Graphic Glitching

Graphic Glitching

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I have just reformated my hard drive because my pc started to glitch.
now whenever i turn on, reboot, return from stand by it mostly freezes my computer, and when it returns my computer is super slow and the graphics are messed up!

I am useing windows xp home, sp 2 and an intel pentium(R) 4.
These are the error messages after my whole episode.


If anyone can help, it would be greatly appreciated
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Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Use the Catalyst removal tools from the ATi site to remove the drivers completely, and then reinstall the latest ones.
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Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Xp likes to change some of my BIOS settings when doing a fresh install, don't know how...I would check to make sure your initial display is set properly, also. If you have an AGP card...set to AGP, PCI to PCI. I say XP changes my BIOS settings, I mean that when I do fresh install, the frquency setting on FSB is set back to default. Good luck with your ATI card.
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Hippy: It Didnt work for me i uninstalled my gcard, then reinstalled it...about 12 minuites later it did it again
Anyways Scorpio, where do i go for the settings?.
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Turn off 'Automatic VPU Recover' in Control Panel. If you don't get an MS error you should be fine.
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Xp likes to change some of my BIOS settings when doing a fresh install


I don't really think that's possible!

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Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Control Panel/ System/ Advanced/ Startup and Recovery/ System Failure; un-check all except ' Write an Event to System log'. When it does it again, look in Administrative Tools/ Events and see what the error is.
Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top
oyi.....

What's the error??
Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top
hummmm.....that could be a hardware problem since it was doing it before the re-format. For the moment, let's get past that. Since you re-formatted, you can't roll back the driver. If you installed the newest driver, then un-install and re-install the original drivers. If you installed the originals, then update them to newest.
Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Almost forgot; download and install this: http://www.drivercleaner.net/ Do not run it. Un-install the ATI drivers and re-boot into Safe Mode. Run Driver Cleaner from there (just follow the directions). After it's done, re-boot into Windows and install ATI drivers.
Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top
First off all, im confused....
where do i update my drivers??? how?

btw, i never had the problem from the begining, i got it just suddenly, i never knew wat it was....
my computer was fine wen i got it....
Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top
First off, you get newest drivers here: https://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&folderID=27

Having said that, if you re-installed the original drivers it should have fixed it. Re-formatting and installing those drivers pretty much eliminates a software problem. If you re-installed off the computers OEM CD, then this can go unanswered; did you install the motherboard drivers before the graphics drivers?

What's happening with that error is your card shutting down hardware acceleration. The usual cause (excluding software) is the card overheating. Pop the side of the case (look, don't touch) and see if the card fan is running (if it has one) and leave the side off and see if the error occurs. Failing that, the next step is to re-seat the card and the memory sticks. The former I'm sure you can handle...with the latter ask if you don't know what to do.
Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top
ok, what kind of driver? - i have catalyst....

RADEON
ALL-IN-WONDER
TV Tuners
Remote Controls
FireGL
FireMV
RAGE
Motherboards with ATI Graphics
Notebooks with ATI Graphics
Reply #18 from WinCustomize Forums Top
No manual, ah?

OK....What's the make and model of your computer?
Reply #20 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Don't see too many Alienware's with ATI's.......must be an X800. There's a phone number on the machine..call it. Alienware's support is excellent and you/us messing with it could prove costly for no good reason.
Reply #21 from WinCustomize Forums Top
"I have just reformated my hard drive because my pc started to glitch.
now whenever i turn on, reboot, return from stand by it mostly freezes my computer, and when it returns my computer is super slow and the graphics are messed up!"

Hi Gamanade.

Your description leads me to think that there is a risk
that your hard drive may the culprit.

If the hard drive surface is damaged in one or more
places your system will glitch or just crash if system
files are put onto damaged sectors.

Most hard drive manufacturers have tools you can download
which will do a thorough check of their models, checking
for different types of errors that can appear.

Usually they also include tools that can fix errors if they
are found.

Do you know the make of your system hard drive?

If not here's how you find out:

1. Go to Start > right-click on "My Computer" and select Manage.

2. In the Computer Management window that pops up Click on the plus sign
before Storage in the left frame. Then click Disk Management.

3. In the right bottom frame there will be a row displaying the partitions
on "Disk 0" which is your primary drive. Right-click on the "Disk 0" title
square and select Properties.

4. In the new popup window you will see the model number of your hard drive
at the top of the General tab. Let me know what it says exactly.
Reply #24 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Yes, that is the model number.

It tells us that it is a Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 SATA NCQ
http://www.seagate.com/cda/products/discsales/marketing/detail/1,1081,645,00.html

Let's go to their tools page. Be sure to use Internet Explorer since that
is the browser that will work with their Online tools;
http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/utils.html

We find a link to their "Diagnostic Software (SeaTools)".
Clicking that link takes us to a page describing three
different versions of that tool.
http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/

1. Under "SeaTools Online" > Select a language: select English

2. On the following page start with the "Drive Self Test (DST)",
when asked if you want to install the IE HD tool plugin click yes,
and after that test is done go through the "File System Check" and
"Generic Drive Tests" too.

3. Let me know if it reports any errors.

Good luck!
Reply #25 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Primary IDE Channel : ST380817AS
Model: ST380817AS
Serial Number: *******
Capacity: 80.02 GB
Test result: Self-test routine completed without error.

This is what i got from a quick scan. should i do the longer scan
Edit: I did the longer scan too & no results!!?!