Recent content by Ianmac22

Thanks. I've got a PCI video card in the spares box; after that I'll try to strip one from another machine. Anyway, thanks for your advice. BTW, what would you advise for reading .dmp files? I'd like to try learning a bit about interpreting their content. Regards, Ian.

No vid port on GA-P55A-UD7. Was already using latest Catalyst suite downloaded direct from ATI website. Deleted those two files, no change - "windows loading files" - white strip across screen - then reverted to POST again. Thanks. Ian.

Deleted files as suggested, tried to boot 'safe+netw' got "windows loading files" - white strip across screen - then reverted to POST again. Is it your view that AVG was causing the problem? Thanks. Ian.

Hi. Thanks very much for your immediate response. I had loaded both safe and optimised bios defaults and tried safe mode with networking. Followed your advice re Knoppix, (could get used to Linux, if I didn't need Windows!) Two .dmp files attached - there was a third one but of zero bytes -...

I installed win 7 Pro on a new build: Gigabyte GA-P55-UD7 + i7875 + 8Gb Crucial DDR3. Made system backup and created System Repair Disk. A few days later (and a few backups later as various software loads were made) the system crashed while I was attempting to email photos from Picasa via...