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  • #1

    Red Corrupted Dos Screen



    Hiya,

    A while ago me and my friend both got G400s (16MB) and when we installed it we both got red-corrupted dos screens on start-up .... after the first boot his went away but mine remained ... Unfortunately now I need to work in dos and it is irritating me :< .. anyone seen this before ? ... Know a solution ?

    BTW My current drivers are new beta ones .. but the same thing has been happening ever since the install of drivers from cd so ???

    Pete
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  • #2
    Um. I don't want to be the harbinger of bad news but this is a VeryBadThing(TM). You BOTH had it happen?! I've seen this happen before (brownish text on red? or yellow on red?) if the DAC gets fried.

    You're not overclocking are you? If so, don't tell them, and return it. =c_c=



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    Asus K7V266 - Athlon XP 1800+ - GeForce 4 TI 4600 128MB -
    1024 MB PC2100 DDR -
    200 GB UDMA100 7200 RPM - 60GB LVD 160 10K RPM

    SYSTEM2
    Asus A7V133 - Athlon 1.4 - G400Max
    768MB PC133 - 75 GB of 10k RPM SCSI UW

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    • #3


      doh ...

      Just to clarify specifics before I jump up and down :/. The screen is white writing on red ... also some characters are mangled .. like space becomes ' and - becomes m etc.</P>

      It seems to only happen after the screen scrolls (ie it is fine until you hit enter at bottom of screen in which case it dies ... The curious thing is my friend's corrupt screen went away ?

      Still prognosis negative ? 8-<

      BTW the card isn't overclocked

      Pete

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      • #4
        well... is the *system* overclocked? (Running 41mhz PCI bus or something?) ... also, do you have an ATA-66 controller in there? (I know, sounds strange to ask... but may be related.)
        Ami Y. Koriuchi - MY EMAIL IS DEAD

        SYSTEM1
        Asus K7V266 - Athlon XP 1800+ - GeForce 4 TI 4600 128MB -
        1024 MB PC2100 DDR -
        200 GB UDMA100 7200 RPM - 60GB LVD 160 10K RPM

        SYSTEM2
        Asus A7V133 - Athlon 1.4 - G400Max
        768MB PC133 - 75 GB of 10k RPM SCSI UW

        HI SOMETiMES I GO AWAY FOR LONG TIME AND COME BACK YEARS LATER HI!

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        • #5
          Running 41mhz PCI bus or something?
          I'd say AGP speed is more relevant here..
          I think the best thing for you to do it take all the peripherals out and run the system just with graohics adapter. By doing that you can make sure the problem is only in G400. Also you might want to check if your mobo BIOS as well as G400 BIOS are up to date.
          And if the system is oc'd, return it to normal for testing.

          _
          B

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          • #6
            I keep on getting stuck in the past.

            Pretty soon I'm gonna be talking about VESA Local or something.

            I really, really, really need more sleep :|

            Ami Y. Koriuchi - MY EMAIL IS DEAD

            SYSTEM1
            Asus K7V266 - Athlon XP 1800+ - GeForce 4 TI 4600 128MB -
            1024 MB PC2100 DDR -
            200 GB UDMA100 7200 RPM - 60GB LVD 160 10K RPM

            SYSTEM2
            Asus A7V133 - Athlon 1.4 - G400Max
            768MB PC133 - 75 GB of 10k RPM SCSI UW

            HI SOMETiMES I GO AWAY FOR LONG TIME AND COME BACK YEARS LATER HI!

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            • #7
              Ami, as soon as you start ranting about OC'ing the bus speed of the ISA-slots, we'll have those gentlemen in white coats run over to you

              What are you trying to do? Running a dual 486 with WIN NT or something like that?

              Jorden.

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              • #8
                Hey! Don't make fun of my NexGen 5x86!
                Ami Y. Koriuchi - MY EMAIL IS DEAD

                SYSTEM1
                Asus K7V266 - Athlon XP 1800+ - GeForce 4 TI 4600 128MB -
                1024 MB PC2100 DDR -
                200 GB UDMA100 7200 RPM - 60GB LVD 160 10K RPM

                SYSTEM2
                Asus A7V133 - Athlon 1.4 - G400Max
                768MB PC133 - 75 GB of 10k RPM SCSI UW

                HI SOMETiMES I GO AWAY FOR LONG TIME AND COME BACK YEARS LATER HI!

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                • #9
                  Oh, God... could we just not talk about the 5x86, please? Still gives me horrific flashbacks...

                  Thank you.

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                  Holly
                  Holly

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                  • #10
                    Or Cyrix 6x86 for that matter
                    Jordâ„¢

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