illroot
12-11-2005, 09:24 PM
So here's the story, I've got a Sapphire 9800 non-pro flashed to a pro and OC'd.
Had it like that since day one, which is about 2 1/2 years, give or take. No problems, ever. Fast forward to 2 days ago, I see that ATI has released the Cat 5.12's so I decide since i'm on the 5.9's i'll give them a try. I go thru the usual routine of uninstalling the 5.9's and using driver cleaner pro to clean it out, then install the 5.12's, problems arise. On boot-up screen I see black lines running thru the Win2k logo of the load-up screen (I'm running win2k pro) and when it reaches the desktop the icons look all funky and the cursor is black with a black semi-transparent blx around it. After trying to use the computer for a few minutes, clicking around to open the control panel, the screen goes blank and I have to reboot. I decide to go back to the reliable 5.9's but when I boot into Safe mode everything looks screwed, icons are there but are just squares of colors and the cursor is just as bad, when I move it around it leaves a trail of colors and then after a bit of that everything on the screen goes wonkers and looks like those puzzles where if you stare at them long enough you're supposed to see an image of something.
So, after a handful of reboots, it finally manages to boot semi decently and stays running long enough for me to remove the drivers. On bootup after the removal of the 5.12's everything seems fine, no lines or funky colors. I proceed to reinstall the 5.9's and reboot. Boots fine and I manage to get in a few games of CS. Next day, i boot up and the same thing is happening with the black lines running thru my screen, so i decide to set my card back to stock settings and then remove and reinstall the 5.9's. Again it works for a bit but then on reboot it goes back to the same black line screen eventually getting all pixelated and then crashing.
So is my card going bad or is something else causing my problems?
Had it like that since day one, which is about 2 1/2 years, give or take. No problems, ever. Fast forward to 2 days ago, I see that ATI has released the Cat 5.12's so I decide since i'm on the 5.9's i'll give them a try. I go thru the usual routine of uninstalling the 5.9's and using driver cleaner pro to clean it out, then install the 5.12's, problems arise. On boot-up screen I see black lines running thru the Win2k logo of the load-up screen (I'm running win2k pro) and when it reaches the desktop the icons look all funky and the cursor is black with a black semi-transparent blx around it. After trying to use the computer for a few minutes, clicking around to open the control panel, the screen goes blank and I have to reboot. I decide to go back to the reliable 5.9's but when I boot into Safe mode everything looks screwed, icons are there but are just squares of colors and the cursor is just as bad, when I move it around it leaves a trail of colors and then after a bit of that everything on the screen goes wonkers and looks like those puzzles where if you stare at them long enough you're supposed to see an image of something.
So, after a handful of reboots, it finally manages to boot semi decently and stays running long enough for me to remove the drivers. On bootup after the removal of the 5.12's everything seems fine, no lines or funky colors. I proceed to reinstall the 5.9's and reboot. Boots fine and I manage to get in a few games of CS. Next day, i boot up and the same thing is happening with the black lines running thru my screen, so i decide to set my card back to stock settings and then remove and reinstall the 5.9's. Again it works for a bit but then on reboot it goes back to the same black line screen eventually getting all pixelated and then crashing.
So is my card going bad or is something else causing my problems?