A believed Driver/Processor Die.

shortguy014 · #1 April 14th, 2008, 02:39 AM

A believed Driver/Processor Die.

Recently, and I mean quite frequently the computers processor light has been turning off. I couldn't see the mouse moving and then a few seconds later it recovered.

Now when I installed - Lego Star Wars II or MangaFighter the next time I turn on my computer the processor light is off after 10 seconds, and it never recovers.

It's provably a drivers issue, because when I run in safe mode everything is fine. (When the bubbles screen saver tries to appear the 3D - DirectX is not basically on).

Could it be a problem with directX or is it with ATI?

I have the Catalyst Control Center - Which is meant to auto update my drivers, which it must have done because I downloaded the latest and no change.

P.S. I believe I have 256MB of nVidia but cannot find it under device manager. I have a Satellite A200/H01

Thanks,
Shortguy014

**Murf** · #2 April 14th, 2008, 04:30 AM

Obviously you mean monitor not processor. Appears it could be a driver problem, as Safe mode loads a generic driver.

In DEVICE MANAGER it will be listed under Display Adapters, if there is no entry there then you definately have a driver problem.

Turn off screen saver, see if that helps. If not then I would completely uninstall the video drivers and reinstall. Here is how to do it the right way:

http://www.playtool.com/pages/uninst...uninstall.html

Half way down is the ATI driver uninstall

Once uninstalled then go to the Toshiba web site and get the latest drivers. I could not find the model number you listed here:

http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/t...seBVCookie=yes

shortguy014 · #3 April 14th, 2008, 06:39 AM

I can't figure out why they don't have A200 Drivers.

The only Display Adapter in device manager is the 'ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600'. Which I apparently have the latest drivers for.

But the computer was meant to have an nVidia Video Card. Would I require any drivers for that?

**Murf** · #4 April 14th, 2008, 06:21 PM

That laptop has:

ATI Mobility Radeon 256MB Dedicated graphics

Try this DRIVER

shortguy014 · #5 April 15th, 2008, 10:57 AM

Thanks, I'll try that but I don't know what Exact model I am using? Where Can I find that info? - For future use.

EDIT: By looking at different System Stats on their website I believe that I have a Satellite A200-18M

shortguy014 · #6 April 15th, 2008, 11:05 AM

Hmmm, I can't install the display drivers in safe mode because the detection driver cannot be found, because no ATI Drivers are running, but if I run it in normal I won't get any screen.

Any tips?

**Murf** · #7 April 15th, 2008, 04:35 PM

Reboot, rather then Safe Mode select "Enable low-resolution video (640x480)" This should load a generic VGA driver and allow you to install the driver for ATI.