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gp1974
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      04-06-2007
I have installed Vista Home Premium Edition. Graphics are working fine
(vista basic standard until I upgrade my current NVIDIA 6200 Turbocache). I
am running 2GB RAM and Intel Pentium 4 3.0GHz.

When I start Media Centre the display goes blank (but I still here the
sounds). What's going wrong?

Should I try re-installing Vista?

Thanks
 
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Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]
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      04-06-2007
Have you installed the latest drivers for your video card available from
nvidia?
http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp

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"gp1974" <> wrote in message
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>I have installed Vista Home Premium Edition. Graphics are working fine
> (vista basic standard until I upgrade my current NVIDIA 6200 Turbocache).
> I
> am running 2GB RAM and Intel Pentium 4 3.0GHz.
>
> When I start Media Centre the display goes blank (but I still here the
> sounds). What's going wrong?
>
> Should I try re-installing Vista?
>
> Thanks



 
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gp1974
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      04-06-2007
Yes, installed the latest driver and even tried the new beta driver. Do you
think it is a graphics card problem or a windows bug?

Thanks

"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote:

> Have you installed the latest drivers for your video card available from
> nvidia?
> http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp
>
> --
> Andre
> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
> "gp1974" <> wrote in message
> news:2EC3F782-A2CB-4DE1-A4C2-...
> >I have installed Vista Home Premium Edition. Graphics are working fine
> > (vista basic standard until I upgrade my current NVIDIA 6200 Turbocache).
> > I
> > am running 2GB RAM and Intel Pentium 4 3.0GHz.
> >
> > When I start Media Centre the display goes blank (but I still here the
> > sounds). What's going wrong?
> >
> > Should I try re-installing Vista?
> >
> > Thanks

>
>
>

 
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Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]
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      04-06-2007
You could try removing one of the memory modules if they are 1 GB sticks and
see if it stops. If it does, sounds like a bad memory module.
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"gp1974" <> wrote in message
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> Yes, installed the latest driver and even tried the new beta driver. Do
> you
> think it is a graphics card problem or a windows bug?
>
> Thanks
>
> "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote:
>
>> Have you installed the latest drivers for your video card available from
>> nvidia?
>> http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp
>>
>> --
>> Andre
>> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
>> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
>> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
>> "gp1974" <> wrote in message
>> news:2EC3F782-A2CB-4DE1-A4C2-...
>> >I have installed Vista Home Premium Edition. Graphics are working fine
>> > (vista basic standard until I upgrade my current NVIDIA 6200
>> > Turbocache).
>> > I
>> > am running 2GB RAM and Intel Pentium 4 3.0GHz.
>> >
>> > When I start Media Centre the display goes blank (but I still here the
>> > sounds). What's going wrong?
>> >
>> > Should I try re-installing Vista?
>> >
>> > Thanks

>>
>>
>>



 
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Mick
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      04-07-2007
It is a graphics problem. Nvidia is having a lot of hassles with drivers.
Mick Murphy in Australia(QLD)

"gp1974" wrote:

> I have installed Vista Home Premium Edition. Graphics are working fine
> (vista basic standard until I upgrade my current NVIDIA 6200 Turbocache). I
> am running 2GB RAM and Intel Pentium 4 3.0GHz.
>
> When I start Media Centre the display goes blank (but I still here the
> sounds). What's going wrong?
>
> Should I try re-installing Vista?
>
> Thanks

 
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