"boomersooner87" wrote in message
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ATI radeon HD4870 sapphire. i really don't know much about computers
bought this from a friend it has 4 fans on it. temps run around 40C with
nothing running and around 48-50C while playing a game.


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boomersooner87

Doesn't seem like it's the video card, then. How about the CPU, how hot
does it get?

ATI radeon HD4870 sapphire.


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boomersooner87

well i updated the video driver worked for a day then the BSOD showed up
again. I'll try and add another fan close to the video card. if that
doesn't work do you think geek squad at bestbuy would have any idea on
how to fix it. or maybe if i buy a new copy of regular vista instead of
64 edition.


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boomersooner87

"Most likely your video driver." Make sure all your drivers are up to date,
including your monitor, if it is a flat panel.

"boomersooner87" wrote in message
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well i updated the video driver worked for a day then the BSOD showed up
again. I'll try and add another fan close to the video card. if that
doesn't work do you think geek squad at bestbuy would have any idea on
how to fix it. or maybe if i buy a new copy of regular vista instead of
64 edition.


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boomersooner87

Didn’t want to create yet another thread on this problem, hope its ok to
tag onto this one

I seem to be experiencing something odd that results in either a black
screen after the progress bar, or more recently getting as far as the
login screen and then a complete black screen.

System is a G750-DS4 SLI MB, Phenom x4 processor with 2x Nvidia 250 GTS
graphics cards.

I know all the hardware works together as it used to be an XP 64 setup,
but I formatted everything and rebuilt in Vista as I wanted to try it
out, I also have another machine running with a similar setup, but with
only one graphics card.

If I remove one of the graphics cards, everything boots up fine and can
install and run stuff happily. However, adding the second graphics card
in an SLI config results in the aforementioned blackscreen.

I can load in safe mode, even with both graphics cards in. I’ve removed
and installed the drivers a number of times, the last time resulting in
the shift from black screen after the progress bar to after login. So
I’m pretty convinced it’s a conflict between the drivers in SLI mode and
Vista (again, these worked fine under XP).

Is there anything obvious I’m missing?

Thanks


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Sable

I'd have to say that this should be it's own posting. (Otherwise, it may get
lost in the "old" files that fall off the screen.)

"Sable" wrote in message
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Didn't want to create yet another thread on this problem, hope its ok to
tag onto this one

I seem to be experiencing something odd that results in either a black
screen after the progress bar, or more recently getting as far as the
login screen and then a complete black screen.

System is a G750-DS4 SLI MB, Phenom x4 processor with 2x Nvidia 250 GTS
graphics cards.

I know all the hardware works together as it used to be an XP 64 setup,
but I formatted everything and rebuilt in Vista as I wanted to try it
out, I also have another machine running with a similar setup, but with
only one graphics card.

If I remove one of the graphics cards, everything boots up fine and can
install and run stuff happily. However, adding the second graphics card
in an SLI config results in the aforementioned blackscreen.

I can load in safe mode, even with both graphics cards in. I've removed
and installed the drivers a number of times, the last time resulting in
the shift from black screen after the progress bar to after login. So
I'm pretty convinced it's a conflict between the drivers in SLI mode and
Vista (again, these worked fine under XP).

Is there anything obvious I'm missing?

Thanks


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Sable