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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What driver are you using the latest is version 44.03. I have the same graphics card as you a Ti 4600 and it works perfectly make sure you run the latest version of directX 9 also.


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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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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On Sunday, July 20, 2003 at 9:24 pm, Henry wrote:
>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.

This sounds like a power management problem, doesn't it?  I would suggest turning 
off all forms of automatic power management until you can track down the problem. 
 That includes the BIOS and XP.

I had a problem with my machine freezing while the screen was turned off (under APM) 
and I had blamed it on the video driver.  But, after turning off the APM features, 
it transpired that the modem card was freezing every time I received a phone call!

So, my advice is, be suspicious all the drivers.  Install the latest drivers from 
the manufacturers' web sites.  

Good luck!

Uday Reddy

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