[jumpingjack099]

First of all, sorry for my bad English .... I have recently changed video card (old - gigabyte hd 4650, new - gigabyte hd 5570). After changing cards and installing new drivers I have problems with win7 start up. Booting normal, but after >Windows starting< logo, show some white disrupted (dashed) lines, which slowly fill screen from top to bottom. After restart (with restart button), everything boot normally, and windows start normally. Later, I have no problems with video card, everything works perfectly - video games (Skyrim, BF 3, etc), hd movies ...My PC - Intel c2d e6300, mb gigabyte ga-g31m-es2L, Kingston 2 x 2gb ddr2 800mhz, vga gigabyte hd 5570 1gb ddr3, hd wd 500gb sata2, monitor acer 22 inch full hd, system is win7 ultimate 64bit. It is events only when pc is totally shut down and then switched on .... when pc just restarted I have no problems with win7 start. Please, somebody, any idea what is happening, and what should I do?

[coastie65]

jumpingjack099, on 31 March 2012 - 02:16 PM, said:

First of all, sorry for my bad English .... I have recently changed video card (old - gigabyte hd 4650, new - gigabyte hd 5570). After changing cards and installing new drivers I have problems with win7 start up. Booting normal, but after >Windows starting< logo, show some white disrupted (dashed) lines, which slowly fill screen from top to bottom. After restart (with restart button), everything boot normally, and windows start normally. Later, I have no problems with video card, everything works perfectly - video games (Skyrim, BF 3, etc), hd movies ...My PC - Intel c2d e6300, mb gigabyte ga-g31m-es2L, Kingston 2 x 2gb ddr2 800mhz, vga gigabyte hd 5570 1gb ddr3, hd wd 500gb sata2, monitor acer 22 inch full hd, system is win7 ultimate 64bit. It is events only when pc is totally shut down and then switched on .... when pc just restarted I have no problems with win7 start. Please, somebody, any idea what is happening, and what should I do?

Hi and welcome to the forums. My first thoiught is that the drivers may have gotten corrupted on installation. I don't know if you used the disk that came withthe card or not, but if you did, go to Nvidia's Site and download and install the drivers form there.

[jumpingjack099]

Thanks, but card is Ati radeon - Gigabyte HD 5570. Anyway, I downloaded new drivers - direct from Gigabyte site, for that model .... nothing. I try direct from AMD ati - new, fresh drivers .... nothing. I reinstalled Windows 7 - clean install, and after that, new video drivers .... nothing, same thing again. Problem existing only when I turn off my PC and then turn on ... when I just restart PC - no problem. And after that, when PC is working, I don't have any problems with video card (or any others component), everything works perfectly! Most of new games running on high details and 1920 x 1080 resolution, and HD movies also running fine. I just don't know what to do with that messed start up ...

[coastie65]

jumpingjack099, on 31 March 2012 - 10:53 PM, said:

Thanks, but card is Ati radeon - Gigabyte HD 5570. Anyway, I downloaded new drivers - direct from Gigabyte site, for that model .... nothing. I try direct from AMD ati - new, fresh drivers .... nothing. I reinstalled Windows 7 - clean install, and after that, new video drivers .... nothing, same thing again. Problem existing only when I turn off my PC and then turn on ... when I just restart PC - no problem. And after that, when PC is working, I don't have any problems with video card (or any others component), everything works perfectly! Most of new games running on high details and 1920 x 1080 resolution, and HD movies also running fine. I just don't know what to do with that messed start up ...

Ok. It sounds as if you have dome pretty well with ruling out drivers and other pssible corruted installs. It would seem that it could be a problem with the card itself. Make sure that the card is seated in the slot properly if you haven't do so already. Sorry about the Nvidia thing. I had that on my mind at the time for some reason.

This post has been edited by coastie65: 01 April 2012 - 07:06 AM

[mjd420nova]

The difference between a cold boot and a warm boot(restart) is how the hardware resets itself, that is, what all the chips go to as a default state when no power is present. During warm boots, power is never removed, just the CPU/BIOS system is reset through a switch or from direction by subroutines. A warm boot my not get all the chips reset properly. Changing cards didn't solve the fault so it has to be a system board problem. A close visual inspection, looking for that Easter Egg, may reveal a bulging or leaky capacitor. Reseating boards and inspecting those connectors may reveal a cracked or brigded connection.

[LiveBrianD]

I also suspect it's a hardware issue (maybe once it warms up something seats into place, causing it to work?). Otherwise, it would likely have the same issue upon rebooting.

[jumpingjack099]

Thanks again, for trying to help me. I solved the problem with one simply test ... I changed video card (from my other PC - sapphire HD 5770) and everything works just fine.
So, I think that problem is video card. Then I change again - and problem is back. Definitely video card problem. And again, after one simply restart, woks fine. I can live with that - at least until video card died 100%.

[alishathomaz]

Just try your video card on anther pc maybe it works on other pc..

[coastie65]

jumpingjack099, on 02 April 2012 - 01:00 AM, said:

Thanks again, for trying to help me. I solved the problem with one simply test ... I changed video card (from my other PC - sapphire HD 5770) and everything works just fine.
So, I think that problem is video card. Then I change again - and problem is back. Definitely video card problem. And again, after one simply restart, woks fine. I can live with that - at least until video card died 100%.

Hi. Somehow we overlooked doing that. Yeah, you have a bad card. I wouldn't wait for it to completely die though. I would just get one when I could and be done with it.