Video Problem... Hardware or Software?

[datalink7]

Hi all,

I have been having a problem lately (ever since my last reformatt about 3 weeks ago). About once a day my monitor will turn stop recieving a signal for a few seconds, then it will come back for a few seconds, go out, go on, etc. This goes on for a bit untill it either a) freezes, b) goes off and doesn't come back on or c) the computer goes to 16 colors and 640 x 480 resolution and says "device failure." All three require a reboot.

Anyone know what could be the deal here?

Thanks for any responses

My computer specs:

Athlon T-Bird 1.33ghz
Geforce 3 w/latest nvidia reference drivers (41.xx I believe)
MSI K7 Master Motherboard
Hercules Game Theatre XP
Windows XP Pro w/all updates.

 

[datalink7]

bump

 

[datalink7]

ttt^

 

[RemyCanad]

I would first remove the drivers. Then I would pull the card out and reseat it. I would then reinstall the drivers. Actually I would probably reinstall the drivers for the chipset too.

 

[dude]

Yes, check out the driver issue.

If you're overclocking your video card, this can cause it too. Try lowering the overclock speed of your video card.

 

[datalink7]

Originally posted by: dude
Yes, check out the driver issue.

If you're overclocking your <STRONG>video</strong> card, this can cause it too. Try lowering the overclock speed of your video card.

Nope, no overclocking.

Thanks for the suggestions. I'll try them out