Black Screen Beta??

[jswcpm]

ok people - what gives? I installed the new PD 6 and on reboot got the ole black screen - on boot up - if I go control alt delete twice - just before the machine reboots I see the desktop!!..now, i go to safe mode and reinstall 5.55 everything fine - back to safe mode and reinstall 6 beta - then get the black screen again - any ideas??

- i removed the powerstrip on boot up and other additional programs and still get black screen - then alt del enter and see the desktop before reboot and can only go into safe mode - do i sense a conflict here??

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AMD K6 III 450 at 500, Asus P5a, 400g Max, RR, 128meg sdram, Pioneer 10x DVD 104s(no soda holder), Creative DVD dr3, 18g ultra66, 6.4g ultra33, Atapi Zip & PP 100, SB Live Platinum, and Cambridge Theatre 5.1, DTT2500 Digital

[shogun]

Exactly the same problem here, still haven't found a solution too.

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[HedsSpaz]

I hate to ask the obvious, but I have to do so every time just to rule out such possibilites.

jswcpm, have you installed the latest IDE and AGP drivers from Ali? I have them mirrored on my web site here if you need them. http://w3.one.net/~dlee/ian/mp3/agp165e.wav and http://w3.one.net/~dlee/ian/mp3/v355.wav
Right click and do a save as. Rename both of them with a .exe extension instead of a .wav extension.

Beyond that, try the other suggestion first. Make sure to use the uninstaller.

Ian

[jswcpm]

thanks everybody - i will try tonight and re-post to let everybody know ---what a team !!

oh, and I got my 2x back - reinstalled powerstrip and everything back.....

thanks....



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AMD K6 III 450 at 500, Asus P5a, 400g Max, RR, 128meg sdram, Pioneer 10x DVD 104s(no soda holder), Creative DVD dr3, 18g ultra66, 6.4g ultra33, Atapi Zip & PP 100, SB Live Platinum, and Cambridge Theatre 5.1, DTT2500 Digital

[Maggi]

Did you use the uninstaller to get rid of all traces of old drivers ?

[shogun]

Heh just came here to post and say I've just done that now, and it helped heaps. The new drivers actually work for me after I did that. Quake3 runs a whole lot more stably now, but with the problem I found and posted about in this other thread.

[jswcpm]

IT WORKS!!! - ok, did the deed, used uninstaller - got the right screen - used the 6.0 inf and voila - the new drivers - of course, had to reinstall 1.54 video tools - yes, my rainbow runner is working, but -- it looks like the matrox overclock 1.12 does not work - comes up with big red X thru the icon and will not run - Does this agree with you'all results - so no official matrox overclocking as of yet??.....i am going to benchmark now and will post tomorrow....

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AMD K6 III 450 at 500, Asus P5a, 400g Max, RR, 128meg sdram, Pioneer 10x DVD 104s(no soda holder), Creative DVD dr3, 18g ultra66, 6.4g ultra33, Atapi Zip & PP 100, SB Live Platinum, and Cambridge Theatre 5.1, DTT2500 Digital

[Rags]

You are correct, the Matrox tweak utility does not work with PD 6.x.

Rags



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[Tronic]

Why's someone using Matrox Tweaker, while we also have MGATweak (and someone said that it does work) ..

[jswcpm]

I liked to use the matrox tweaker and doublecheck with the MGATweak - the sliding bar was easier to use - less problems 000

oh, and my MadOnion 2000 jumped 110 points to 1819 - not bad for a AMDk6III-450 at 500 with a Matrox 400 Max....

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AMD K6 III 450 at 500, Asus P5a, 400g Max, RR, 128meg sdram, Pioneer 10x DVD 104s(no soda holder), Creative DVD dr3, 18g ultra66, 6.4g ultra33, Atapi Zip & PP 100, SB Live Platinum, and Cambridge Theatre 5.1, DTT2500 Digital