"Roger" wrote in message
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"~misfit~" wrote in message
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Hi Gang, I'm new here.
I have a machine running a GA-7DXE mobo and a AMD XP2200+ CPU running XP
Pro. Until recently I was running a GeForce 2 MX400/64 in it. Then it
started to give me errors on start-up, a blue screen saying: "A problem
has
been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your
computer. The problem seems to be caused by the following file:
nv4_disp."
And the error message went on to say it could be cause by faulty
hardware
or
a corrupt file and then gave a bunch of hexadecimal bull****. (Which I
wrote
down).
Hitting the reset button would most times fix it so I un-installed the
drivers and re-installed them. Same problem, every second or third
cold-boot
I got this message. I did the thourough checkdisk thing and the HDD is
fine,
even ran a diagnostic on the drive. OK, so I tried different detonator
drivers, several in fact. Still the same intermittent error on boot-up.
Hardware getting flakey thinks I so I borrowed a friends credit card
(I'm
poor) and went out and bought me a nice new Leadtek Winfast A280-LE-TDH
GeForce 4 ti4200/128Mb MyVIVO. I installed it and used the drivers on
the
disk that came with it. Two days later...... Same problem!!! I went to
Leadtek's site and downloaded the latest drivers for my card and
installed
those but the problem persists.
Does anyone have any idea why this is happening? I've tried everything I
can
think of to fix it but have got nowhere.
Any and all help appreciated.
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~misfit~
Looks like the dreaded infinite loop issue. It's going to cost you more
money to fix it, unfortunately.
It's probably either because you have an inadequate powersupply or you
need
a different motherboard that supplies a consistent voltage to the video
card. You could also try taking the card back and getting a Radeon of some
sort. Look up "infinite loop" issues through google and you should find
lots
of info on this problem.
MBM5 (the latest build) reports my voltages as:
+5v: 5.03v
+12v: 12.19
+3.3v: 3.33v
For other details see my other replies. (I should have put them all in one I
guess - Doh!)
I'm an nVidia fan, I don't really want a Radeon.
Thanks for the reply.
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~misfit~
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