POST Logo, Colourful Lines & Freezing

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The computer experiences graphical issues during startup, displaying colorful lines and random characters on the POST logo and BIOS setup, along with freezing during Windows XP loading. Occasionally, it boots into Windows XP but shows flickering and colorful lines before stabilizing. The issue began 3-4 days ago, and the user has to reboot multiple times to achieve normal operation. The monitor is confirmed to be functional with other devices. The hardware includes an ASUS A8N-SLi Premium motherboard, AMD Athlon 64 3500+ processor, BFG 6800 ULTRA OC graphics card, and 1 GB of RAM. Reseating the video card did not resolve the issue, leading to speculation that a defective address line driver in the video card may be the cause. Testing with a different video card is recommended to determine if the problem persists.
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Almost every time I start up my computer, on the POST logo, it shows like colourful lines, when it goes to anything that has text in it such as the BIOS setup or anything like that, I have these weird characters and all this random stuff, such as the DOS text for smiley faces. It also will freeze at the windows XP loading. Although one time, it booted into windows XP but I had colourful lines a little, and then my screen flickered like 4 times then my computer was fine. To get rid of it, I have to hit the reboot button about 60 times before it actually goes to normal. It doesn't seem to be my monitor as my monitor works fine with my Xbox 360. It started about 3-4 days ago for some reason. My stats are as follows:
ASUS A8N-SLi Premium
AMD Athlon 64 3500+
BFG 6800 ULTRA OC
1 GB CORSAIR TWINX DDR400 RAM
OCZ 520 W PSU
DELL P991 19" CRT FLATSCREEN MONITOR
System is about a year old

I also found something that sounded a lot like my problem:
Was googling and found this text here http://www.driverheaven.net/showthre...=118855&page=2
"...have been getting weird corruption intermittently (checkerboard pattern, garbage characters, offset text) showing up on the BIOS POST screen and into..."


For some reason I cannot get into that area of the forum.
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HERE ARE SOME PICTURES:
Now it will randomly do it within windows.
Here are some PICS. PLEASE HELP. I reseated my videocard yesterday. Didn't help.

http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/1285/dsc01396wa6.jpg
See the jibberish? It would appear as if the jibberish overlays everything behind it.

http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/413/dsc01384gm4.jpg
As you can see there is some weird colours on the XP flag.

http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/9678/dsc01393lw8.jpg
JIBBERISH!

http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/7014/dsc01376vg6.jpg
Weird screen.

http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/7668/dsc01379kr2.jpg
Missing letters, but less gibberish.
 
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Does anything happen if you jiggle the video cable connections?
 
Nope. Nothing.
 
From the looks of the displays you posted.
I'm thinking you have a defective address line driver in the video card.
I'd try a different video card and see if the problem goes away.
 

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