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obsidian_mh

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Alright... I'm getting closer and closer to sorting this out.

When I turn on my system, many of the characters are garbled or missing during the POST and boot sequence... and it never makes it to Linux or Windows. Right. The first night this happened, I reseated the videocard and all was good for that night.

I turned it on the next morning and got the same issue again. Reseating the card did nothing. After posting here, I tried the card in my Shuttle and it worked fine. So I took out one stick of memory and it booted. Put the stick back in and the system was fine for the day.

And so, I turn it on this morning and get the same issue again. I think the issue is the motherboard, but I'm not entirely sure.

AMD Sempron 2800+
1GB Corsair XMS
256MB GeForce 6800GT
DFI KT600 Mobo

I'm saying it's the motherboard because it's finicky already. If I shut the computer off completely, it won't turn back on until I turn off the powersupply, wait a few seconds, and turn the powersupply back on. That's how it was when I got it. When everything works, the performance is top-notch (for the CPU, anyways), even when compiling Gentoo... so I pretty much doubt it's the videocard, cpu, or ram.

Anyone?
 
Sounds like a videocard issue (at least when I see problems like this it is).

Try a different videocard of the same interface type (AGP I'm assuming), if you are still getting the issue after you swap videocards, try a pci videocard.

But your problems with the mobo also are troubling. Try a new videocard, then a new power supply, then a memtest86 run, if those don't fix it, I'd definitely say the mobo is at fault.

Of course recheck all your connections and ensure everything is seated properly before anything else.

Good Luck.

 
An FX5200 and GeForce2 both run fine in it... atleast for the time being. I'll see if anything happens in the morning, I guess.

I'm not saying it couldn't be the videocard, but the card in question runs fine in my Shuttle. *sighs*
 
Well... I take it back. It was the videocard. I tried it in the Shuttle again and got the garbled up screen this time.

Thanks for the help!

Now to return the damn card. =D
 
np, thats why I get paid the big bucks...lol j/k I'm a student worker in my school's computer support segment, I get like tens of dollars a day.

 
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