JamesD1976

Hi VenomSniper, It had problems with my drivers for my new Radeon 9800 Pro, it may not be whats causing your problem but its worth a though. I had to uninstall all my Catalyst drivers for the card that came with it (they knackered my system) by using DriverCleaner program. Then i installed the Radeon 9800 Pro OMEGA DRIVERS (found at www.omegadrivers.net). These will run your gfx card just the same but do not cause problems like the ATI catalyst drivers do. They run my card perfectly. Again the drivers may not be the cause of your problem, but you never know... :-) One more thing, is your card overheating? This could cause the graphics to go strange and possibly cause your computer to either crash or reset. I know this, because occasionally my PC also resets especially when it gets hot (its only happening since i installed the new Radeon Pro 9800 card, i find that taking the side panel off my PC to let the cool air in actually helps it to not reset!). Best of luck, James

Hi Joltz, I had a similar problem when installing a Sapphire 9800 Pro (128mb) recently. It drove me mad, im assuming that after installing the card the first time, it booted up okay (before any drivers were installed)?? I found that the problem was that 1) My existing drivers still existed, and 2) The drivers/software that came with the card knackered my system. I uninstalled the drivers and used the Cat 5.4 based Omega Drivers instead (almost the same, but just the basic drivers - they work perfectly!). Here is what i did, may be it will help you. 1) Uninstall ALL drivers for your system (old and new). Do this by downloading the following program, run it and uninstall any drivers from both your old AND new card: http://www.drivercleaner.net/dc.htm 2) Download and install the Radeon 9800 Pro OMEGA DRIVERS, they will run your card just fine. These drivers can be found at: http://www.omegadrivers.net/ Best of luck, hope this helps. James