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Answer» Quote from: ellanon on April 28, 2008, 08:53:51 PM Figures. I'll have to live with it then until I can afford a new one. THANKS guys! Luckily you still have basic use of the computer, you just won't be able to use any of the hardware acceleration features of the card. If you need any help selecting a card for your SYSTEM, just let us know. Quote from: quaxo on April 28, 2008, 08:56:57 PM Luckily you still have basic use of the computer, you just won't be able to use any of the hardware acceleration features of the card. OK, I'll ask the "dumb" question. FOLLOWING up on what Quaxo SAID, have you tried backing off from "full" hardware acceleration (letting the CPU share more of the graphics processing load). I'm guessing Safe Mode does not use hardware acceleration. While this may SEEM a move in the wrong direction, it might provide more information on what works and what doesn't. If you drop the color depth to 16-bits, you'll reduce the amount of graphic memory required and the amount of screen data that needs to be refreshed (thus reducing the graphic display load). Reducing the refresh rate should also reduce the graphic processing load (but could produce visible flicker leading to eyestrain). If you're using Windows XP, you could use "msconfig" utility to disable the load of "startup" programs on boot. This is a relatively clean boot. Not as clean as Safe Mode, but you're running with your normal video drivers. The idea here is to troubleshoot your display problem by minimizing interactions from other programs. |
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