ax78 + geforce 8800gt

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i have got a strange problem with my pc @ the min , as of yesterday each time i boot up it gets as far as windows splash screen then my monitor goes off
i have just reinstalled windows to see if that fixed it . all was going well until i installed drivers for my gfx card now its doing the same.
windows seems to load as i could hear the sound of xp starting but monitor had no signal

[mac124]

What gfx driver are you using? Did you update the driver when it started to happen or did it just start playing up?

Have you tried the other outputs on the gfx card?

Will it boot into safe mode?

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What gfx driver are you using? Did you update the driver when it started to happen or did it just start playing up?

Have you tried the other outputs on the gfx card?

Will it boot into safe mode?

i have been using 182.06 drivers after clean install i tried 182.50 drivers + that also caused monitor to go off
yes i have tried both outputs on gfx card
it started playing up after doing windows update yesterday before that hadnt had any problems + i can boot into safe mode no problems

[Georgy291]

isnt it funny?

i also had a 8600GT, and i still have my ax78

and i used to have exactly the same issue, i got a HD4870 and its all gone

[mac124]

Newer Nvidia drivers cause something similar on my 9500gt but my 8800gts / 260gtx are fine. I had to roll back to older drivers to get my 9500gt working.

Sounds like the windows update installed newer drivers which cause the same issue on your 8800gt.

I would suggest you boot into safe mode, uninstall the new drivers and try older ones.

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fixed problem , looks like it was down to a dodgy dvi cable , switched to my old analog cable that came with it + problems gone

[mac124]

Ah well glad it was something as simple as that.