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i don't have time to read the post cause i am at school so if the problem is resloved already or w/e forgive me now, i am jsut going to give you some tips

1. If the screen is messing up try a differenet moniter
2. Update the video drivers to the latest beta ATI ones
3. Make sure the card is in the AGP/PCI is inserted all the way
4. Make sure the refresh rate isn't higher than the moniter can handle
5. Make sure there are now power cords around the video card and make sure there are no magents of the sort close to the moniter and computer (note most computer speakers/systems are ok)

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and 6. Be sure to have installed the right mainboard driver for correct AGP/PCI(e) handling

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lol thanks and another is

7. Make sure the card isn't broken :P

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8. Make sure there are no crayon pencils inserted in your gpu's fan

That actually happened to me, but it was in the cpu fan... I left the computer on a table for,like, 2 minutes, cuz I was fixing or installing something in it and I got thristy. Then, when I came back, there was a crayon pencil in the cpu fan :P! And I don't even have brothers or sisters to try to sabotage me... Guess it was the wind who brought it... ;):D:|

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Its not the gpu fan i'm talking about, its my cpu fan. When the vid card is connected my cpu fan doesn't stop being loud (usually goes silent after 2-3 seconds into boot up). with the card out the fan is normal, just wanted to clarify

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Just a shot in the dark here, but I think it's overheating...:D

Is your GPU fan working?

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in the good old times with PCI cards you could try a different slot and see if the slot was broken or not. Now you have to 'guess' it is your video card...assuming it is the video card.: Tried resetting BIOS settings? If you have a are video card, also AGP. Does it also mess up the CPU cooling?

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Excuse me...

WTF?

Did you mean another AGP video card?

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lol, that is odd.

what i meant. If he has another AGP card, he could try to use that one yes. A 'spare' one, thats what i wanted to say ... :)

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Well, I think it is difficult thet someone has a spare video card (unless he/she has another computer (like me!!)), but maybe he kept his old one.