Shuttle XPC SN41G2 and WinFast A310 incompatible??

[Isamu]

Hi there, I have a strange prob with my Shuttle XPC (specs below) and GeForce FX 5600 card.

When I first built my Shuttle, I was using its onboard graphics chipset (nForce2, integrated GeForce 4 MX, 128 MB shared video memory) but a friend gave me a Leadtek WinFast A310 TD MyVIVO (GeForce FX 5600 /w 256 MB memory) card to try. Since installing it, I have had problems with displaying AVI videos and some of the games' videos (like beginning movies and cutscenes). Anyway, my main concern is AVI files, not games. When I install the card and a fresh driver set, there is no prob at all in video playback. When I restart and try playing a video, WinMediaPlayer (and I tried WMPClassic too) opens and system freezes. It auto reboots a couple mins later and reports the problem as a faulty graphics driver (about a drawing operation), and one of the Nvidia DLLs.

I have tried all recent Leadtek and Nvidia drivers of various versions, to no avail.

When I uninstall the Winfast card and return to onboard graphics chip, no prob again, not in games or movies.

I wonder if that Winfast card and my Shuttle config is somehow imcompatible. Have anyone experienced this problem or a similar one?

Shuttle XPC SN41G2
AMD XP 2500+ (Barton core)
Kingston 2 x 256 MB memory, 400 mHz (dual channel)
Seagate Barracuda IV, 80 GB IDE HD
LG 16x DVD-ROM
WinXP Pro SP1

Thanks for all help on advance...
Best regards,

Burak 'Isamu' Aydin
Istanbul - Turkey

 

[Crashman]

It could be a power problem, or a driver issue. Those little boxes are real garbage.

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[acron1]

These little boxes are anything but garbage.
Anyway the drivers should be the same for both the onboard video as well as the add-on card since they are both Nvidia.
Did you disable the onboard graphics in the bios and did you select AGP as the 1ST display?
Good luck!

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[Spitfire_x86]

Crashman is just allergic to these little boxes

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[AxionTech]

Defective video card? See it all the time. Or it's just not happey. With a fresh install of the OS and latest Nvidia drivers as well following some the suggestions and it stills shows a problem. I'd say the card is not working.