X1900GT artifacts

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ceraf

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I just installed a sapphire radeon X1900GT on my new Asus M2A-VM. I'm getting dot artifacts while POSTing and on my Windows XP desktop

I stuck the same video card in my Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L. It POSTs and boots with no problems at all.


Could this be a faulty chipset problem on the asus motherboard?
 
the same thing used to happen with my old ASUS motherboard (M2N-SLI Deluxe) when i would try to install XP or vista or ubuntu when i had 4GB of ram in the computer. little smilies would appear everywhere as well as random matrix symbols.. was wierd.

i just took out a stick of ram and it ran well.
 
Thanks. I swapped out the ram but it still has that problem. Integrated X1250 really, really sucks. =(

Any other suggestions?
 
Diggin' up bones here.. I found this thead searching for info on a problem I'm having. I just upgraded my board / CPU to an Asus P5K-VM with a Q6600 and 4gb Corsair XMS2. Anyway, saw the same problem - first and every POST there were crazy artifacts. Swapped video cards and no problems. Is there some incompatibility issue here?
 
The same thing happens to me with my old X1900GT and my DS3. It also happened with my 9800Pro.

I kept reinstalling drivers until I realized it was a heating issue. I just ordered a 4850
 
If you are getting artifacts at post, your card is toast. There are no drivers to have issues with and the only thing your card is doing is displaying basic video.
 
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