Serious CS4 Problem Lounge

I wanted to share unexpected and unseen problem I experience with my Photoshop cs4 trial - permanently.
And I remarkably hope that someone of you guys will be able to give some advice how to overcome this:

When I OPEN A PHOTOGRAPHY IT DEFACES IT IN SOME KIND OF GEOMETRICAL COLOR AND PIXEL SQUARES which change their look depending on zoom level.
And only passing >200% bound it starts to depict picture normally.

Basically program itself works fine - it doesn't slow down computer and completes all tasks in no time, so I don't think it could be a hardware problem (my 32 bit Windows Vista based machine is far above minimal sys req; my video card is ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600).
Maybe some sort of drivers or updates could resolve this? But where to get one?

It is definetely a driver issue, but it could also be a RAM issue. Do a search for your driver on the ATI site.

Im going to park my CS4 for a while and go back to CS2 for a while. My preset actions still keep crashing the program. They work fine in CS2.

that's nice robert, but it has nothing to do with this topic. :)

klavs, I agree with bart. it COULD be bad ram...

( Chris Cox - 01:17pm Feb 7, 2003 Pacific (#7 of 15) -If you zoom in and they go away, it's probably the video card. -If you zoom in and out and they change, it's probably bad RAM. )

but as there's loads of new stuff related to the video card in cs4, definitely update your video drivers before you go crazy looking for bad RAM sticks.

Maybe some sort of drivers or updates could resolve this?

yes, try that first. if it doesn't fix it, you must consider RAM, as that behavior has been a symptom for a long time...

But where to get one?

i'd start here: <http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx>

you may need to hit a slightly different site if you're not USA based. if so, start at <http://www.amd.com> , select your region then look for support and drivers.

My sincere apologies.....I saw the word "Lounge". Forgive me.

It could be a problem with your graphics hardware, most likely your graphics RAM. But do try a driver update.

Also try turning off OpenGL in preferences. Just for kicks.

My sincere apologies.....I saw the word "Lounge". Forgive me.

no need to apologize. start a new thread! :)