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Old 10-17-2008, 10:20 PM
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Hmm, why does everyone agree that it is a video card issue? Personally in my experience and opinion, I would think that would be the *last* thing. Random lock ups that cannot be reproduced are almost always bad ram, or a driver issue.
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Old 10-17-2008, 11:39 PM
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almost always bad ram, or a driver issue.
Never actually seen RAM go bad if it worked out of the box. Sure, it can happen, but not very often. By video, I mean driver for video. Only recent change (aside from unknown MS updates) is new monitor, with a different resolution. My guess the driver is having trouble with this setting. Hence, why it works in safe mode, different display properties. Simple.
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Old 10-18-2008, 03:23 AM
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Never actually seen RAM go bad if it worked out of the box. Sure, it can happen, but not very often. By video, I mean driver for video. Only recent change (aside from unknown MS updates) is new monitor, with a different resolution. My guess the driver is having trouble with this setting. Hence, why it works in safe mode, different display properties. Simple.
You are right, I should have phrased it as "almost always a driver issue, or bad ram."

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I love trial and error troubleshooting over the internet! haha

Ya, nothing quite like it. Although getting a user on the phone that isn't sure which is the computer and which is the monitor is a bit tough too - lol
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OK I've just about performed every proceedure listed here.

I've ensured the Chipset is correct and updated the drivers (it was the correct driver)
I've uninstalled the Nvidia 5700FX card.
Deleted all Nvidia software
Scanned HDD for errors (none found)
Still have the issue
Verified Bios set up

Anything I might have missed.

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Old 10-18-2008, 06:03 AM
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i had a similar issue when i upgraded my monitor. i had a agp card but it could not handle my new lcd monitor. i then built a new computer with a pci video card and it worked fine. if you still have the old monitor see if the computer will work with it. worth a try.

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I agree with silverplanet....plug the old monitor back in. Undo what you last did.

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