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    BSOD error on 5870 driver upgrade

    What does seem to have worked is installing a slightly earlier driver (October 2010) via Windows Update. It may be that there is some specific problem with the November driver. Very odd.
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    BSOD error on 5870 driver upgrade

    Yes, I have tried that.
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    BSOD error on 5870 driver upgrade

    I have just put together a new computer (specs below), but am having a rather odd difficulty about which I have not been able to find information via a Google search: whenever I try to update my graphics card drivers, I get a BSOD error making reference to atikmpag.sys. The graphics drivers that...
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    New build won't POST, diagnosis complicated by no system speaker

    After replacing the graphics card with a new one of the same type, the system now works fine. Thank you all for your help!
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    New build won't POST, diagnosis complicated by no system speaker

    Thank you both for your suggestions :-) I have tried putting it into another PCI-E slot, but with exactly the same results. I have also tried plugging in different output connectors from the PSU into the card, again, with exactly the same result. I don't have a spare PSU of sufficient wattage...
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    New build won't POST, diagnosis complicated by no system speaker

    Update: I managed to track down an old PCI graphics card. When inserted, the system will boot to BIOS with no trouble, and run (an old version of) Memtest86 with no trouble. The problem appears, therefore, to be related to the graphics card. The only remaining question is: is the card certainly...
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    New build won't POST, diagnosis complicated by no system speaker

    Danny, thank you for your reply. Unfortunately, i don't have access to another PCI-E graphics card or system: all of my machines and spare graphics cards are AGP. However, somebody on another forum recommended checking the voltages with a multimeter. Whilst I was doing that, I noticed that the...
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    New build won't POST, diagnosis complicated by no system speaker

    I am building myself a new system based on the i7 950 and the Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD7 motherboard, with a triple set of 2Gb Corsair MMS memory (6Gb total) and a PowerColor Radeon HD 5870 (which has the custom quiet cooler). I am also using an Antec P183 case and an Antec CP850 PSU. I am using a...
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    Computer shuts down running 3d apps and now all the time

    Thank you everyone for your help. I have just finished replacing the PSU (which I thought was the best first thing to try - they are cheaper than graphics cards!) and it now works fine, so the PSU must have been faulty. (Interestingly, the new PSU is rated rather lower than the old one...)...
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    Computer shuts down running 3d apps and now all the time

    Thank you both for your replies. My spare time is very limited, so I am reluctant to undertake exhaustive component testing - I might well go for the replacement PSU first off and see whether that helps, given what appears to be (in US$ at least - I am in the UK) a reasonably modest price. A...
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    Computer shuts down running 3d apps and now all the time

    Killa, I tried uninstalling the driver entirely - even with the Windows default VESA driver it shut down. Do you think that I should try undoing the overclocking as Whisperfang recommended? If it's the PSU, do you have any recommendations for a good replacement? This PSU is itself a...
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    Computer shuts down running 3d apps and now all the time

    Whisperfang, thank you very much for your reply. I did clean everything fairly thoroughly with my canned air before trying it again. The graphics card is about 2-3 years old; the motherboard and CPU are from September 2003, and the PSU is also about 2-3 years old.
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    Computer shuts down running 3d apps and now all the time

    Synopsis I have been having a problem recently in which my computer will tend to shut down whenever doing anything with 3d acceleration. To-day, the problem has spread, and the computer will shut down whenever I start windows. Details In about April, I upgraded my graphics driver (for my...
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    20" 4:3 LCD panel recommendations?

    Hmm, the Xbit article suggested that most monitors that it tested could be calibrated to a sufficiently high degree of accuracy using software, and that the Viewsonic was the only one that required extra hardware to calibrate properly. My understanding is that there is no way of telling...
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    20" 4:3 LCD panel recommendations?

    I looked into that, but it seems to have a poor contrast ratio: see here.
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