No boot - Video card issue
I have had this problem before, an AGP ati x1300 pro on a driver update suddenly stops booting. Clearing cmos, completely re-doing my power plugs, etc do not work. The GPU fan turns on, but the computer sits at a blank screen, does the "faulty video" motherboard beeps, and restarts to infinity.
The first time it happened, I submitted a ticket and eventually an RMA, waited 4 months and eventually had to email ATI and remind them about it. I received a completely new card of the same rev and brand shortly afterwards. Never did find out from them what was wrong with it.
Well now, a few months later, my warranty has run out and the exact same thing has happened again. I updated to the latest catalyst, restarted, and no video boot.
Just posting here to see if anyone has a solution, I'm thinking of switching to nvidia anyways :X
The first time it happened, I submitted a ticket and eventually an RMA, waited 4 months and eventually had to email ATI and remind them about it. I received a completely new card of the same rev and brand shortly afterwards. Never did find out from them what was wrong with it.
Well now, a few months later, my warranty has run out and the exact same thing has happened again. I updated to the latest catalyst, restarted, and no video boot.
Just posting here to see if anyone has a solution, I'm thinking of switching to nvidia anyways :X
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If its not broke dont fix it.
Drivers != Post
I should have been more clear, I meant that the computer won't POST into the bios with the video card installed, I've had to use an alternate.
Format c: and use drivers you know work. Updating drivers isnt going to do much for that video card if anything at all.
Nothing to do with drivers currently installed, nor can I reinstall the drivers with the card installed bc you can't even post let alone get into windows.
BTW right now I have ati drivers uninstalled and nvidia drivers installed anyways.
Thank you for your time but i'm sorry I asked.
If the computer can't turn on past being able to even load the bios settings page, like in my case with this card installed (without it installed and with another graphics card installed theres no problems).
I am unable to reinstall drivers with this card installed because it seems the computer gets stuck in an infinite reboot loop before the boot table is even queried.
I said drivers in my first post because that was the last thing that I did before I rebooted, and I thought it might be helpful to mention it, but faulty drivers are not the problem here. You keep telling me to reinstall drivers, and I think that this is a rather idotic suggestion seeing as computers do not even load drivers untill after the boot table is loaded, therefore since I cannot get to the boot table, drivers have nothing to do with the problem and hitherto reinstalling drivers would not help nor would formatting do anything beside give unnesicary headaches.
If you can see 'insert disk' thing then its not the video card's problem as it is still working. Then you say in the next line its a black screen. Which is it?