Clarification
Nellakita,
I think Stelch has already done a clean install of WinXP so here closest restore point wont take the computer back far enough to resolve the issue.
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Stelch,
After reading your post again with fresh eyes this morning, it occurred to me that this "Blinking" might occur at system boot because your video card supports multiple displays. After your machine boots, goto your Device Manager and click on the + sign next to Display Adapters. You will probably notice that there are 2 devices that look almost identical except one has (Secondary) at the end of it. You may need to contact ASUS regarding the method of disabling the multi-display function of your card. I've used ASUS products for years now and have always found them to have reliable products
and support staff.
As Nellakita said, your HDD may also be the cultprit, but try to exhaust a couple other avenues before giving up the ghost and start ripping out hardware. You have good, quality equipment that isn't old enough to start replacing on a whim. If you do another install of XP, try
*not* installing SP2 to see if that effects anything (simply uninstalling SP2 may not effectively remove all the stuff M$ forcefeeds your system) and be sure check out the ASUS contact info below.
Asus Contact Info:
Tel: 502-995-0883 (select option 3)
Email:
http://vip.asus.com/eservice/techserv.aspx
Once again, I hope this info helps,
C0d3Warr10r
Big Blue:
Asus P4P800 I865PE
P4 2.8GHz 800MHz
2048 KingMax PC-3200 CAS 2.5
Maxtor DiamondMax 9 /160GB /7200RPM /8MB Cache
ATI Radeon X800 Pro
Enermax 420W PSU
Aspire X-Dreamer II
Lite-On 12X DVD+/-RW
Sony 48X CD-RW
Samsung SyncMaster 997DF 19" CRT
3DMark03 Score:
10,035