ok check this out guys and gals anyone can help? i've just built a new system here's the spec gigabyte i-dna board 1gig drr2 677mhz memory pentium d 2.66 dual cpu asus 6200 256mb video card i did booted up and installed all drivers on xp pro did an update with microsoft blah blah blah ....... so every few minutes or when i open programmes the screen goes black then comes back on ? to trouble shoot i have done the following ... tried various hard drives sata and ide with fresh installs of xp pro virus tested to the max ! when i disabled my video card it STOPPED !! when i tried to install my video card again !!!! it came back as soon as the drivers had installed i presumed it was the card conflicting so i took it back and bought a xfx 7200ie card which i have just installed and low and behold as soon as i installed the drivers BLACK SCREEN FLASHING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i did get an error message from microsoft and when i sent the error msg it said it was my drivers for my video card ......but how can two seperate different makes of card have the same effect??? ANYONE !!!!!!!!!!! thanks in advance and before you ask YES i have searched and YES i have helped a lot of people on this forum so help me out PLEASE ............
try going to the website of the brand of video card and see if they have a newer driver for u to use.
hi , i even downloaded 5 versions of the drivers for the first card but the new card is a different model and set of drivers wierd eh ?
hey matukok, maybe there is something wrong with the the PCI express hookup on the motherboard? did u buy a new motherboard also?