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Windows 7 & x1950 problems!
Hi all!
Had this problem for ages and never got round to posting for help, but cannot for the life of me figure it out so hopefully one of you guys can!
My x1950 was working fine with Win7 upto a month (or more?) ago, when the system refused to boot into the OS. After dismantling/cleaning/jiggling/poking it didn't seem to be a hardware issue so continued to investigate....
When I start up the computer normally, it will load up normally until the point where it should display the login screen, it is at this point that the system 'restarts' (You can hear the fans power down) but fails to do so as there is the '3 beep' from the mobo (GPU related problem in POST I believe?).
If I boot into safe mode, it boots sucessfully, but any subsequent restarts will result in the above scenario. However, if i remove the graphics drivers in safe mode then reboot, the system DOES boot up normally - although any subsequent restarts mean I go back to square one!
I have tried numerous different drivers for the x1950 with no luck at all, all end up going back to the same scenario and it is very frustrating
Could it actually be that the graphics card is failing and any attempts to use it result in a crash? Could it just be the driver? All very strange and confusing!
Anyways, any help would be most appreciated!