video problems since installing latest drivers

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ThatsAgood1jay

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Yesterday i installed the 96.89 Nvidia forceware drivers on my bfg 7800gtx. Before the the setup wizard started installing it i got a message saying that "thie BFG 7800gtx is not windows compatible, do you wish to continue? i hit continue and did the install. After i did so the computer was acting normal and was fine. but as i boot it up this morning it would boot into windows then restart the boot process. After doing this a few times it finally stayed in windows and i could do my regular tasks. But when i booted up Company of heroes. The graphics where very choppy and would occasionally cut out and there were black lines constantly running up and down the screen.

On Friday i had installed a Zalman vf900 cooler on the card because the fan on the stock one had died. No problems with the installation and the computer ran excellent after i restarted it after installing the cooler. Could the new cooler have damaged the card since installing it? or are the latest drivers worth nothing? i cant figure it out.
 
When you installed the Zalman, did you make sure that you did not over tighten the screws? Also, I would try uninstalling the drivers and reinstall them. I would tend to believe that it is a driver problem over the Zalman, unless something weird happened during your install. You did reapply AS5?
 
i applied as5 and i tightened the screws per the instructions from zalman which where the screws should be about 3/4ths of the way down.
 
sounds like a driver problem. Go and download Driver Cleaner to have a clean uninstall of your drivers. Then reinstall the drivers and see if that works.
 
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