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Blank monitor at first boot
I just installed a new video card in my computer, it's a Sapphire Radeon HD 4650. After some struggling I managed to install the latest ATI Catalyst drivers. Now it's working fine EXCEPT when I boot up the monitor remains in power saving mode (with the power LED staying orange). I wait until disk activity ceases, then I push the power button and the computer shuts down. If I boot up right away the monitor turns to life. If I need to reboot it works fine too. But if I restart after, say 30 min., the Power Saving mode comes back again as described. I was using before the integrated graphics which worked without problems. My question: is it the graphic card defective or my system settings are to blame?
My system:
MB Biostar TA780G-MA2
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400 processor
6 GB DDR2 memory
Sapphire RADEON HD 4650 1GB DDR2 HDMI
Windows XP64
Thanks
Atti.
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Where did you get the drivers?
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From ATI/AMD, Catalyst 10-10
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Stark Raving MOD
Did you check the bios settings? Did you disable the onboard video? Did you set the PCIe to primary?
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I am a little in dark about my BIOS settings. The only things that I found related are:
Internal Graphics Mode: set to Disable (availableisable, UMA, SIDEPORT)
and:
Primary Video Controler: set to PCI-GFX0-GPP-IGFX (available in several combinations).
Any suggestions?
Thanks
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Stark Raving MOD
Are you sure that's the right model number? I don't see it listed on Biostar's site. Closest is TA780G-M2+
Primary Video Controler: set to PCI-GFX0-GPP-IGFX (available in several combinations).
That seems to be correct.
10-11 are the latest drivers. Did you try an older driver set also?
http://sites.amd.com/us/game/downloa...n_xp-64.aspx#2
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Are you sure that's the right model number? I don't see it listed on Biostar's site. Closest is TA780G-M2+
Yes, you are right, that's my MB.
I will try this evening the drivers from my MB CD, they worked without problems.
By the way, from my BIOS settings at Primary Video Controler, I imagine that PCI means the PCI Express slot, IGFX could be Integrated Graphics. What about GFX0 and GPP?
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GFX0 - discrete GPU in PCI-Express slot
PCI - discrete GPU in PCI slot (which is inherited from the old times)
The default option [GFX0-GPP-IGFX-PCI] is for you if you are going to use a discrete GPU.
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I tried after uninstalling completely the Catalyst drivers and with an older Catalyst version (10.2), the computer acts the same way. I asked for help from the Sapphire support people and they said the card might be to blame. So I return the card for a replacement.
Thanks for your assistance,
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Good to hear someone is thinking. Thanks for the update.
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