Semona

I have a simmilar problem with my crappy averatec 3270, I suspect it is the same.

After 4 months of usage (post 90 day warranty of course), the LCD screen on my Averatec goes black. Sometimes 5 seconds after boot with the Windows XP splash screen still on, sometimes after 5/10 mintues, sometimes never, after using it for hours and hours.

The OS is NOT crashing, I can for example start up winamp and have it play music while clicking around like a blind man. Sometimes rebooting alone will "fix" it so that the video works. I can get it to reboot while it is black screening.

Re-installing drivers, from VIA and Averatec, seems to fix the problem for a few days. But then the driver gets corrupted (I am guessing) and the screen reverts to its previous behavior. I also briefly though it had to do with the power cord, as once it was on battery power and was fine. But i think it has to do with a fresh video driver install.

I have yet to try re-installing the OS. Before I do that, any other ideas? Is there a way to see if the driver, AGP or Video, does it fact get changed or corrupted?

Or perhaps it is something else?

Cyborg

It is not going into standby or hibernate, i have those disabled, and I do not think it has to do with power saving as it happens after 10 seconds at times.

TechBoy

Based on my limited viewpoint, this is a hardware issue. If you have a distro of bootable Linux such as Knoppix or Ubuntu Live, you can boot it up and see. So long as Linux has the generic chipset driver, you can see if it works fine under Linux. This step would verify a hardware or software problem. Once booted, go into Preferences->Sound (Ubuntu) or the KDE control Center-> sound. Just try to make sounds. If it works past your mark, it is indeed a driver problem, if it exhibits the same faults, it is a hardware issue. I, however could be of little help in the sound components field as it involves chipwork.

Semona

It looks like the non-avatec video drivers fixed the issue (to above, the problem was with the video going black not the sound)... it has been stable for days withno issue... I will update if it happens again!

ITRocks

Heh, I was thinking of another thread. Sorry! Glad the problem was solved.

jessehebrew

Qualification you enclose your XP CD, mop it out. Take out the parting, generate a innovative one, then format it and bed in Windows XP on it.

bowenlopez

I think this is some time give you error. Hard disk and CD drive disabled yet if you see spash screen. Open bios control and disable hard drive, restart pc and enable or restart your pc. and try to boot your cd.