Hey everyone-
I searched around for a while and found some posts from people with similar issues but couldn't find a solution so I'm hoping someone could help. I think I may have fixed the problem but I'm not quite sure -- the last paragraph has my question and the description of the problem is before that.
My system:
DFI LanParty NFII Ultra (NForce2) Motherboard
Athlon 2500+ Barton
512MB (2x256) RAM
ATI 9600 Pro 128MB
Maxtor 120GB HD
Adequate Power Supply, Fresh Install of Win XP
I just reformatted my hard drive and reinstalled Windows XP, and was having problems with my video card. When my computer booted up the first time after installing the video drivers, right after the black Windows XP 'loading' screen (just before login screen) the screen went black. The computer did not freeze, the monitor just went black (not 'standby' mode) and stayed that way. I confirmed it was not frozen by pressing tab-tab-spacebar-spacebar (the computer shut down).
Eventually, after trying everything I could, I went into the BIOS and disabled 8x AGP and the option below it (fast write or something like that) -- there was an entry in the ATI knowledge base that suggested this. Windows booted up fine and it looks like the problem is gone, but before going any further I want to know if I am limiting the performance of my vid card by doing this since it is supposed to be a 8x AGP card. Before reformatting my hard drive I had the same hardware running Win XP Pro, and I had these BIOS settings enabled before, so I'm not sure what caused the problem this time. Should I leave it the way it is? Sorry for such a long post for such a brief question, but I can't find the answer to this anywhere. Any advice is greatly appreciated!
I searched around for a while and found some posts from people with similar issues but couldn't find a solution so I'm hoping someone could help. I think I may have fixed the problem but I'm not quite sure -- the last paragraph has my question and the description of the problem is before that.
My system:
DFI LanParty NFII Ultra (NForce2) Motherboard
Athlon 2500+ Barton
512MB (2x256) RAM
ATI 9600 Pro 128MB
Maxtor 120GB HD
Adequate Power Supply, Fresh Install of Win XP
I just reformatted my hard drive and reinstalled Windows XP, and was having problems with my video card. When my computer booted up the first time after installing the video drivers, right after the black Windows XP 'loading' screen (just before login screen) the screen went black. The computer did not freeze, the monitor just went black (not 'standby' mode) and stayed that way. I confirmed it was not frozen by pressing tab-tab-spacebar-spacebar (the computer shut down).
Eventually, after trying everything I could, I went into the BIOS and disabled 8x AGP and the option below it (fast write or something like that) -- there was an entry in the ATI knowledge base that suggested this. Windows booted up fine and it looks like the problem is gone, but before going any further I want to know if I am limiting the performance of my vid card by doing this since it is supposed to be a 8x AGP card. Before reformatting my hard drive I had the same hardware running Win XP Pro, and I had these BIOS settings enabled before, so I'm not sure what caused the problem this time. Should I leave it the way it is? Sorry for such a long post for such a brief question, but I can't find the answer to this anywhere. Any advice is greatly appreciated!