I have an identical setup and also have starting issues, although not the same as you. Mine will not start properly from cold until I have pressed the reset button after the power button. Using the sleep key on the keyboard allows it to be roused using only the power button. This seems, to me, to be a motherboard fault. Doesn't bother me too much. Asking around, it seems that these sort of faults are quite common in self build projects so it makes me think that the big box creators are getting the 100% good stuff and all the rest goes to the retail parts companies, where it is pot luck as to what you get. If, as in my case, you have your part for some months before using it, you will probably find that it is nearly impossible to get it exchanged or refunded.
All of which is a roundabout way of suggesting that your problem may be motherboard related, rather than the graphics card. The only thing I can suggest is do you know any friendly computer shops that would lend you an identical card so that you can try a substitution before committing cash? You could also try my start routine, just in case that works. For me, I just have to wait until I am sure there will be no beeps, around 15 seconds, before hitting reset. You might have to choose a more propitious moment.... 8-) ---- William Robb <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi; > I've been having an ongoing issue with my workstation which seems > unresolvable. > When I start the computer from cold, most of the time the video card doesn't > launch (Code 10), and the device manager shows a warning that the driver > isn't installed properly. > Uninstalling the driver and reinstalling it (usually several times) will > finally allow the machine to start normally, but then I have to go through > the whole procedure again when I do a cold restart, such as after a software > update. > > We did a clean reinstall of Windows, as the problem started right after > installing Norton Antivirus and several people thought that this was the > only way to rid myself of the problem. > Anyway, I am starting to think that the card itself is at fault and so am > looking at replacing it. > My motherboard is an Asus M2N32 SLI Deluxe (Socket AM2) which is using an > Nvidea chipset, the present card is an Asus EN8600GTS (also Nvidea). > What I am wondering is, would there be any issues with putting a Radeon > graphics card onto the motherboard, and does anyone have any odeas about how > to cure this without replacing components? > > Thanks for any advice (other than "buy a Mac"). > > William Robb > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
