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    Super Moderator Super Moderator Big Booger's Avatar
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    What kind of graphic card do you have? It could be a graphic card failure, driver issue, or something of that nature.

    Check that the fans on the CPU and on the video card are working properly. Also try removing the ram and reinstalling it.

    If you could get to the info on that blue screen it would help tremendously in getting an answer to you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Big Booger
    What kind of graphic card do you have? It could be a graphic card failure, driver issue, or something of that nature.

    Check that the fans on the CPU and on the video card are working properly. Also try removing the ram and reinstalling it.

    If you could get to the info on that blue screen it would help tremendously in getting an answer to you.
    Mine's a 9800 PRO. I don't think its a graphics card failure, if not the computer can't even go into safe mode.The fans are working properly. I tried a system restore in safe mode but its still the same problem.
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    Ah ha. It wasn't a graphics card failure after all, but a driver failure! In safe mode, I uninstalled the driver and rebooted. This time it booted normally. I think is must be an issue with the Catalyst 4.7 driver. And I mean the one from ATI NOT Omega's. Should I reinstall Catalyst 4.7 or revert to Catalyst 4.6 instead?
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    Quote Originally Posted by joshsiao
    Ah ha. It wasn't a graphics card failure after all, but a driver failure! In safe mode, I uninstalled the driver and rebooted. This time it booted normally. I think is must be an issue with the Catalyst 4.7 driver. And I mean the one from ATI NOT Omega's. Should I reinstall Catalyst 4.7 or revert to Catalyst 4.6 instead?
    Omega hasn't released his drivers based on 4.7 Catalyst yet. I'm using ATI 4.7 with no problems.

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