So I come home from work today. My comp, which was running when I left, is hung in the pre-boot stages saying it's missing an xp file, run repair. The screen is clear at this point. I reboot and in the POST and other black and white only pre-OS areas, the screen is a garbled checkerboard mess with white blurs where text should be. Reboot a couple times, same thing with varying severity. Lo and behold, somehow xp 'catches' and boots up. But I'm missing my vid card drivers, they seem to have been uninstalled somehow!
Up until this the system has been very stable, Prime95 tested 24+ hours, Memtest, etc, it's a rock.
What the hell happened? I'm getting ready to reinstall xp without a format.
The card is a BFG 6800GT that I got on Wednesday, that's right, 4 days ago. I exchanged an identical card that day, the old one ran really hot and would black out the screen once in a while. The guy at the store said my mobo sounded funky, it was replaced two weeks ago after my new MSI lost the IDE controller.
Power supply perhaps? help!
Up until this the system has been very stable, Prime95 tested 24+ hours, Memtest, etc, it's a rock.
What the hell happened? I'm getting ready to reinstall xp without a format.
The card is a BFG 6800GT that I got on Wednesday, that's right, 4 days ago. I exchanged an identical card that day, the old one ran really hot and would black out the screen once in a while. The guy at the store said my mobo sounded funky, it was replaced two weeks ago after my new MSI lost the IDE controller.
Power supply perhaps? help!
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