startup display corruption

[Guest Flummoxed07]

I was playing (Fear-Extraction Point) when it froze with red patterns. Every

time I restart PC, I get patterns of red dots on the very first black screen,

and green dots on windows welcome. Then screen goes blank. I tried safe mode

but got same kind of result. Tried safe -VGA and that did get me to desktop,

but with bands of colours corrupting desktop. Tried a restore from there but

no difference after restart. I booted from Acronis disk image CD, and once

that was going, the Acronis program loaded up with no visual corruption.

 

How can Acronis look OK, but even the very first bootup screen (presumably

with windows display drivers (?)) be corrupt? Any suggestion what's going on

before I attempt an Acronis restore? If Acronis looks OK, does that mean no

hardware fault?

[Guest Gerry]

Re: startup display corruption

 

Does the monitor work correctly if connected to another computer?

 

 

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Hope this helps.

 

Gerry

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Flummoxed07 wrote:

> I was playing (Fear-Extraction Point) when it froze with red

> patterns. Every time I restart PC, I get patterns of red dots on the

> very first black screen, and green dots on windows welcome. Then

> screen goes blank. I tried safe mode but got same kind of result.

> Tried safe -VGA and that did get me to desktop, but with bands of

> colours corrupting desktop. Tried a restore from there but no

> difference after restart. I booted from Acronis disk image CD, and

> once that was going, the Acronis program loaded up with no visual

> corruption.

>

> How can Acronis look OK, but even the very first bootup screen

> (presumably with windows display drivers (?)) be corrupt? Any

> suggestion what's going on before I attempt an Acronis restore? If

> Acronis looks OK, does that mean no hardware fault?

[Guest Flummoxed07]

Re: startup display corruption

 

"Gerry" wrote:

> Does the monitor work correctly if connected to another computer?

 

Thanks for reply. I don't think it's the monitor because - I should clarify

- the PC's freezing or restarting automatically over and over at the Welcome

Screen. Safe -VGA - mode is the only way to get to desktop. Also, the Acronis

display looks fine.

[Guest Gerry]

Re: startup display corruption

 

 

How To Force Windows to Use Standard VGA Compatible Driver

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/268852

 

What graphics card?

 

Check the System log of Event Viewer for Error Reports.

 

Please post copies of all Error and Warning Reports appearing in the

System log in Event Viewer for the last boot. No Information Reports or

Duplicates please. Indicate which also appear in a previous boot.

 

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel,

Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer.

 

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double

click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a

button resembling two pages. Click the button and close Event

Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of

the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from

Event Viewer.

 

Are there any yellow question marks in Device Manager? Right click on

the My Computer icon on your Desktop and select Properties,

Hardware,Device Manager. If yes what is the Device Error code?

 

 

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Hope this helps.

 

Gerry

~~~~

FCA

Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute

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Flummoxed07 wrote:

> "Gerry" wrote:

>

>> Does the monitor work correctly if connected to another computer?

>

> Thanks for reply. I don't think it's the monitor because - I should

> clarify - the PC's freezing or restarting automatically over and over

> at the Welcome Screen. Safe -VGA - mode is the only way to get to

> desktop. Also, the Acronis display looks fine.

[Guest Flummoxed07]

Re: startup display corruption

 

 

 

"Gerry" wrote:

>

> How To Force Windows to Use Standard VGA Compatible Driver

> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/268852

>

> What graphics card?

>

> Check the System log of Event Viewer for Error Reports.

>

> Please post copies of all Error and Warning Reports appearing in the

> System log in Event Viewer for the last boot. No Information Reports or

> Duplicates please. Indicate which also appear in a previous boot.

>

> You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel,

> Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer.

>

> A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double

> click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a

> button resembling two pages. Click the button and close Event

> Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of

> the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from

> Event Viewer.

>

> Are there any yellow question marks in Device Manager? Right click on

> the My Computer icon on your Desktop and select Properties,

> Hardware,Device Manager. If yes what is the Device Error code?

 

OK, thanks, I now understand that VGA mode isn't 'safe mode'. Anyway, I

tried F8 and safe mode (properly) again, and this time got to desktop but

with horizontal red wavy lines. System restore didn't solve the problem.

 

Summarizing: Ordinary boot doesn't work. Safe mode it seems sometimes gets

to desktop but with graphical corruption. And the Acronis CD will boot the

system apparently without graphical problems.

 

Card is 8800GTX. System's been sound for a year. But this 'Fear Extraction

Point' game has crashed a couple of times leading up to this. There are no

recent errors in event viewer - either system or programme. There are no

yellow question marks in device manager.

 

The very first screen (of BIOS(?) info) has the matrix of red dots, so would

restoring a complete disk image with Acronis help or is the problem lower

level (hardware/BIOS). But then why does it display with Acronis CD boot?

Confused!

[Guest Gerry]

Re: startup display corruption

 

What does it say in Event Viewer? What does it say in Device Manager?

 

 

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Hope this helps.

 

Gerry

~~~~

FCA

Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute

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Flummoxed07 wrote:

> "Gerry" wrote:

>

>>

>> How To Force Windows to Use Standard VGA Compatible Driver

>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/268852

>>

>> What graphics card?

>>

>> Check the System log of Event Viewer for Error Reports.

>>

>> Please post copies of all Error and Warning Reports appearing in the

>> System log in Event Viewer for the last boot. No Information Reports

>> or Duplicates please. Indicate which also appear in a previous boot.

>>

>> You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel,

>> Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer.

>>

>> A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and

>> double click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which

>> appears is a button resembling two pages. Click the button and close

>> Event Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the

>> body of the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting

>> from Event Viewer.

>>

>> Are there any yellow question marks in Device Manager? Right click on

>> the My Computer icon on your Desktop and select Properties,

>> Hardware,Device Manager. If yes what is the Device Error code?

>

> OK, thanks, I now understand that VGA mode isn't 'safe mode'. Anyway,

> I tried F8 and safe mode (properly) again, and this time got to

> desktop but with horizontal red wavy lines. System restore didn't

> solve the problem.

>

> Summarizing: Ordinary boot doesn't work. Safe mode it seems sometimes

> gets to desktop but with graphical corruption. And the Acronis CD

> will boot the system apparently without graphical problems.

>

> Card is 8800GTX. System's been sound for a year. But this 'Fear

> Extraction Point' game has crashed a couple of times leading up to

> this. There are no recent errors in event viewer - either system or

> programme. There are no yellow question marks in device manager.

>

> The very first screen (of BIOS(?) info) has the matrix of red dots,

> so would restoring a complete disk image with Acronis help or is the

> problem lower level (hardware/BIOS). But then why does it display

> with Acronis CD boot? Confused!

[Guest Kelly]

Re: startup display corruption

 

Try another graphics card.

 

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"Flummoxed07" <Flummoxed07@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:5B6EF047-D25A-4C63-8567-9535E2BAEC3D@microsoft.com...

>I was playing (Fear-Extraction Point) when it froze with red patterns.

>Every

> time I restart PC, I get patterns of red dots on the very first black

> screen,

> and green dots on windows welcome. Then screen goes blank. I tried safe

> mode

> but got same kind of result. Tried safe -VGA and that did get me to

> desktop,

> but with bands of colours corrupting desktop. Tried a restore from there

> but

> no difference after restart. I booted from Acronis disk image CD, and once

> that was going, the Acronis program loaded up with no visual corruption.

>

> How can Acronis look OK, but even the very first bootup screen (presumably

> with windows display drivers (?)) be corrupt? Any suggestion what's going

> on

> before I attempt an Acronis restore? If Acronis looks OK, does that mean

> no

> hardware fault?

[Guest Flummoxed07]

Re: startup display corruption

 

I've realised there is, in fact. corruption booting from the Acronis CD too,

just difficult to see. I did the Acronis disk image restore, but didn't

help. XFX support (it's their 8800GTX) reckon it sounds like a hardware fault

on the card since the corruption is present in safe mode and at POST. Just

within 2 year warranty as well!

 

Anyway, thanks Gerry, Kelly.

[Guest Andrew]

Re: startup display corruption

 

I have got the exact same problem with my PC, which only happened last week.

 

I have an Asus 8800GTX, and nothing to date has fixed it (XP disc, Nvidia

drivers, DirectX, system restore, virus scan, etc).

 

Did you manage to find a fix Flummoxed07, or did you just get it replaced?

 

- Andy

 

"Flummoxed07" wrote:

> I've realised there is, in fact. corruption booting from the Acronis CD too,

> just difficult to see. I did the Acronis disk image restore, but didn't

> help. XFX support (it's their 8800GTX) reckon it sounds like a hardware fault

> on the card since the corruption is present in safe mode and at POST. Just

> within 2 year warranty as well!

>

> Anyway, thanks Gerry, Kelly.

>

[Guest Kelly]

Re: startup display corruption

 

Most welcome and good luck!

 

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All the Best,

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"Andrew" <Andrew@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:7DFD479F-FFB5-4748-ADC8-812359D85B32@microsoft.com...

>I have got the exact same problem with my PC, which only happened last

>week.

>

> I have an Asus 8800GTX, and nothing to date has fixed it (XP disc, Nvidia

> drivers, DirectX, system restore, virus scan, etc).

>

> Did you manage to find a fix Flummoxed07, or did you just get it replaced?

>

> - Andy

>

> "Flummoxed07" wrote:

>

>> I've realised there is, in fact. corruption booting from the Acronis CD

>> too,

>> just difficult to see. I did the Acronis disk image restore, but didn't

>> help. XFX support (it's their 8800GTX) reckon it sounds like a hardware

>> fault

>> on the card since the corruption is present in safe mode and at POST.

>> Just

>> within 2 year warranty as well!

>>

>> Anyway, thanks Gerry, Kelly.

>>