Display goes off...please help me

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ramon82

I have been having a strange problem ever since I replaced my ol
geforce 5200 with the radeon 9600. When I am playing a game...and no
all games do it...sometimes the display turns black and the monitor'
LED turns amber. I cannot due anything and have to restart. I am no
assuming its a temp problem since CPU does not exceed 55 degree
celcius even when heavily in use. Apart from that I have adequat
cooling directly on the video card and inside the case. In the even
viewer the only occurance at the same time of the fault is thi
entry

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Also I have up yo date drivers, directX, virus free for sure and load
of RAM..1.2GB DDR 400

Can anyone give me some tips on how I could find out the source o
this saga??? any software in particular? please HELP ME! even a fres
format and installation of XP was not enough to get rid of this
 
Disable Fast Writes in the Bios.
Do you have the current drivers for your ATI card?
Did you completely remove the NVidia drivers. I'd recommend downloading
Driver Cleaner Pro (free) and using it to completely uninstall any leftover
NVidia driver files/registry entries. Make sure you only remove video card
drivers and not chipset drivers if you have an NVidia chipset.
Do you have the drivers loaded for your particular monitor? (Is your
monitor listed specifically, or does it say 'Plug and Play' in Display
Properties).
You might try installing the Omega Drivers for ATI cards- I used them with
good success when I was running an ATI card. If you try them, follow the
instructions carefully, and make sure you remove the Catalyst drivers first.
Again, Driver Cleaner Pro is a good option. The Omega Drivers will also have
an option to Turn Off Fastwrites- do this, but disable them in the BIOS
also.

It could also be a memory problem. When the screen goes black, are you still
in the game? Can you hear a continuation of play? I had a problem similar to
yours and it turned out to be inadequate voltage to the memory. I upped it
in the BIOS to +.2 and it became completely stable. Your memory manufacturer
website should have recommended operating voltage. Try removing all but one
stick of RAM and see if it still does the same thing.

Good Luck,
Fitz
 
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