danneauxs
Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:26:55 pm
I tested Zorin OS 5.2 on an old PIII computer with 512M RAM\16MB generic video card and it worked well so I thought I'd install it on a new, but still old, machine.
Install went fine but the graphics are all messed up. I mean if you click on the OS menu button only part of the menu pops up and if you click somewhere else on the desktop instead of going away the menu partially stays there. You can click and hold the left mouse and drag it over the menu and it erases it and shows the desktop.
Sounds like a driver issue maybe? Not refreshing properly? Not sure and it's difficult to try to adjust because menus don't appear or if they do they don't disappear when you are done with them. It's incredibly had to try and navigate screens that appear, don't appear, partially appear and partially disappear ...
Tried booting recovery mode with base graphics but still the same issue. Posted below find the specs for my MB which is an ASUS P4P800-VM with 1GB RAM
Any suggestions would be great.
TIA Danneauxs
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Specifications
CPU -Socket 478 for Intel Pentium 4/ Celeron up to 3.4GHz+
-Intel Hyper-Threading Technology ready
-New power design supports Intel next generation Prescott CPU
Chipset Intel 865G GMCH
Intel ICH5
Front Side Bus 800/533/400MHz
Memory Dual channel memory architecture
4 x 184-pin DIMM Sockets support max. 4GB PC3200/PC2700/PC2100 non-ECC DDR SDRAM memory
VGA Next generation integrated Intel Extreme Graphics
Expansion Slots 1 x AGP 8X
3 x PCI
IDE 2 x UltraDMA 100/66/33
Serial ATA Built-in ICH5 supports 2 x Serial ATA
Audio ADI 1980 6-channel audio codec
S/PDIF out interface
LAN Intel 10/100 Mbps LAN
H/W Monitoring Winbond 83627THF
2 FAN sensors and 2 Temperatures monitoring and 4 Voltage monitorings
Special Features Wake on Ring, Lan, USB, Keyboard & Mouse
STR (Suspend-to-RAM)
STD (Suspend-to-Disk)
ASUS CrashFree BIOS2
ASUS EZFlash
ASUS Mylogo
Back Panel I/O Ports 1 x Parallel
1 x VGA
1 x PS/2 Keyboard
1 x PS/2 Mouse
1 x Line In / Line Out / Microphone ports
1 x COM1
1 x RJ45
4 x USB 2.0
Internal I/O Connectors 2 x USB 2.0 connector support additional 4 USB 2.0 ports
S/PDIF out connector
Game/MIDI port connector
CD / AUX audio in
CPU / Chassis FAN connectors
20 pin ATX Power connector
4 pin ATX 12V Power connector
20 Pin Panel connector
10 Pin Intel Front Panel Audio connector
BIOS 2Mb Flash ROM, AMI BIOS, PnP, DMI2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.3, ACPI
Industrial Standard PCI 2.2, USB2.0
Manageability WfM 2.0,DMI 2.0,WOL by PME,WOR by PME
Support Disc Drivers
ASUS PC Probe
Trend Micro PC-cillin 2002 anti-virus software
ASUS LiveUpdate Utility
Accessories User's manual
1 x UltraDMA 133/100/66 cable
2 x Serial ATA cable
1x FDD cable
I/O shield I/O shield
Form Factor microATX Form Factor 9.6"x 9.6" (24.3cm x 24.3cm)
Install went fine but the graphics are all messed up. I mean if you click on the OS menu button only part of the menu pops up and if you click somewhere else on the desktop instead of going away the menu partially stays there. You can click and hold the left mouse and drag it over the menu and it erases it and shows the desktop.
Sounds like a driver issue maybe? Not refreshing properly? Not sure and it's difficult to try to adjust because menus don't appear or if they do they don't disappear when you are done with them. It's incredibly had to try and navigate screens that appear, don't appear, partially appear and partially disappear ...
Tried booting recovery mode with base graphics but still the same issue. Posted below find the specs for my MB which is an ASUS P4P800-VM with 1GB RAM
Any suggestions would be great.
TIA Danneauxs
_______________________________
Specifications
CPU -Socket 478 for Intel Pentium 4/ Celeron up to 3.4GHz+
-Intel Hyper-Threading Technology ready
-New power design supports Intel next generation Prescott CPU
Chipset Intel 865G GMCH
Intel ICH5
Front Side Bus 800/533/400MHz
Memory Dual channel memory architecture
4 x 184-pin DIMM Sockets support max. 4GB PC3200/PC2700/PC2100 non-ECC DDR SDRAM memory
VGA Next generation integrated Intel Extreme Graphics
Expansion Slots 1 x AGP 8X
3 x PCI
IDE 2 x UltraDMA 100/66/33
Serial ATA Built-in ICH5 supports 2 x Serial ATA
Audio ADI 1980 6-channel audio codec
S/PDIF out interface
LAN Intel 10/100 Mbps LAN
H/W Monitoring Winbond 83627THF
2 FAN sensors and 2 Temperatures monitoring and 4 Voltage monitorings
Special Features Wake on Ring, Lan, USB, Keyboard & Mouse
STR (Suspend-to-RAM)
STD (Suspend-to-Disk)
ASUS CrashFree BIOS2
ASUS EZFlash
ASUS Mylogo
Back Panel I/O Ports 1 x Parallel
1 x VGA
1 x PS/2 Keyboard
1 x PS/2 Mouse
1 x Line In / Line Out / Microphone ports
1 x COM1
1 x RJ45
4 x USB 2.0
Internal I/O Connectors 2 x USB 2.0 connector support additional 4 USB 2.0 ports
S/PDIF out connector
Game/MIDI port connector
CD / AUX audio in
CPU / Chassis FAN connectors
20 pin ATX Power connector
4 pin ATX 12V Power connector
20 Pin Panel connector
10 Pin Intel Front Panel Audio connector
BIOS 2Mb Flash ROM, AMI BIOS, PnP, DMI2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.3, ACPI
Industrial Standard PCI 2.2, USB2.0
Manageability WfM 2.0,DMI 2.0,WOL by PME,WOR by PME
Support Disc Drivers
ASUS PC Probe
Trend Micro PC-cillin 2002 anti-virus software
ASUS LiveUpdate Utility
Accessories User's manual
1 x UltraDMA 133/100/66 cable
2 x Serial ATA cable
1x FDD cable
I/O shield I/O shield
Form Factor microATX Form Factor 9.6"x 9.6" (24.3cm x 24.3cm)