- Feb 4, 2006
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I recently bought an XFX 7800 GTX Gamers Edition, and matched it with an ASUS A8N-E, AMD 3700 San Diego and 2.5 Gb of Crucial RAM - among other components. However after 3 weeks or so their is a fault. With Nvidia drivers loaded from CD or downloaded from Nvidia the card will only display in 4 Bit colour and 640 x 480 Resolution. If I unload and clean using Driver Cleaner Pro Windows detetcts the card as expected and then displays in all of the higher resolutions.
As Driver Cleaner Pro clears the registry also it would appear that this is not a registry related problem. The only other recent problem on the PC is it failing to shutdown on first asking, and then taking it's time. At the time that the graphical failure occured I was attempting to load and play Rome: Total Realism.
The drivers appear in the programs list, and the name of card plus the driver version appears on Display properties.
I have used restore point to no avail and also reloaded Windows XP Home (SP1) and partitioned the hard drive.
The card has been tested by Scan who have returned the card with no fault found after 3 tests - one test conducted on the same ASUS mobo. Another user on the HEXUS forums has the same problem with an XFX Nvidia 6600 GT - neither of us can determine where the fault lies. He has even bought and tried another, though different card - the problem is still there.
What do you think - Hardware fault? Config fault? There are no reported issues with the mobo and GFX card.
This is twistin' me melon! If I RMA the board how can I prove there is a fault to the retailer? Appreciate any help. Thanks
As Driver Cleaner Pro clears the registry also it would appear that this is not a registry related problem. The only other recent problem on the PC is it failing to shutdown on first asking, and then taking it's time. At the time that the graphical failure occured I was attempting to load and play Rome: Total Realism.
The drivers appear in the programs list, and the name of card plus the driver version appears on Display properties.
I have used restore point to no avail and also reloaded Windows XP Home (SP1) and partitioned the hard drive.
The card has been tested by Scan who have returned the card with no fault found after 3 tests - one test conducted on the same ASUS mobo. Another user on the HEXUS forums has the same problem with an XFX Nvidia 6600 GT - neither of us can determine where the fault lies. He has even bought and tried another, though different card - the problem is still there.
What do you think - Hardware fault? Config fault? There are no reported issues with the mobo and GFX card.
This is twistin' me melon! If I RMA the board how can I prove there is a fault to the retailer? Appreciate any help. Thanks