ATI Radeon Video Card

Gail · Apr 9, 2004

I have two (probably stupid) questions. I have been practicing and practicing and practicing on a test web site so that I can get a feel for FP2003. I am a newbie! The one thing that I have been doing a lot of is switching back and forth from design view to preview view. Is is possible that
1. This could have made my video card crap out (because it did)
2. By having more than one website on my computer that it would slow it down?
Both of these could just be a coincidence but they have both occurred since using FP2003.
My Windows XP system consists of a 2.6 GHz processor w/ 865G motherboard, 512MB 333MHz DDR SDRAM, 128MB ATI Radeon 9600G, 120GB hard drive.
Thank you very much!

Thomas A. Rowe · Apr 9, 2004

No to both issues.

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Gail said:
I have two (probably stupid) questions. I have been practicing and practicing and practicing on a

test web site so that I can get a feel for FP2003. I am a newbie! The one thing that I have been
doing a lot of is switching back and forth from design view to preview view. Is is possible that:

1. This could have made my video card crap out (because it did)?
2. By having more than one website on my computer that it would slow it down?
Both of these could just be a coincidence but they have both occurred since using FP2003.
My Windows XP system consists of a 2.6 GHz processor w/ 865G motherboard, 512MB 333MHz DDR SDRAM,

128MB ATI Radeon 9600G, 120GB hard drive.

Steve Easton · Apr 10, 2004

No to both, but you might want to check for an updated driver for your ATI
video card.

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Gail said:
I have two (probably stupid) questions. I have been practicing and

practicing and practicing on a test web site so that I can get a feel for
FP2003. I am a newbie! The one thing that I have been doing a lot of is
switching back and forth from design view to preview view. Is is possible
that:

1. This could have made my video card crap out (because it did)?
2. By having more than one website on my computer that it would slow it down?
Both of these could just be a coincidence but they have both occurred since using FP2003.
My Windows XP system consists of a 2.6 GHz processor w/ 865G motherboard,

512MB 333MHz DDR SDRAM, 128MB ATI Radeon 9600G, 120GB hard drive.

chris leeds · Apr 10, 2004

I bought a pocket PC the other day. has a phone built in. I haven't had a
cell phone in years. pocket pc is a cool device when I wrap up some of my
current things I'm going to look into them from a design, content point of
view. hell of a deal for $135.

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No.

But I'll tell ya this...I bought a 9600 Radeon two months ago and it solved
ALL my crashing problems I was having with Photoshop

Nice board.

Robo

| I have two (probably stupid) questions. I have been practicing and
practicing and practicing on a test web site so that I can get a feel for
FP2003. I am a newbie! The one thing that I have been doing a lot of is
switching back and forth from design view to preview view. Is is possible
that:
| 1. This could have made my video card crap out (because it did)?
| 2. By having more than one website on my computer that it would slow it
down?
| Both of these could just be a coincidence but they have both occurred
since using FP2003.
| My Windows XP system consists of a 2.6 GHz processor w/ 865G motherboard,
512MB 333MHz DDR SDRAM, 128MB ATI Radeon 9600G, 120GB hard drive.
| Thank you very much!

Steve Easton · Apr 10, 2004

No pocket pc here, or cell phone, or pager.
There isn't anything "that urgent" that the answering machine of an email
can't handle.
;-)

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chris leeds · Apr 10, 2004

but you're missing the opportunity to spend hundreds of dollars worth of
time fiddling with it. ;-)

Steve Easton · Apr 10, 2004

Darn, never thought of it that way. ;-)
Got so much stuff here I'll never get around to using it's already
ridiculous anyway.

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chris leeds · Apr 10, 2004

| >
| > Nice board.
| >
| > Robo
| >
| >
| > | > | I have two (probably stupid) questions. I have been practicing and
| > practicing and practicing on a test web site so that I can get a feel
for
| > FP2003. I am a newbie! The one thing that I have been doing a lot of
is
| > switching back and forth from design view to preview view. Is is
possible
| > that:
| > | 1. This could have made my video card crap out (because it did)?
| > | 2. By having more than one website on my computer that it would slow
it
| > down?
| > | Both of these could just be a coincidence but they have both occurred
| > since using FP2003.
| > | My Windows XP system consists of a 2.6 GHz processor w/ 865G
| motherboard,
| > 512MB 333MHz DDR SDRAM, 128MB ATI Radeon 9600G, 120GB hard drive.
| > | Thank you very much!
| >
| >
|
|

chris leeds · Apr 10, 2004

| | >
| | > Nice board.
| | >
| | > Robo
| | >
| | >
| | > | | > | I have two (probably stupid) questions. I have been practicing and
| | > practicing and practicing on a test web site so that I can get a feel
| for
| | > FP2003. I am a newbie! The one thing that I have been doing a lot of
| is
| | > switching back and forth from design view to preview view. Is is
| possible
| | > that:
| | > | 1. This could have made my video card crap out (because it did)?
| | > | 2. By having more than one website on my computer that it would
slow
| it
| | > down?
| | > | Both of these could just be a coincidence but they have both
occurred
| | > since using FP2003.
| | > | My Windows XP system consists of a 2.6 GHz processor w/ 865G
| | motherboard,
| | > 512MB 333MHz DDR SDRAM, 128MB ATI Radeon 9600G, 120GB hard drive.
| | > | Thank you very much!
| | >
| | >
| |
| |
|
|

Thomas A. Rowe · Apr 12, 2004

No you shouldn't be concern, but you will need to call them back if you need help with installing
it.

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Gail said:
I am a bit concerned that the tech guy I dealt with was so quick to send me a new video card. I

am not exactly sure this is the problem but that was his solution. My biggest concern is I will
install the new video card (is it safe for me to do that) and I will still have the problem. The
way he determined it was the video card is I had a spare monitor and the text looked "fuzzy" on that
as well. He said it could only be the video card then. You all seem very intelligent not only with
FP but computers as well. Should I be concerned that I am being sent a new video card and that I
will be installing it? Remember, I'm a newbie!

Steve Easton · Apr 12, 2004

To install your new video card.
1. With the computer on, open Device Manager, click the plus by Display
Adapter, click once on the entry that shows and then click Remove. Click Ok
when Prompted.

2. *****shut down the computer******

3. Open the case and physically remove the old card and insert the new one in
the same slot. You will probably need a Phillips screwdriver. ( be careful and
do not drop the screwdriver on the mother board. )

4. Restart the computer and windows will detect and install the new card. It
"might" ask for the driver disk that came with the card.

hth

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Gail said:
I am a bit concerned that the tech guy I dealt with was so quick to send me a

new video card. I am not exactly sure this is the problem but that was his
solution. My biggest concern is I will install the new video card (is it safe
for me to do that) and I will still have the problem. The way he determined it
was the video card is I had a spare monitor and the text looked "fuzzy" on that
as well. He said it could only be the video card then. You all seem very
intelligent not only with FP but computers as well. Should I be concerned that
I am being sent a new video card and that I will be installing it? Remember,
I'm a newbie!

wp · Apr 12, 2004

If it's just a replacement of the same model, you can skip #1 of Steve's instructions.

Steve Easton · Apr 13, 2004

Correct.
However doing so accomplishes 3 things.
1. If part of the problem is a corrupt driver file path in the registry,
removing it from device manager clears the registry entries
and forces windows to recreate them as part of the install.

2. It forces windows to query the chipset as part of the plug and play
detection. This ensures that the proper make and model number are written
to the ENUM section of HKEY_LOCAL_Machine and then this info is used to
search the inf file for the location of the proper drivers.

3. It forces the video card to install with it's default settings, instead
of possibly using the settings that may have been modified by the user and
which may be incorrect.

;-)

WP, It's just one of those things I've learned the hard way.
( actually it should be removed from device manager in safe mode )

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wp said:
If it's just a replacement of the same model, you can skip #1 of Steve's

instructions.

wp · Apr 13, 2004

Just trying to un-complicate things.

Gail · Apr 13, 2004

Thanks so much for all of the replies. I hope once the card arrives, this will all become perfectly clear and will fix the problem. However, I must say even though I am somewhat at ease now I still have to wonder why this happened. My computer is only 7 months old. By any chance could it be something else other than the video card? I guess I am afraid that once I go through this whole procedure I still might have the problem I am experiencing, which is my text is "fuzzy." Are there telltale signs other than "fuzziness" that my video card is going bad? I know this is a FP NG; however, you folks are not only adept at FP but obviously all aspects of computers. I guess it was as you said just a coincidence that I was using FP quite a bit when this happened
Thank you very much

----- Steve Easton wrote: ----

To install your new video card
1. With the computer on, open Device Manager, click the plus by Displa
Adapter, click once on the entry that shows and then click Remove. Click O
when Prompted

2. *****shut down the computer*****

3. Open the case and physically remove the old card and insert the new one i
the same slot. You will probably need a Phillips screwdriver. ( be careful an
do not drop the screwdriver on the mother board.

4. Restart the computer and windows will detect and install the new card. I
"might" ask for the driver disk that came with the card

ht

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Gail said:
I am a bit concerned that the tech guy I dealt with was so quick to send me

new video card. I am not exactly sure this is the problem but that was hi
solution. My biggest concern is I will install the new video card (is it saf
for me to do that) and I will still have the problem. The way he determined i
was the video card is I had a spare monitor and the text looked "fuzzy" on tha
as well. He said it could only be the video card then. You all seem ver
intelligent not only with FP but computers as well. Should I be concerned tha
I am being sent a new video card and that I will be installing it? Remember
I'm a newbie

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