video card may be bad! help!

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flake4200

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im running a biostar 560 mobo. i have a 5000 BE in it. and a X700 radion graphics card in it. when i boot up the video on my monitor, will go out on boot. it takes a few times to get it to boot with a screen. (monitor is only 1 year old, and power supply is a 500 ultra X-connect with 34a on the 12 volt rail, so i think those are fine). could my video card be bad? the card is about 4 years old. plz help
 
i take it you don't have another lcd or video card you can swap out to see which it is? no buddies around with either? does the video work before you enter the OS?
 
Just out of curiosity, did you set your resolution too high? Maybe try going into VGA safemode and see if you can get into windows fully
 
if the actual vid card was bad, i doubt you would have video until the actual os loads. sounds driver related to me for sure.
 
Safe mode (F8 at startup to get the menu).
Uninstall drivers.
Use Guru3D driver sweeper
Install a different driver version

Should be good. I seriously doubt your card is bad, just a botched driver install.
 
It might be a black screen freeze. Heavy or unstable OC's can cause it..... are you OC'ed any?
 
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