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abenno

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G400 Old Age?

17 January 2003, 22:55

I have a G400 dual head graphics card and recently I have been having problems at boot up. Where my desktop is supposed to appear I often get a screen of small coloured boxes..like a grid pattern. I have to reboot into safe mode, switch off and try again which usually fixes the problem and my desktop appears. The G400 is over 3 years old....is this a sign of old age and a time to replace with a newer one? I have tried taking the card out and putting back in, and also tried another monitor. Any clues to what I can do? many thanks...

Alan
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ChenSoft

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18 January 2003, 00:32

Hello abenno

Have you tweaked/overclocked the card by any mean?
What are the system spec.?

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abenno

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18 January 2003, 17:36

Hi,
No I havnt tweaked it. Im running win98 second edition, Athlon 500 processor, 512 mb ram,

thanks

ALAN
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chhfchhf

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18 January 2003, 21:39

G400 is old ,but is one of the best matrox video cards!

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Greebe

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18 January 2003, 21:50

Could also be the PS or the MB

How about posting up your system specs.

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