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Hi all.
I really need help here. I recently purchased a new motherboard. It is a NVIDIA nForce 2 (NF2S-ALH) along with a new processor, AMD Athlon XP2200 with a Thoroughbred cord, 2 ea 128mb DDr333MHR, PC 2700 and of course a cooling fan. I am running Win XP pro, DVD/CD RW, and the monitor is a SamSung SyncMaster 174v (Analogu LCD), and an Nividia XFX TNT2 M64 32 meg video card. Here's the problem. After installing all the up to date drivers and the BIOS. I can not boot up to the normal mode. When I do, get to the desktop, it starts to blink out for several seconds. If I do not move the mouse the screen will stay corrected. If I boot up into the safemode, I have no problem. I have changed the screen resolution to higher and lower freq's with no change. I have also changed the resolution on the video card, still no change. The screen keeps flickering. or blanking out. I am at a lost as to what to try and do now. If anyone has ideas, please pass it on.. I really could use some help here. Thanks, Dan (Still going in circles) |
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Have you checked the refresh rate you are currently using? Keep in mind
that LCD monitors have a "native" resolution that they must run in for best performance. Consult your documentation for this information. "skip" wrote in message ... Hi all. I really need help here. I recently purchased a new motherboard. It is a NVIDIA nForce 2 (NF2S-ALH) along with a new processor, AMD Athlon XP2200 with a Thoroughbred cord, 2 ea 128mb DDr333MHR, PC 2700 and of course a cooling fan. I am running Win XP pro, DVD/CD RW, and the monitor is a SamSung SyncMaster 174v (Analogu LCD), and an Nividia XFX TNT2 M64 32 meg video card. Here's the problem. After installing all the up to date drivers and the BIOS. I can not boot up to the normal mode. When I do, get to the desktop, it starts to blink out for several seconds. If I do not move the mouse the screen will stay corrected. If I boot up into the safemode, I have no problem. I have changed the screen resolution to higher and lower freq's with no change. I have also changed the resolution on the video card, still no change. The screen keeps flickering. or blanking out. I am at a lost as to what to try and do now. If anyone has ideas, please pass it on.. I really could use some help here. Thanks, Dan (Still going in circles) |
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Hi Kevin,
Thank you for getting back to me. Yes, I have changed the resolution for both the "Video card" and the monitor, to effect. I am now getting an MS error and it is changeing the monitor to 640 x 480 and 16 bit. I guess the problem is between the video card and the monitor. I am almost positive it isn't between the operators's seat and the keyboard. Then again, who know???? Dan (Still going in circles) On Mon, 9 Feb 2004 20:02:01 -0800, "Kevin" wrote: Have you checked the refresh rate you are currently using? Keep in mind that LCD monitors have a "native" resolution that they must run in for best performance. Consult your documentation for this information. "skip" wrote in message .. . Hi all. I really need help here. I recently purchased a new motherboard. It is a NVIDIA nForce 2 (NF2S-ALH) along with a new processor, AMD Athlon XP2200 with a Thoroughbred cord, 2 ea 128mb DDr333MHR, PC 2700 and of course a cooling fan. I am running Win XP pro, DVD/CD RW, and the monitor is a SamSung SyncMaster 174v (Analogu LCD), and an Nividia XFX TNT2 M64 32 meg video card. Here's the problem. After installing all the up to date drivers and the BIOS. I can not boot up to the normal mode. When I do, get to the desktop, it starts to blink out for several seconds. If I do not move the mouse the screen will stay corrected. If I boot up into the safemode, I have no problem. I have changed the screen resolution to higher and lower freq's with no change. I have also changed the resolution on the video card, still no change. The screen keeps flickering. or blanking out. I am at a lost as to what to try and do now. If anyone has ideas, please pass it on.. I really could use some help here. Thanks, Dan (Still going in circles) |
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On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 02:25:13 GMT, skip wrote:
Hi all. I really need help here. I recently purchased a new motherboard. It is a NVIDIA nForce 2 (NF2S-ALH) along with a new processor, AMD Athlon XP2200 with a Thoroughbred cord, 2 ea 128mb DDr333MHR, PC 2700 and of course a cooling fan. I am running Win XP pro, DVD/CD RW, and the monitor is a SamSung SyncMaster 174v (Analogu LCD), and an Nividia XFX TNT2 M64 32 meg video card. Here's the problem. After installing all the up to date drivers and the BIOS. I can not boot up to the normal mode. When I do, get to the desktop, it starts to blink out for several seconds. If I do not move the mouse the screen will stay corrected. If I boot up into the safemode, I have no problem. I have changed the screen resolution to higher and lower freq's with no change. I have also changed the resolution on the video card, still no change. The screen keeps flickering. or blanking out. I am at a lost as to what to try and do now. If anyone has ideas, please pass it on.. I really could use some help here. Thanks, Dan (Still going in circles) Dan, may need to download the INF file for the monitor. You should find the INF file on the CD that came with the monitor too - just check that you have the right one for XP. Right click on it and select Install. Restart. This should get your hardware recognized and maybe it can start communicating with your display driver better. I have a SyncMaster 171v and used the INF file to stop it from showing up as "default monitor." -- Sharon F MS MVP - Windows XP Shell/User |
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I want to thank you all for helping me out with your help and input.
I ended up wiping out the driver for the video card and then reloading it. Seems all is working now. Again, thanks again. Dan (Still going in circles) On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 02:25:13 GMT, skip wrote: Hi all. I really need help here. I recently purchased a new motherboard. It is a NVIDIA nForce 2 (NF2S-ALH) along with a new processor, AMD Athlon XP2200 with a Thoroughbred cord, 2 ea 128mb DDr333MHR, PC 2700 and of course a cooling fan. I am running Win XP pro, DVD/CD RW, and the monitor is a SamSung SyncMaster 174v (Analogu LCD), and an Nividia XFX TNT2 M64 32 meg video card. Here's the problem. After installing all the up to date drivers and the BIOS. I can not boot up to the normal mode. When I do, get to the desktop, it starts to blink out for several seconds. If I do not move the mouse the screen will stay corrected. If I boot up into the safemode, I have no problem. I have changed the screen resolution to higher and lower freq's with no change. I have also changed the resolution on the video card, still no change. The screen keeps flickering. or blanking out. I am at a lost as to what to try and do now. If anyone has ideas, please pass it on.. I really could use some help here. Thanks, Dan (Still going in circles) |
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Well, I am back to the drawing board. I thought I had this licked,
but thought wrong. I guess I am going to have to buy a video card that the MB might be able to work with. If this doesn't work, I guess I will call TigerDirect and see if I can get the MB replaced. The only thing I can think of is a defect in the MB. Dan (Still going in circles) On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 02:25:13 GMT, skip wrote: Hi all. I really need help here. I recently purchased a new motherboard. It is a NVIDIA nForce 2 (NF2S-ALH) along with a new processor, AMD Athlon XP2200 with a Thoroughbred cord, 2 ea 128mb DDr333MHR, PC 2700 and of course a cooling fan. I am running Win XP pro, DVD/CD RW, and the monitor is a SamSung SyncMaster 174v (Analogu LCD), and an Nividia XFX TNT2 M64 32 meg video card. Here's the problem. After installing all the up to date drivers and the BIOS. I can not boot up to the normal mode. When I do, get to the desktop, it starts to blink out for several seconds. If I do not move the mouse the screen will stay corrected. If I boot up into the safemode, I have no problem. I have changed the screen resolution to higher and lower freq's with no change. I have also changed the resolution on the video card, still no change. The screen keeps flickering. or blanking out. I am at a lost as to what to try and do now. If anyone has ideas, please pass it on.. I really could use some help here. Thanks, Dan (Still going in circles) |
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Follow up, with a solution.
I ended up buying a new video card with more memory on it, I also installed 512 MB of DDR to go along with the 256 MB I installed initially. Now it burns across the room.. Dan (Still going in circles) On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 03:31:24 GMT, skip wrote: Well, I am back to the drawing board. I thought I had this licked, but thought wrong. I guess I am going to have to buy a video card that the MB might be able to work with. If this doesn't work, I guess I will call TigerDirect and see if I can get the MB replaced. The only thing I can think of is a defect in the MB. Dan (Still going in circles) On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 02:25:13 GMT, skip wrote: Hi all. I really need help here. I recently purchased a new motherboard. It is a NVIDIA nForce 2 (NF2S-ALH) along with a new processor, AMD Athlon XP2200 with a Thoroughbred cord, 2 ea 128mb DDr333MHR, PC 2700 and of course a cooling fan. I am running Win XP pro, DVD/CD RW, and the monitor is a SamSung SyncMaster 174v (Analogu LCD), and an Nividia XFX TNT2 M64 32 meg video card. Here's the problem. After installing all the up to date drivers and the BIOS. I can not boot up to the normal mode. When I do, get to the desktop, it starts to blink out for several seconds. If I do not move the mouse the screen will stay corrected. If I boot up into the safemode, I have no problem. I have changed the screen resolution to higher and lower freq's with no change. I have also changed the resolution on the video card, still no change. The screen keeps flickering. or blanking out. I am at a lost as to what to try and do now. If anyone has ideas, please pass it on.. I really could use some help here. Thanks, Dan (Still going in circles) |
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