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Help! Videocard Drivers Wont Load on Startup!

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by ohreli

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I installed ATI Radeon 9600 Pro 256MB Video Card on my computer, and what happens is that when I restart, sometimes the videocard drivers load, and sometimes (usually) they do not--even though it says "device working properly" in Device Manager. I have tried uninstalling and installing the drivers and trying both the drivers on the CDRom and also the newer drivers on the website---it seemed to solve the problem for a day, but the next day the same thing is happening. I did not have this problem with the 9200, and I did not have the problem the first few weeks with the 9600 Pro---only now. Is it possible that this is a compatibility problem with the motherboard? (Foxconn 865A01)? (They told me it should be compatible). I have Pentium 4 3.0Ghz Prescott, 512MB RAM. HELP!

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by trockii

Windows 2000 might be the problem. The video card might be too advanced for the OS.

by trockii

Windows 2000 might be the problem. The video card might be too advanced for the OS.

by hal 9000

Uninstall the driver and revert to the Default Video Driver reboot and then chose the update option in the control panel that should remove all of the previous drivers which most likely are clashing with each other.

If that doesn't work you should post this as a Question in the TQ & A Section that way you are more likely to get someone in your time zone answering and you will get an auto generated e-mail every time someone responds. It tends to work out fasted.

Cheers Col

by nielson.aleric

I bet you bought a Sapphire. Those things are junk. I had the same problem with a 9200. Not only were the drivers and card bad, but the card made my audio bad during DirectX applications. All games had a buzz when the card was accessing it graphics engine. Purchased an MSI 9200, buzz was gone, drivers were stable and loaded everytime, and got it with 128MB for less than what I paid for the 64MB card.

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