Losing signal and hanging.

[pillage2001]

I don't get this. each time I use a ATI card, I will randomly lose signal to the monitor at least once a day or the system will freeze. I never had such problems with Nvidia cards.

Before I switched cards, I have cleared the register and wipe out all detonators as stated. A fresh install of ATI drivers were then followed by. What did I do wrong??? I still cannot figure why the system just lose signal or just freeze.

 

[pillage2001]

Nobody knows why??

 

[rbV5]

Are you really running Windows_NT? or a newer variant?

 

[pillage2001]

I'm running Win2k Professional. My pc just frozed 5 mins ago. WTF is going on here.

 

[rbV5]

Via chipset drivers up to date?

 

[titanmiller]

Mine does something simmilar. I cant shut my monitor off because it makes my system hang.
Example: the system is runnng, I shut the monitor off, turn it back on and then the lights on the keyboard turn amber colored and i have to do a hard shut down. BTW the monitor is displaying my desktop when it hangs.
I have a hanging light above my computer desk with a metel shade. During the middle of winter if I touch the lamp and recieve a static electric shock (even an extremely small one) my computer would do something similar to what is described above.

 

[BoomAM]

Originally posted by: pillage2001
I don't get this. each time I use a ATI card, I will randomly lose signal to the monitor at least once a day or the system will freeze. I never had such problems with Nvidia cards.

I occasionally lose the signal, but its usually when loading a game. For example, sometimes, when i start up GTA:VC or ST:BC, i completly miss the intro and the main menu, so i press the windows key, the picture of the desktop appears, and i just click on the games icon on the taskbar, and everything is back to normal.
Im under the impression that its a driver bug or something, cos it doesnt do it all the time.

 

[pillage2001]

Believe me, I've uninstalled and reinstalled all the drivers over and over again. There was once it was so bad that each time I open a MS Word document, it'll hang after 2 mins of typing document. I can't afford to lose anything while coding.

The drivers are up to date. It just randomly freezes. I cannot go by a day without it freezing on me. It freezes while i'm surfing or just not doing anything. When it freezes, the mouse moves but when I click the buttons on it for a few times, the pc speaker gives a beep and the mouse stops moving.

What gives.