This new system that I just built is having display issues. It will be fine for about 20 minutes, but then the display will go out. I then have to reboot the system via the reset button. It has only happened twice, as I just finished building it.
The first time it happened, the system froze for a second, and then the display went out.
At first I thought it may have been a BIOS issue with its Power Management feature, so I updated to the latest BIOS and disabled Power Management in the new BIOS, but that did not fix it.
So, I figured it might be the display drivers. I just downloaded and installed the latest drivers from Power Color's site. WinXP was using outdated drivers, even though I was using the most recent drivers that WinXP had in Windows Update.
I ran Prime95 just to test out its stability, and it lost the display during the 3rd test. It had passed the first two.
After I installed the latest drivers for the vid card, I was able to run Prime95 and have it pass 7 tests before I stopped it. But then, after about 10 minutes after I stopped it, the display went out again.
What's the deal? Bad vid card? Bad mobo?
Specs:
Soyo SY-KT600 v.2.0
Patriot 256MB DDR PC3200
Maxtor 80GB 7200RPM 8MB
Power Color ATI Radeon 7000 64MB DDR
AMD Duron 1.6GHz 266MHz FSB
The first time it happened, the system froze for a second, and then the display went out.
At first I thought it may have been a BIOS issue with its Power Management feature, so I updated to the latest BIOS and disabled Power Management in the new BIOS, but that did not fix it.
So, I figured it might be the display drivers. I just downloaded and installed the latest drivers from Power Color's site. WinXP was using outdated drivers, even though I was using the most recent drivers that WinXP had in Windows Update.
I ran Prime95 just to test out its stability, and it lost the display during the 3rd test. It had passed the first two.
After I installed the latest drivers for the vid card, I was able to run Prime95 and have it pass 7 tests before I stopped it. But then, after about 10 minutes after I stopped it, the display went out again.
What's the deal? Bad vid card? Bad mobo?
Specs:
Soyo SY-KT600 v.2.0
Patriot 256MB DDR PC3200
Maxtor 80GB 7200RPM 8MB
Power Color ATI Radeon 7000 64MB DDR
AMD Duron 1.6GHz 266MHz FSB
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