22, 2006 Author Share Posted May 22, 2006 aspire 500w 2.03 psu, no overclocking of any kind Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chilly-willy 0 Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 It's the ATI drivers. Started with version 6.4 I've just been living with it and am banking on it being addressed in the next version. Be sure you have plenty of PSU though to be safe. To be sure it is indeed the drivers drop back to 6.3 usinging the method outlined on many sites... drivercleaner and etc. You should no longer see issue under 6.3. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moezter 0 Posted May 23, 2006 Author Share Posted May 23, 2006 thats what i thought chilly. When I used the drivers that came with the card it ran fine Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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