Hi,
I upgraded my graphics card (nvidia 8400GS) to the Radeon 4850 (Gigabyte R485OC-1GH) card. I downloaded latest drivers from AMD Download page (driver version 9.6). After installing it, my system started showing strange behaviors. These are the steps I took for the diagnosis of the problem.
1. Few minutes (15-20 mins) after booting and logging into my account, my monitor will suddenly turn blank showing no signal and then it will go into power saver mode. It will never come back to normal mode unless I reboot my system. Note that windows was working properly during this time (I used to reboot using windows key+R>>"shutdown.exe -r -t 5">>enter).
2. After this I removed latest drivers and installed what has been provided in the CD. Still the same problem persisted.
3. Next I check my hdd for bad sectors, and nothing came in report. The hdd was fine.
4. I formatted my PC, and reinstalled windows XP SP3. Along with the previous problem, now another problem is happening. Either the monitor will go into power saver mode or explorer would hang.
5. During all this time my system was running fine with Windows 7 RC (dual boot). It is not showing any of the things that I get in XP SP3.
6. I contacted AMD technical support and the guy asked me to try catalyst v9.2. But my problem remained the same with v9.1 or v9.2.
7. I again contacted AMD Support and the guy transferred my call to some lab (i think this is what he said). The person on the other side couldn't resolve the problem.
8. Now I uninstalled SP3 and tried again. Same problem. The explorer is hanging like anything.
9. I reinstalled SP3. Still the same thing.
I have already disabled the onboard graphics, and have upgraded to latest bios from ASUS site. All the drivers are the latest ones. Nothing is helping me to resolve this problem. The strangest thing is Windows 7RC is working fine. I thought ATI catalyst is causing some problem, so I disabled it and still it didn't resolve the issue. Whether the driver is older or newer, this problem is not going away. Right now I am completely stuck with Windows 7RC (don't know what will I do after March 10 if this problem is not solved
My system config:
Motherboard: ASUS M2V-MX SE
CPU: AMD Athlon 64x2 4600+
Memory: A-Data PC2-6400 2x1Gb
PSU: 585 W, dual 12V rail (+3.3V@36A,+5V@36A,+12V1@19A,+12V2@20A,-12V@1A,+5 VSB@2.0A)
1 CD-ROM
1 DVD RW ROM
1 80 GB IDE Samsung HDD (Windows XP is installed on it)
1 120 GB SATA Seagate HDD (Windows 7 RC is installed on it).
1 500 GB SATA WD Caviar HDD (for backup)
1 USB Realtek wireless card
All PCI slots are free. Graphics card is attached to 1 PCIe slot.
Please help me!
I upgraded my graphics card (nvidia 8400GS) to the Radeon 4850 (Gigabyte R485OC-1GH) card. I downloaded latest drivers from AMD Download page (driver version 9.6). After installing it, my system started showing strange behaviors. These are the steps I took for the diagnosis of the problem.
1. Few minutes (15-20 mins) after booting and logging into my account, my monitor will suddenly turn blank showing no signal and then it will go into power saver mode. It will never come back to normal mode unless I reboot my system. Note that windows was working properly during this time (I used to reboot using windows key+R>>"shutdown.exe -r -t 5">>enter).
2. After this I removed latest drivers and installed what has been provided in the CD. Still the same problem persisted.
3. Next I check my hdd for bad sectors, and nothing came in report. The hdd was fine.
4. I formatted my PC, and reinstalled windows XP SP3. Along with the previous problem, now another problem is happening. Either the monitor will go into power saver mode or explorer would hang.
5. During all this time my system was running fine with Windows 7 RC (dual boot). It is not showing any of the things that I get in XP SP3.
6. I contacted AMD technical support and the guy asked me to try catalyst v9.2. But my problem remained the same with v9.1 or v9.2.
7. I again contacted AMD Support and the guy transferred my call to some lab (i think this is what he said). The person on the other side couldn't resolve the problem.
8. Now I uninstalled SP3 and tried again. Same problem. The explorer is hanging like anything.
9. I reinstalled SP3. Still the same thing.
I have already disabled the onboard graphics, and have upgraded to latest bios from ASUS site. All the drivers are the latest ones. Nothing is helping me to resolve this problem. The strangest thing is Windows 7RC is working fine. I thought ATI catalyst is causing some problem, so I disabled it and still it didn't resolve the issue. Whether the driver is older or newer, this problem is not going away. Right now I am completely stuck with Windows 7RC (don't know what will I do after March 10 if this problem is not solved
My system config:
Motherboard: ASUS M2V-MX SE
CPU: AMD Athlon 64x2 4600+
Memory: A-Data PC2-6400 2x1Gb
PSU: 585 W, dual 12V rail (+3.3V@36A,+5V@36A,+12V1@19A,+12V2@20A,-12V@1A,+5 VSB@2.0A)
1 CD-ROM
1 DVD RW ROM
1 80 GB IDE Samsung HDD (Windows XP is installed on it)
1 120 GB SATA Seagate HDD (Windows 7 RC is installed on it).
1 500 GB SATA WD Caviar HDD (for backup)
1 USB Realtek wireless card
All PCI slots are free. Graphics card is attached to 1 PCIe slot.
Please help me!