POST Logo, Colourful Lines & Freezing

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The discussion revolves around a user's experience with graphical issues during the Power-On Self-Test (POST) and subsequent booting of their computer. The user describes colorful lines, strange characters, and freezing during the loading of Windows XP, seeking assistance in diagnosing the problem.

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  • The user reports graphical corruption during POST and Windows XP loading, including colorful lines and gibberish text.
  • The user mentions reseating the video card did not resolve the issue.
  • One participant suggests checking the video cable connections, although the user reports no change after doing so.
  • Another participant proposes that the issue may be due to a defective address line driver in the video card and recommends trying a different video card to see if the problem persists.

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Participants have not reached a consensus on the cause of the issue, with differing suggestions on potential solutions and no agreement on the underlying problem.

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The discussion lacks detailed diagnostics or testing results that could clarify the situation further. The user's description of the problem is based on personal experience and observations, which may not encompass all possible causes.

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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.