I just bought a Gainward GF4 ti4200 64mb 8x agp ultra 650... whew
I have windows xp pro with all users as admin.
Now to the problem. The manual just says to install the card then boot up the computer. The plug and play should recognize it and install the drivers. Then I can use the included cd to install the utilities and driver updates.
Well after I boot up and get to the user select screen I notice the resolution is at 640x480. Didn't think much of it. When I log in to my account I changed the res and its never reverted back. Figure that just comes with install a new card.
During the time when my startup programs are loading I see the little icon in the toolbar that represents new hardware found. Well I figure it's getting ready to install drivers. But before it shows me ANYTHING.. the computer just does a hard reboot... Now it's done this about 6 times in a row. Nothing has changed. Between 30-60 seconds after I log in it will do a hard reboot.
I never get any popup about the installation wizard or anything. If I try and load up the cd that came with it I can.. but the system does a hard reboot before I can complete the install.
It goes without saying that I'm losing it here.
My system:
Athlon 900mhz
ECS k7s5a mobo
256 mb ddr pc2100 ram
geforce 2mx 400 32mb vid card (old one that I put back in to write this)
Maxtor 60 gb hd
I have windows xp pro with all users as admin.
Now to the problem. The manual just says to install the card then boot up the computer. The plug and play should recognize it and install the drivers. Then I can use the included cd to install the utilities and driver updates.
Well after I boot up and get to the user select screen I notice the resolution is at 640x480. Didn't think much of it. When I log in to my account I changed the res and its never reverted back. Figure that just comes with install a new card.
During the time when my startup programs are loading I see the little icon in the toolbar that represents new hardware found. Well I figure it's getting ready to install drivers. But before it shows me ANYTHING.. the computer just does a hard reboot... Now it's done this about 6 times in a row. Nothing has changed. Between 30-60 seconds after I log in it will do a hard reboot.
I never get any popup about the installation wizard or anything. If I try and load up the cd that came with it I can.. but the system does a hard reboot before I can complete the install.
It goes without saying that I'm losing it here.
My system:
Athlon 900mhz
ECS k7s5a mobo
256 mb ddr pc2100 ram
geforce 2mx 400 32mb vid card (old one that I put back in to write this)
Maxtor 60 gb hd