I have recently got a ASROCK K7VT4A Pro M/Board. Installed it etc. all seemed to be ok. THen I installed the in drivers supplied with the motherboard and the screen went crazy. There were colored bars all over it and it was near impossible to read the screen. The card I was using was an ALL in Wonder Radeon 9600 pro (AGP 8X(256MB)). I then swapped it out with my old Radon 7500 card and it works fine. I didnt know whether this was a voltage issue, but i have checked and the card is the rquired 1.5V.

Obviously I would like to keep the 9600.

Is this a BIOS issue or is it directly related to the board manufacturers drivers, as the screen only went mad during the installation of said drivers. I was just a bout to see that the screen settings were 4 bit and 640 x 480

Why is this happening can anyone enlighten me. It seems a little odd.

It might help to know that the screen looked like some really psychedelic tartan

Thanks

The OrangeGoblin

Here is my Hardware scan...................


OS Information:
Property Value
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional|C:\WINDOWS|\Device\Harddisk1\Partitio n1
Service Pack 0.0
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS


Processor:
Property Value
Current Clock Speed 1092
Description x86 Family 6 Model 6 Stepping 2
Manufacturer AuthenticAMD
Name AMD Athlon(tm) XP


Memory (RAM):
Property Value
Bank Label RAS 0 & 1
Capacity 536870912

Total Memory Deteced in Hardware: ~512 MB
Memory Reported to Operating System: 511MB

Disk Drives:
Property Value
Description Disk drive
Manufacturer (Standard disk drives)
Model IC35L040AVVN07-0
Media Type Fixed hard disk media
Size 41167526400 (~38 GB)
Number of Partitions 1


Installed Printers:
Property Value

Motherboard:
Property Value
Manufacturer
Model
Name Base Board
Part Number
Product K7VT4APro
Serial Number 00000000
Version 1.0x


BIOS:
Property Value
Manufacturer American Megatrends Inc.
Name Default System BIOS
Release Date 20050519******.******+***
Version AMIINT - 10


Monitor:
Property Value
Description Plug and Play Monitor
Name Plug and Play Monitor
Screen Height 768
Screen Width 1024


Keyboard:
Property Value
Description Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard


Pointing Device:
Property Value
Manufacturer (Standard system devices)
Name USB Human Interface Device


Sound Card:
Property Value
Manufacturer C-Media
Description C-Media AC97 Audio Device
Device ID PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3059&SUBSYS_97611849&REV_60\3&61A AA01&0&8D


Video Card:
Property Value
Adapter Compatibility ATI Technologies Inc.
Adapter RAM 67108864
Description RADEON 7500 SERIES
Installed Display Drivers ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version 6.14.10.6601
Driver Date 21/02/2006 19:46:26
Video Mode Description 1024 x 768 x 4294967296 colors


DirectX Installation:
Property Value
Version 6.03.01.0146


Modem:
Property Value

Network Adapters:
Property Value
Description VIA Compatable Fast Ethernet Adapter - Packet Scheduler Miniport
Description RAS Async Adapter
Description Packet Scheduler Miniport
Description WAN Miniport (L2TP)
Description WAN Miniport (PPTP)
Description WAN Miniport (PPPOE)
Description Direct Parallel
Description WAN Miniport (IP)
Description Packet Scheduler Miniport
Description D-Link Air DWL-510 Wireless PCI Adapter - Packet Scheduler Miniport
Description Packet Scheduler Miniport

External Ports:
Property Value
External Reference Designator PS2 Keyboard
External Reference Designator PS2 Mouse
External Reference Designator COM Port
External Reference Designator LPT Port
External Reference Designator Rear USB 0
External Reference Designator Rear USB 1
External Reference Designator Front USB 2
External Reference Designator Front USB 3
External Reference Designator ETHERNET
External Reference Designator LINE-OUT
External Reference Designator LINE-IN
External Reference Designator MICROPHONE
External Reference Designator Game Port

Expansion Slots:
Property Value
Slot Designation PCI1
Slot Designation PCI2
Slot Designation PCI3
Slot Designation PCI4
Slot Designation PCI5