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Old December 25th 07, 07:44 PM posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
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Default Scrambled Display Vista nVidia


"David P. Greer" wrote in message
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I am having a problem with a scrambled display in Vista. Here's what's
happening:

If the computer has been idle long enough for the display to go into
standby mode, once it is reawakened, everything seems normal. That is,
until you do something that requires UAC, or a 3D game. When the UAC
screen dimms, the screen becomes totally scrambled. The same if you start
a 3D game like Doom. There is no clearing the display - the computer has
to be rebooted.

Interestingly, if after the computer wakes from standby I log off, then
log back on, the system performs properly, with no screen scrambling.

The system is an Athlon X2 6000, nVidia 7900GT, Vista Ultimate (32-bit)
with all the updates and patches. I have installed the nVidia 169.25
drivers, though this problem has existed with all the previous drivers.

Has anyone else had this problem? Has anyone found a solution?

Thanks for your feedback.


Yea, I had that issue as did many others with 7900GT. The solution is to
start an RMA with the card manufacturer pronto. 7900GT is a **** card
plagued by this issue. There's a reason no one is selling 7900GT anymore and
yet they still continue to sell FX series cards. Only way some people have
said they fixed this issue was to either overclock or downclock the ram. If
you had an 8800GT etc. you would be experiencing no such issue.