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    HPzd8215 grey screen and lockup

    Discussion in 'HP' started by airheadbruce, Feb 2, 2006.

  1. airheadbruce

    airheadbruce Newbie

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    Hello all;
    I can play HL2, Doom 3 or Far Cry fine with no issues if it will boot up the game! I get a gray screen when starting,then can hear some audio from the set up screens, but the video is locked up, have to power down then up. This happens probably every other time I try to play.
    I have the latest omega drivers for the ati x600, 2 gig of pc3200 ddr2 ram, 128 mb video ram slightly overclocked at 412/540mhz.
    I have gone back to strictly factory drivers and no overclocking with no change. At the lowest video settings in the games and in ati control there is still a problem.
    I have updated all the drivers from the HP site. The BIOS update, sp31537,did crash windows, went into safe mode then restored to previous.
    Any ideas?
    Airheadbruce

    HP zd8215US
    Microprocessor 2.8GHz Intel? Pentium? 4 Processor 520, and HT Technology
    Microprocessor Cache 1MB L2 Cache
    Memory 2gb 400MHz DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm)
    Memory Max 2048MB
    Video Graphics ATI MOBILITY RADEON X600
    Video Memory 128MB DDR (dedicated
     
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    airheadbruce Newbie

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    O yeah, it does fail the direct x dxdiag test at least half the time.


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    System Information
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    Time of this report: 1/26/2006, 16:49:50
    Machine name: HPLAPTOP
    Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519)
    Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
    System Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
    System Model: Pavilion zd8000 (EC303UA#ABA)
    BIOS: Ver 1.00PARTTBL;
    Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz (2 CPUs)
    Memory: 2046MB RAM
    Page File: 201MB used, 3227MB available
    Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
    DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
    DX Setup Parameters: Not found
    DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode

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    DxDiag Notes
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    DirectX Files Tab: No problems found.
    Display Tab 1: No problems found. Direct3D 7 test results: All tests were successful. Direct3D 8 test results: All tests were successful. Direct3D 9 test results: Failure at step 32 (User verification of Direct3D rendering): HRESULT = 0x00000000 (error code)
    Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
    Music Tab: No problems found.
    Input Tab: No problems found.
    Network Tab: No problems found.
     
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    Hey all;
    Thanks for all the help...not....
    :( :hp:
     
    airheadbruce, Feb 13, 2006
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