power on and fuzzy text on the screen

I have this problem with a Nvidia Geoforce 2 MX/MX 400 64Mb and a
motherboard KR7a-raid:
I switch on the pc and the first screens of booting (before Windows
2000 starts up) show the usual text (CPU, Controller, HDs) with some
heavy disturbances of extra text and strange characters throughout the
monitor. If I leave the pc go on with the booting, Windows will start
up, but I do not
have the typical resolution on screen (the one I have usually with
Nvidia. If I check the control panel seems that windows thinks that
there is a dual monitor).


However, if I stop and restart just few seconds after I power one (i.e.
when I start noticing the fuzzy text on booting, before windows starts
up), the second booting is ok, with clean screen text and usual
definition of the graphic card under windows.
In the motherboard bios the selection of the
AGP seems ok.
Could be possible a problem of dust or whatever?
TIA for any help solving the problem

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Could be possible a problem of dust or whatever?
TIA for any help solving the problem


Could be a motherboard or video card going bad. Could be the video card
needs to be reseated. It's even possible that dirt on the card is
causing some shorting of signal.

It can't hurt to remove the card and carefully clean it.

Hi Robert
Thank you. I will try first a clean action.
Could be a motherboard or video card going bad. Could be the video card
needs to be reseated.
I could update the Firmware of both motherboard and video card. However
for Nvidia, I am not able to find a download of the proper firmware for
my model.
Any help? Thanks again.

Sorry, firmware=bios of the video card.