Graphics ATI tool/hibernate/crashing problem :(

I use hibernate whenever I switch my PC off. However, recently, it's not been loading windows when I turn it back on. Recovering from hibernate, it turns on, the BIOS checks are fine, windows loading bar comes up, great. Then, when it would usually spring into life and reveal my desktop... Nothing. Blank screen (in standby mode with orange light), not responding to anything but the reset button. This is EVERY time when I switch on from hibernate, when I've used ATI tool in the session before. When I restart in normal mode (ie not from hibernate) it works fine. It's only just started doing this in the last week or so. As far as I can tell, I've not changed anything. Any ideas?

Spec: Shuttle SN85G4, A64 3200+ newcastle (not overclocked), 1gig PC3200 3,3,3,7, Ati Radeon 9800Pro flashed to XT. XP Pro.

Even with the card downclocked to Pro speeds, I still have the same problem

No errors in the event logs.

I haven't changed anything recently (Drivers/hardware/software etc)

It's not a virus or adware or anything like that, I don't think.

I thought it might be some display initialisation problem, possibly due to the overclocked GFX, but that begs the question "Why has it only just started, despite the same setup for a few months?" Perhaps it's some corruption in the windows files? Anyway, you got any ideas?

Ta in advance

 

i have also had some problems with ATI tool cause whenever i load ati tool it never has the settings i want applied and i always have to have it open to apply my new ones perhaps your problem it display initilisation but it has something to do with ati tool setting the clock speeds.......but then in theroy you would get a VPU crash error and windows should switch to software only i found this out when one of m,y friends underclocked m card too below 51Mhz and it just stopped responding.............then again i may just be rambaling but this could have something to with it

 

Any more for any more?

 

It's STILL broken

 

I had something similar to this a while back. I think it must have been due to the card over heating though in my case as the heatsink on the GPU wasn't entirely flush due to worn clips.

It does seem that ATI tool can be a little flakey like this though and if it's only happening when you're using the software it must be that. Have you tried disabling VPU recover in the graphics driver settings?