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Has updated driver from Abit killed my GF4 Ti4200
Sorry if I go off the point a little
PREAMBLE I used my Abit GF4 Ti 4200 quite happily on XP for about 9 months, then I downloaded an updated driver from www.abit.com.tw, I got a message saying it hadn't got a windows logo certificate but I installed it anyway. Then when I boot(sequence goes VGA/Mboard/SCSI) random characters appear all over boot screens. Shortly afterwards, Windows refused to boot (and I wasn't able to repair it cos i'd forgotten the admin password (stupid of me, i know)). So I buy a new IDE drive (cos I need to keep data on SCSI drives, which I used to boot from) but now I cant load any drivers for my graphics card THE PROBLEM I load the drivers and after rebooting my display is corrupted, I have tried several versions; original CD, 2 versions from ABIT website, generic driver from NVidia site. I also flashed my motherboard BIOS because I read that might help. No luck (but now no random characters on motherboard bootup screeen). I uninstall the drivers in safe mode and am left with a very basic display that is readable and stable (so card is not completely FUBAR) I don't think the problem is related to Windows because I have dual boot with 2 copies of XP on seperate partitions, both recently installed and one of them in virgin state (only service packed) and problem oocurs on both installs. Is the VGA BIOS corrupted, is that possible? MY SYSTEM MSI 648 Max (SIS 648) socket 478 P4 1.8 willamette 768 Meg PC 2100 Abit GF$ Ti4200 Adaptec SCSI card AHA2940 (originally used to boot from) 2 x IBM 9.4 gig HDD Cheetah 10 Gig IDE HDD (currently booting from this drive) |
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Harry wrote:
Sorry if I go off the point a little PREAMBLE I used my Abit GF4 Ti 4200 quite happily on XP for about 9 months, then I downloaded an updated driver from www.abit.com.tw, I got a message saying it hadn't got a windows logo certificate but I installed it anyway. Then when I boot(sequence goes VGA/Mboard/SCSI) random characters appear all over boot screens. Shortly afterwards, Windows refused to boot (and I wasn't able to repair it cos i'd forgotten the admin password (stupid of me, i know)). So I buy a new IDE drive (cos I need to keep data on SCSI drives, which I used to boot from) but now I cant load any drivers for my graphics card THE PROBLEM I load the drivers and after rebooting my display is corrupted, I have tried several versions; original CD, 2 versions from ABIT website, generic driver from NVidia site. I also flashed my motherboard BIOS because I read that might help. No luck (but now no random characters on motherboard bootup screeen). I uninstall the drivers in safe mode and am left with a very basic display that is readable and stable (so card is not completely FUBAR) I don't think the problem is related to Windows because I have dual boot with 2 copies of XP on seperate partitions, both recently installed and one of them in virgin state (only service packed) and problem oocurs on both installs. Is the VGA BIOS corrupted, is that possible? MY SYSTEM MSI 648 Max (SIS 648) socket 478 P4 1.8 willamette 768 Meg PC 2100 Abit GF$ Ti4200 Adaptec SCSI card AHA2940 (originally used to boot from) 2 x IBM 9.4 gig HDD Cheetah 10 Gig IDE HDD (currently booting from this drive) I have heard reports of the graphic corruption before, but it hasn't so far prevented anyone I've read from booting. I would say it's one of two things: 1. Incompatibility with your current card BIOS (i.e. need updated Abit bios for driver) 2. Abit's drivers muck with your AGP drivers for your motherboard chipset. I haven't had an instance of the first case in years. It's been a long time since I ever remember a card needing a bios update for just a driver. I thinks it's much more likely it's something conflicting with your chipset driver. I would first try the NVidia reference driver (52.16) after a clean uninstall of the old. If that fails, it could be that the new Forceware's have tweaked the AGP gart settings and your card/mobo may not be able to handle them properly. |
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