no video after vista install

I have an HP Pavilion a1310n with an AMD Athlon XP 3700+, an ASUS A8AE-LE motherboard, 1GB RAM, and an nVIDIA GeForce 6600 256MB video card. I have seen in several threads that people have had issues with ASUS A8 logic boards and Windows Vista, but my situation is a little unique.
I run an Apple 23" Cinema HD display with DVI to my GeForce 6600 video card and all is well on installation until reboot. The system boots to the initial loading screen "Windows 2006" with the moving grey lines, then the video blacks out completely and sometimes my monitor just doesn't get a signal at all. I can boot to Safe Mode but even after installing the nVIDIA x86 drivers for Vista I get no video when booting to Vista in normal mode. It's like it doesn't want to acknowlege my video card or it does not like my Apple 23" LCD. Any suggestions would be helpful. I have tried installing both the 32-bit and 64-bit Vista but I got further with the 32-bit and will probably stick with that if I can get my video to work.

"thc" wrote in message I had the same problem b/c of nvidia card.....temp replace the card

my friend is trying to do the same thing. He gets the monitor sometimes flashes orange (he has the apple cinema 22"). But he can still hear windows loading (such as messenger making sounds).
He has an ATI X1800.

"thc" wrote:

I have an HP Pavilion a1310n with an AMD Athlon XP 3700+, an ASUS A8AE-LE motherboard, 1GB RAM, and an nVIDIA GeForce 6600 256MB video card. I have seen in several threads that people have had issues with ASUS A8 logic boards and Windows Vista, but my situation is a little unique.
I run an Apple 23" Cinema HD display with DVI to my GeForce 6600 video card and all is well on installation until reboot. The system boots to the initial loading screen "Windows 2006" with the moving grey lines, then the video blacks out completely and sometimes my monitor just doesn't get a signal at all. I can boot to Safe Mode but even after installing the nVIDIA x86 drivers for Vista I get no video when booting to Vista in normal mode. It's like it doesn't want to acknowlege my video card or it does not like my Apple 23" LCD. Any suggestions would be helpful. I have tried installing both the 32-bit and 64-bit Vista but I got further with the 32-bit and will probably stick with that if I can get my video to work.

After looking through the forums thoroughly, almost anyone with DVI is having issues. I think DVI is a no-go with Beta 2, and I hope Microsoft puts out an update quick. I ordered the DVDs and now I can't even see Vista in anything but Safe Mode. It sucks. You'd think Microsoft would anticipate that people were using digital monitors but they've got a long way to go.

Trouble with DVI? I have DVI connected to my Dell 2007WFP and it works just fine.
Or do you mean with apple cinema?
"thc" wrote:

After looking through the forums thoroughly, almost anyone with DVI is having issues. I think DVI is a no-go with Beta 2, and I hope Microsoft puts out an update quick. I ordered the DVDs and now I can't even see Vista in anything but Safe Mode. It sucks. You'd think Microsoft would anticipate that people were using digital monitors but they've got a long way to go.

I guess I should rephrase that: Vista Beta 2 + nVIDIA + DVI = Problems. That's what I'm hearing from other posts here. Some folks have ATI video cards and they appear to work OK in most cases with DVI. I stopped trying to mess with Vista Beta 2 and erased the HD, loaded openSuSE 10.1 Linux, xGL, and Compiz and just had some fun using an OS that actually works for a change. I have been using 64-bit Linux for a while and had high hopes Microsoft would be able to match it, but they've got a long way to go... Thanks to all who posted here. Doesn't seem to be much I can do to solve this issue until Microsoft or nVIDIA come up with a fix, or maybe I wait around until Release Candidate 1 to get functional video...

okay, this is why it was released as a beta, to discover EXACTLY these issues and resolve them before the partner release.... i mean... if you expected the BETA copy to work flawlessly, maybe your should looke inward instead of outward for the blame.
that said i'm having similiar issues with a geforce 7600 GS + DVI. When i load the Aero UI it works for roughly 30min, then i get bizzare artifacting in the entire window where it "flashes" in and out of transparency. I'm using the 87.45 drivers becuase nvidia's latest drivers either result in my machine not loading video, or it does load video by the best way i can describe it is that i don't see video, i see video wrapping around the screen so tightly it looks like it's pinstripped..
If anyone has any solutions, lmk.
thanks.
"thc" wrote:

I guess I should rephrase that: Vista Beta 2 + nVIDIA + DVI = Problems. That's what I'm hearing from other posts here. Some folks have ATI video cards and they appear to work OK in most cases with DVI. I stopped trying to mess with Vista Beta 2 and erased the HD, loaded openSuSE 10.1 Linux, xGL, and Compiz and just had some fun using an OS that actually works for a change. I have been using 64-bit Linux for a while and had high hopes Microsoft would be able to match it, but they've got a long way to go... Thanks to all who posted here. Doesn't seem to be much I can do to solve this issue until Microsoft or nVIDIA come up with a fix, or maybe I wait around until Release Candidate 1 to get functional video...

Have you tried reseating the video card?
"xaustinx" wrote in message

okay, this is why it was released as a beta, to discover EXACTLY these issues and resolve them before the partner release.... i mean... if you expected the BETA copy to work flawlessly, maybe your should looke inward instead of outward for the blame.
that said i'm having similiar issues with a geforce 7600 GS + DVI. When i load the Aero UI it works for roughly 30min, then i get bizzare artifacting in the entire window where it "flashes" in and out of transparency. I'm using the 87.45 drivers becuase nvidia's latest drivers either result in my machine not loading video, or it does load video by the best way i can describe it is that i don't see video, i see video wrapping around the screen so tightly it looks like it's pinstripped..
If anyone has any solutions, lmk.
thanks.
"thc" wrote:
I guess I should rephrase that: Vista Beta 2 + nVIDIA + DVI = Problems. That's what I'm hearing from other posts here. Some folks have ATI video cards and they appear to work OK in most cases with DVI. I stopped trying to mess with Vista Beta 2 and erased the HD, loaded openSuSE 10.1 Linux, xGL, and Compiz and just had some fun using an OS that actually works for a change. I have been using 64-bit Linux for a while and had high hopes Microsoft would be able to match it, but they've got a long way to go... Thanks to all who posted here. Doesn't seem to be much I can do to solve this issue until Microsoft or nVIDIA come up with a fix, or maybe I wait around until Release Candidate 1 to get functional video...

No, but i'm able to boot live CD's and i have non of these issues. Also, i was running windows XP with no issue prior to installing Windows Vista Beta 2, so i don't think an install would dislodge the video card...
with PCI Express, it's all or nothing, the socket is designed to lock the card in place preventing any kind of flex on the board...
thanks for the tip though,
austin
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:

Have you tried reseating the video card?
"xaustinx" wrote in message okay, this is why it was released as a beta, to discover EXACTLY these issues and resolve them before the partner release.... i mean... if you expected the BETA copy to work flawlessly, maybe your should looke inward instead of outward for the blame.
that said i'm having similiar issues with a geforce 7600 GS + DVI. When i load the Aero UI it works for roughly 30min, then i get bizzare artifacting in the entire window where it "flashes" in and out of transparency. I'm using the 87.45 drivers becuase nvidia's latest drivers either result in my machine not loading video, or it does load video by the best way i can describe it is that i don't see video, i see video wrapping around the screen so tightly it looks like it's pinstripped..
If anyone has any solutions, lmk.
thanks.
"thc" wrote:
I guess I should rephrase that: Vista Beta 2 + nVIDIA + DVI = Problems. That's what I'm hearing from other posts here. Some folks have ATI video cards and they appear to work OK in most cases with DVI. I stopped trying to mess with Vista Beta 2 and erased the HD, loaded openSuSE 10.1 Linux, xGL, and Compiz and just had some fun using an OS that actually works for a change. I have been using 64-bit Linux for a while and had high hopes Microsoft would be able to match it, but they've got a long way to go... Thanks to all who posted here. Doesn't seem to be much I can do to solve this issue until Microsoft or nVIDIA come up with a fix, or maybe I wait around until Release Candidate 1 to get functional video...