Quote Originally Posted by Owltoid',index.php?page=Thread&postID=175922#post1 75922]2 GB of RAM should be enough for dual-boxing.[/quote]/agree


[quote='F9thRet',index.php?page=Thread&postID=17596 3#post175963]not sure if this is even relevant, But wasn't there an issue with seagate drives? [url='http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2009/01/21/seagate_firmware_fix_breaks_barracudas/
Linkie to barracuda bios failure[/url]

Not sure if his Seagate was a barracuda, but It might be causing him some trouble,Although it is a very small chance of that.

Stephen
I would say this is unlikely. First off it’s a firmware upgrade that has caused the issue, hence OP would have had to deliberately upgrade the drives firmware. Second it seems that in doing so you would cause the drive to completely fail. Besides these points the OP is not complaining about slow performance (it’s only mentioned in passing), but rather the artifact and video glitches on the screen which is still most likely linked to a video card issue.

I really should ask if you’ve upgraded your video card drivers at all. Give www.nvidia.com a shot and download a set of reference drivers for the card, also if you know how I would make sure that the integrated video card is disabled in your BIOS. This will prevent it from setting aside any of your system memory for its own use (as integrated video cards do not have their own).

I still feel that your issue is caused by a lack of video memory however and my advice here remains the same.

- Aldercy