Need alot of help

BOTA:141.80 · Mar 08, 2010, 4:04am

My friend bought a computer, and I put it together, but there seems to be some issues with the video card/video driver.

Basically, the comp runs beautifull until we install the drivers, and once we do, when we log into his account, the screen goes black and stays black.

His card is an ASUS ATI Radeon 5870 1gb, 8gb of ram, Intel I7 930 and we're running on Vista 64bit.

and yes, we're installing the 64bit drivers.

thanks guys.

BOTA:49 · Mar 08, 2010, 9:14am

Did you try different drivers? 10.2 and 10.1 Catalysts?

BOTA:84 · Mar 08, 2010, 11:30am

Do you have another computer that you can put the card in to rule it out?

BOTA:141.80 · Mar 09, 2010, 6:40am

The card isn't broken or anything, dicking around with the drivers got us to the desktop, but it still just turns black after a few seconds and loses the signal.

BOTA:84 · Mar 09, 2010, 11:52am

.......

BOTA:962 · Mar 09, 2010, 11:57am

Quote:

Originally Posted by BOTA:141.80

The card isn't broken or anything, dicking around with the drivers got us to the desktop, but it still just turns black after a few seconds and loses the signal.

Still does not mean it is NOT broken...

Mar 08, 2010, 4:04am	#1
BOTA:141.80 Australian Murder Machine Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 52	Need alot of help My friend bought a computer, and I put it together, but there seems to be some issues with the video card/video driver. Basically, the comp runs beautifull until we install the drivers, and once we do, when we log into his account, the screen goes black and stays black. His card is an ASUS ATI Radeon 5870 1gb, 8gb of ram, Intel I7 930 and we're running on Vista 64bit. and yes, we're installing the 64bit drivers. thanks guys.

Mar 08, 2010, 11:30am	#3
BOTA:84 Damn Right Join Date: May 2007 Location: SoCal Posts: 1,582	Do you have another computer that you can put the card in to rule it out? __________________ Ol' Betsy

Mar 09, 2010, 11:52am	#5
BOTA:84 Damn Right Join Date: May 2007 Location: SoCal Posts: 1,582	....... __________________ Ol' Betsy

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Mar 09, 2010, 6:40am	#4
BOTA:141.80 Australian Murder Machine Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 52	The card isn't broken or anything, dicking around with the drivers got us to the desktop, but it still just turns black after a few seconds and loses the signal.