EXCellR8
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Haven't posted on here in awhile, but I've run into a strange problem w/ my video setup recently and I'm looking for some help.
This started about a month ago, but appears to be getting worse and worse by the day. When I power on the computer, the monitor doesn't work correctly and will just keep flashing on and off almost as if it can't communicate w/ the video or something. It's very strange as the usual "NO SIGNAL" message is not present while this is happening...
Nothing is displayed at all (no post info or winxp load screen) but the OS does load while the video is falling on its face. Only after I turn off the monitor completely and then on again, after 30 or so seconds, does the video appear and I can log in. Once the computer is up and running, it's completely fine. I did see a BSOD though, but it vanished faster w/ a little video corruption before I could get a good look at it.
I am not experiencing any sudden video crashes while I am using the computer. I am only having the problem while the system is starting up. I did an uninstall of the video drivers a few hours ago and the video was fine during boot up w/o the driver installed. Once I reinstalled the new one, the problem persisted. I was going to try another monitor but this one works fine; there are no problems otherwise.
I apologize for the long post but I wanted to submit as much detailed info as possible. The video hardware I am currently using is below, thanks in advance for any help.
Video card(s): 2 Radeon HD4800s in CrossFire (disabled)
Mobo: Rampage Formula (X48)
PSU: Ultra X3-1000w
*I would like to add that this PSU runs both cards in CF just fine and the video has never crashed while both GPUs are working!*
This started about a month ago, but appears to be getting worse and worse by the day. When I power on the computer, the monitor doesn't work correctly and will just keep flashing on and off almost as if it can't communicate w/ the video or something. It's very strange as the usual "NO SIGNAL" message is not present while this is happening...
Nothing is displayed at all (no post info or winxp load screen) but the OS does load while the video is falling on its face. Only after I turn off the monitor completely and then on again, after 30 or so seconds, does the video appear and I can log in. Once the computer is up and running, it's completely fine. I did see a BSOD though, but it vanished faster w/ a little video corruption before I could get a good look at it.
I am not experiencing any sudden video crashes while I am using the computer. I am only having the problem while the system is starting up. I did an uninstall of the video drivers a few hours ago and the video was fine during boot up w/o the driver installed. Once I reinstalled the new one, the problem persisted. I was going to try another monitor but this one works fine; there are no problems otherwise.
I apologize for the long post but I wanted to submit as much detailed info as possible. The video hardware I am currently using is below, thanks in advance for any help.
Video card(s): 2 Radeon HD4800s in CrossFire (disabled)
Mobo: Rampage Formula (X48)
PSU: Ultra X3-1000w
*I would like to add that this PSU runs both cards in CF just fine and the video has never crashed while both GPUs are working!*