I just want to share my problem about my video card which is Geforce 6200 DDR2 62 bit 8x agp and hoping someone will help me.
I bought this about a month and a half now and I only knew the problem 2 weeks ago when i installed fable lost chapters. ( I thought the card was okey cause im playing an online game and its working). I thought its fable so i installed another game which is need for speed most wanted, it too crashes, then sims societies.. crashes... sims2... crashes.(sometimes after 5minutes other times 15 minutes after opening the application and after it crashes my monitor shuts down even when my CPU is running and i cant open it up back unless i do a hard boot). the only games that didn't crash for me is SimCity 4 and Counterstrike. I tried different drivers from nvidia, from 81 to 169. and it still crash. omega drivers and zeropoint... crashed.
Turned of sound card from bios... crashed. uninstalled sound card... crashed. I monitored the CPU and GPU temps and its pretty and it to only 55 c and my videocard 55 to 60 c degrees. I've searched the web for the solutions but I can't seems to pinpoint whats really my own pcs problem. Memory test yields no problem too. The one thing i haven't tried is trying it on a 18+ amps on a 12+volt rail PSU ( i don't know anyone who owns such a PSU)
DXdiag tells no problem too.
Everything works great when i still have a Nvidia mx400 32 and a 256 pc2100 ram (but slow...atleast its working) Until I upgrade my ram to 1 gig (PC3300 i think... The Computer guy from the shop i bought it told me it will work) and Sparkles Geforce 6200 DDR2 64bit 256mb 8x agp.... then all the crashes and hardbooting begun =(
my sys spec is:
Asus P4B266-c mobo
Pentium 4 1.5 gig
1 gig ddr ram
Geforce 6200 256mb 8x (mobo only have 4x... could that be the problem?)
PSU is 300watts( 12amps on the 12+volt rail...another problem?)
My PC is not much but I worked hard to buy this craps so i want to be sure whats the problem before buying a new psu =(
Any help or suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
obiwan23 Everything works great when i still have a Nvidia mx400 32 and a 256 pc2100 ram (but slow...atleast its working) Until I upgrade my ram to 1 gig (PC3300 i think... The Computer guy from the shop i bought it told me it will work) and Sparkles Geforce 6200 DDR2 64bit 256mb 8x agp.... then all the crashes and hardbooting begun .
it's pc3200 400 I think.also the video card 6200 will not draw 12amps. on your machine the video card is being powered by mother board .look like you have narrowed problem down two 2 parts 6200 video card or 1 gig ram,you could try pc2100 in there first with the 6200 video card,or try the pc 3200 ram with mx 400 video card.and when you said it worked correct with the pc2100 and mx 400 was that with the other parts asus p4b226-c mobo p4 1.5 and 300 watt power supply? you already have two part you can test it with swap one and see if problem goes away,if not try the other.hope this helps you.
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