Problem with Chaintech GeForce 7600 GS - HELP

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Okay - this is a new build. What is happening when the drivers are installed for the video card, the screen will start to blank out, and residual junk will start accumulating. Eventually, the monitor will completely black out. With the drivers removed, everything is fine.

The card is a PCI Express Chaintech GeForce 7600 GS 512 MB DDr2. The MB is a gigabyte 965P-DS3. I've updated the BIOS, installed the drivers from the Gigabyte CD, and even tried to reinstall the nvidea drivers with my sound card removed (thinking that the sound card may be causing the conflict) - didn't help.

I tried starting in safe mode to see if I could find the conflict, but in safe mode it appears fine - no conflicts in device manager. In normal mode, I can't even get to the device manager because I have no picture by then.

Any ideas? Thanks in advance. I'm a noob at this, obviously. :)
 
Sounds to me like the card is bad. When the drivers are not installed, the graphics are barely being accelerated, so it runs fine, but once you install the drivers, they push the card which brings out the problem with the card. I would return the card for a new one.
 
"Sounds to me like the card is bad. When the drivers are not installed, the graphics are barely being accelerated, so it runs fine, but once you install the drivers, they push the card which brings out the problem with the card. I would return the card for a new one."

That is what I was thinking today. I was hoping there was something obvious I missed. I hate to return stuff. Oh well.
 
you might try the card in a different machine if possible - it could be that it is trying to display a resolution that your monitor does not support so if you dont have a different machine, do you have another monitor to test with?
 
An afterthought - If I do end up returning it, I am going to get an ATI card. Never had a problem with them.
 
"you might try the card in a different machine if possible - it could be that it is trying to display a resolution that your monitor does not support so if you dont have a different machine, do you have another monitor to test with?"

Problem is that my other machine only supports AGP and this is PCI express. I do have another tube monitor to test with. The one I am using now is a SONY lcd flat.
 
Looks like the problem was the card. I went to Best Buy, got an ATI PCIe card, and it works fine. From now on, I am going to stick with ATI brand. I'm also going to leave a nasty note about the Chaintech on NewEgg customer comments. IMO, nothing should be shipped DOA.

Lastly, I want to thank y'all for the comments. This board is the best!
 
Glad you figured out your problem. But I wouldn't be so hasty to judge Chaintech and nvidia. I have had multiple Chaintech video cards and motherboards, and have not had any problems with them, and actually found them to be very sturdy. Unfortunately, I can't say the same for ATI. I have had multiple bad motherboards based off the 200 series chipsets go bad, and am 0 for 3 on video cards working from ATI.
 
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