- Dec 29, 2006
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I recently upgraded my video card from a 5200FX to a 6200, and now to a 7600GS. I am, sadly, having serious, and annoying issues.
Before I got my new card, and was running the 5200FX, after a while, any somewhat demanding game that I played would make my monitor "black out"...like it turned off, but the system was still running. The only way to get it working was to turn my PC off and back on. It happened on average once a day with no error messages or anything. One time, and only one time, when it crashed, I got the blue screen of death which mentioned the nv4_disp.dll file.
So I get a new card because I needed one anyways, and I get the BSOD a few times. I swapped out the card yesterday (mainly because I wanted a better one for games like HL2) for the 7600GS.
After installing, I loaded up HL2, and I got the "black out" a few times and the BSOD a few times. The reason for the several errors is because I had tried everything...new drivers with driver cleaner, new BIOS, checking the connectivity of the molex adapter...everything that I read about people having issues with.
So I though...Ok...just don't run any 3D apps until the problem is fixed...but no...my PC froze (this was before the BIOS flash). I having a somewhat bad feeling that it is my PSU, which you will see in a minute...is a major pile. Here are my system specs:
AMD XP 64 3000+
Gigabyte GA-K8N-939
Corsair 512MB PC3200 RAM
SATA WD HDD
and a POS 300 watt "temporary solution" PSU (15a 12v)
When I first thought it was the PSU, I ruled it out...because I assumed that the PC wouldn't boot, or at least notify me or not load the card, if it was not correctly powered. I am inclined to believe that it is the PSU...but I really do not know, and quite honestly...do not know what else to try.
Any input is appreciated, and until then, then "wonderful" 5200FX will be snailing around
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Before I got my new card, and was running the 5200FX, after a while, any somewhat demanding game that I played would make my monitor "black out"...like it turned off, but the system was still running. The only way to get it working was to turn my PC off and back on. It happened on average once a day with no error messages or anything. One time, and only one time, when it crashed, I got the blue screen of death which mentioned the nv4_disp.dll file.
So I get a new card because I needed one anyways, and I get the BSOD a few times. I swapped out the card yesterday (mainly because I wanted a better one for games like HL2) for the 7600GS.
After installing, I loaded up HL2, and I got the "black out" a few times and the BSOD a few times. The reason for the several errors is because I had tried everything...new drivers with driver cleaner, new BIOS, checking the connectivity of the molex adapter...everything that I read about people having issues with.
So I though...Ok...just don't run any 3D apps until the problem is fixed...but no...my PC froze (this was before the BIOS flash). I having a somewhat bad feeling that it is my PSU, which you will see in a minute...is a major pile. Here are my system specs:
AMD XP 64 3000+
Gigabyte GA-K8N-939
Corsair 512MB PC3200 RAM
SATA WD HDD
and a POS 300 watt "temporary solution" PSU (15a 12v)
When I first thought it was the PSU, I ruled it out...because I assumed that the PC wouldn't boot, or at least notify me or not load the card, if it was not correctly powered. I am inclined to believe that it is the PSU...but I really do not know, and quite honestly...do not know what else to try.
Any input is appreciated, and until then, then "wonderful" 5200FX will be snailing around
.
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