Help -_-: Windows XP and Radeon 9600 Problems

talk random
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I need some help with windows.

I reinstalled XP last night, and now when I install RADEON catalyst drivers and reboot… i get a blank screen. I have a 9600 Pro 256mb card.

Please help, need feedback ASAP.

THANKS!
hawk

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Are you sure you have the latest drivers? And the card is fully plugged into the AGP slot with a sufficient power source?

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go back in, phisicly take the card out, and reset it see if that works.

are you getting any beeps when you start it up?

try there too :thumb:

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drivers- when i download and install the latest ones, i reboot up into a blue or black screen… then when i reboot i choose ‘use last known good configuration’ and at that point i dont have the drivers… this is the problem i am trying to fix.

i have taken the card out, and the power it get is through the agp slot. i have reset my motherboard by taking out the power and the battery, i have done all i know to do. but thx anyway

ill try hardforum

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Do so and report back for future knolege.

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  1. take the card out and boot up the pc (windows should run in software, low res mode)
  2. uninstall any instances of graphics drivers that yo can find
  3. install the latest Radeon ones
  4. shutdown and install the card
  5. boot up, when it detects the new hardware, find the drivers you just installed and it should work.

if that doesnt work, do steps 1 to 5 again, but use the last drivers that you know definitely work.

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how do i boot up without card, i need card to see stuff on monitor… -_-

i dont have any onboard video

this is hawk, and im at invis’ house

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you dont have onboard graphics? lol… you must do surely?

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the better motherboards have 2 serial instead of a vga and a serial

-_-

but thx anyway

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try booting into safe mode (keep hitting F8 as your computer boots up)

then right click on my computer, left click on properties, left click on the hardware tab, left click on Device Manager button

click the plus sign next to the “Display Adapters” right click on the ATI Radeon Card and select properties

then click on the Driver tab, and then the “update driver” button…then select install from a specific location, browse to where you have the drivers downloaded and click next.

when it gets done installing reboot into normal mode and it should work

(I know this is what other people have told you to do too, but it’s worth another shot at least)

-teet

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ill try when i get home, thx for the help. one thing, when i browse to the place (in the past) it says like… unknown place or cannot read from place or something like that, but ill try, thx

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ohhhhhhhhh

it SOUNDS like you may have corrupted driver files

go onto ATI’s website and try downloading them again…save them directly to the root of your C: drive

-teet

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ooohhhh… it sounds like u pluged in your monitor in the digital port… radeons only switch into digital mode if you change them in display properties

switch ports and try again…

:wink: