- Nov 2, 1999
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All right, so here is my perplexing planetary dilemma.
Last night I was closing my computer down and the video started going weird. As in, screen went black. Would not come back. Rebooted and I had :::::::::::::::::::::::: and !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! all over my screen, would not boot into windows unless in safe mode. Tried to reinstall drivers, no dice. Got tired went to bed. Left computer off all night. This morning, before work got up and pushed the button, everything is normal. Went right in, installed drivers and it is working fine. Sooooo? Any ideas on what to even check? Power supply? Motherboard?
Or is it possible that the computer had been left on for so long ( I put it in standby) that it just needed to be left off for a long time to clear memory ect?
This is a sapphire 4830 card. With a gigabyte motherboard (don?t remember which) e 8400, 4 gigs ram, and numerous harddrives. I?m looking for ideas, because I really don?t like it when my computer does things like this!
Thanks!
Last night I was closing my computer down and the video started going weird. As in, screen went black. Would not come back. Rebooted and I had :::::::::::::::::::::::: and !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! all over my screen, would not boot into windows unless in safe mode. Tried to reinstall drivers, no dice. Got tired went to bed. Left computer off all night. This morning, before work got up and pushed the button, everything is normal. Went right in, installed drivers and it is working fine. Sooooo? Any ideas on what to even check? Power supply? Motherboard?
Or is it possible that the computer had been left on for so long ( I put it in standby) that it just needed to be left off for a long time to clear memory ect?
This is a sapphire 4830 card. With a gigabyte motherboard (don?t remember which) e 8400, 4 gigs ram, and numerous harddrives. I?m looking for ideas, because I really don?t like it when my computer does things like this!
Thanks!