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re: Video Drivers and XP
Wednesday, July 23, 2003 at 2:49 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Shaun
(2 messages posted)
I have a few suggestions,
1: make sure your system is not overheating. check the cpu/heatsink for dust, also
check the graphics card, if it has a fan, make sure its working. Also make sure the
power supply's fan is working.
2: whenever changing video drivers, always uninstall the old driver and reboot before
installing the new driver.
3: If you have added any devices recently, and/or have lots of devices installed,
your power supply unit might not be outputting enough juice. I would reccomend a
350WATT supply as an absolute minimum for pentium4's and AMD Athlons. ANTEC makes
great powersupplies.
To me, it really sounds like a heating/power problem.
you also might want to post at www.tomsharware.com, there are many knowledgeble people
there.
On Sunday, July 20, 2003 at 9:24 pm, Henry wrote:
>Alright, I built this computer myself and I was running 98 for a year before I decided
>to switch to XP. Prior to the introduction of XP my computer didn't have any problems.
> I generally pride myself on being able to figure this stuff out myself, and I can't,
>so I am really hoping someone else is able to bale me out. Anyway, since I switched
>to XP Home I have been getting problems with the Drivers for my GeForce Ti 4600.
> I only know that these are causing the problems because that is what the error
report
>says when I start up sometimes.
>
>The symptoms are unlike anything I have ever seen before. When I start my computer
>sometimes it works fine and sometimes it will ge through the early screens to the
>part where windows starts booting and then my screen will go blank (this makes sense
>because that is when the video drivers would take over for the BIOS). Anyway the
>odd part is that my computer works almost 100% of the time if it has been off for
>at least 3 hours before I turn it back on and less than 5% of the time if I am turning
>it back on within 3 or so hours of the time it was last turned off. Given my knowledge
>of computers this makes absolutely no sense at all. The other thing is that my
computer
>will freeze up from time to time when I am running games (these games being Warcraft
>III: The Frozen Throne and Civilization III). Naturally the thing that frustrates
>me most is that if it freezes up it will not start back up again unless I have let
>it stay down for a few hours. When my computer IS working it runs extremely well
>all the way up to the point when it freezes.
>
>Thanks in advance to anyone that tries to help.
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- Video Drivers and XP (Henry: Sunday, July 20, 2003 at 9:24 pm)
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