Crashing, weird video pattern

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by Huey P, Oct 26, 2007.

  1. Huey P

    Huey P Private E-2

    My computer just started crashing soon after powering up. I can sometimes get to the desktop, but before it'll crash- and the display becomes a weird tiled pattern containing a very small section of the current screen (repeated hundreds of times). This pattern holds, not moving, until I hard restart.
    Sometimes it will crash this way during post.

    This morning I was fiddling around with the Creative X-Fi control panel, adjusting surround options and the Crystalizer. Then I shut it down, and the first crash occurred when I booted it up later. Could it have something to do with this?

    Windows XP SP2
    Asus A8N-SLI
    Athlon X2 4200
    2GB DDR400
    250GB Seagate system drive
    GeForce 6800GT
    Creative X-Fi

    Thanks in advance!
     

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