Video garbage and crashes

[I1100110]

I have recently been experiencing crashes when watching media and using any other app. Also when in IE or WE i get garbage left on the window when I scroll. I could trace this to no hardware or software installations. I updated my video drivers and it had no effect. I installed some games (Freelancer, Post Mortem) and they crash after the opening movies. However MOO3 and Civ 3 run fine. I dont know if it is a problem with the card or a config issue. Any advice? Either on fixing it or on a new card. I am running an AIW Radeon in WinXP Pro.

 

[Blurry]

Is there garbage on the bios when you load up your system? If it does, you probably have a damaged card. If everything is fine when you boot up yourself, then there is something wrong with your drivers/system configurations.

 

[Rav3n]

Have you tried reinstalling/repairing DirectX? Also, this might be a problem with your RAM for whatever reason... reseat your RAM, maybe switch the sticks into the opposite slots or something. Faulty RAM always causes stupid problems. I guess if you had a spare vid card laying around you could pop it in and see what happens - that would be the easiet way to isolate your card.

 

[I1100110]

The garbage only shows up in explorer or IE. All other apps seam to be ok. I did upgrade to Directx 9 after this started happening and it changed nothing.

 

[Rav3n]

Well, knowing that the problem is ONLY with IE and explorer actually says a whole lot. For sure you are dealing with faulty/corrupt drivers - whether its your video drivers or something else, now that is the problem. Try this: after windows loads, CTRL ALT DEL and close every program that is open except explorer. Open an IE browser window and see if the problem comes up. If not, then you know one of the programs you closed is causing the problem, and you can go from there and isolate the program fairly easily. If the problem still comes up, go to the Processes tab and close all the non-system processes (organize by name, and press end process). Try the browser again. If THAT worked, then you know it was one of the things you closed... If you are STILL doing badly... Go to System Properties, Device manager, and delete your video drivers - just highlight video and press delete. Restart windows, it will ask you to install drivers for your video card - press cancel. Load up a browser window and see what happens. If you are good, then just download the latest drivers from the website, install, and you are golden. If you are STILL not good, post again and we can talk I am tired of typing IF THEN situations...