stop oxA msgs and screen blackouts

had stop 0xA messages in windows IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

had an abit nf7 mboard now on an msi kt6v

same gfx card, i suspect this may be the problem as i am getting screen
blackouts

i have used it with two diff PSU one cheap 350w and a thermaltak 480w it is
a fx5200 by gainward, got the latest drivers from nvidia seems to happen a
lot less now

it is near new crucial (micron) memory ddr333 512 MB it should be all
working as new, can anyone give me a solid answer

i am 75% sure its my graphics tho because my screen keeps going off then
coming back on?

any ideas?

gfx card is new too, bet its a bust up one and i gotta get a new one?

"Christo" wrote in message
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had stop 0xA messages in windows IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

had an abit nf7 mboard now on an msi kt6v

same gfx card, i suspect this may be the problem as i am getting
screen blackouts

i have used it with two diff PSU one cheap 350w and a thermaltak 480w
it is a fx5200 by gainward, got the latest drivers from nvidia seems
to happen a lot less now

it is near new crucial (micron) memory ddr333 512 MB it should be all
working as new, can anyone give me a solid answer

i am 75% sure its my graphics tho because my screen keeps going off
then coming back on?

any ideas?


Every time I've had this on my nf7-s it's been memory errors. Maybe
yours is different but run memtest86 for a couple of hours to rule out
mem errors.

--
Ian

"Apollo" wrote in message
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"Christo" wrote in message
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had stop 0xA messages in windows IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

had an abit nf7 mboard now on an msi kt6v

same gfx card, i suspect this may be the problem as i am getting screen
blackouts

i have used it with two diff PSU one cheap 350w and a thermaltak 480w it
is a fx5200 by gainward, got the latest drivers from nvidia seems to
happen a lot less now

it is near new crucial (micron) memory ddr333 512 MB it should be all
working as new, can anyone give me a solid answer

i am 75% sure its my graphics tho because my screen keeps going off then
coming back on?

any ideas?


Every time I've had this on my nf7-s it's been memory errors. Maybe yours
is different but run memtest86 for a couple of hours to rule out mem
errors.

--
Ian


i have tried memtest, i no longer use an FDD i threw it away, i know i can
get a cheap 1 but is there a way to run memtest on winxp without creating
dos startup disks?

"Apollo" wrote in message
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"Christo" wrote in message
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had stop 0xA messages in windows IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

had an abit nf7 mboard now on an msi kt6v

same gfx card, i suspect this may be the problem as i am getting screen
blackouts

i have used it with two diff PSU one cheap 350w and a thermaltak 480w it
is a fx5200 by gainward, got the latest drivers from nvidia seems to
happen a lot less now

it is near new crucial (micron) memory ddr333 512 MB it should be all
working as new, can anyone give me a solid answer

i am 75% sure its my graphics tho because my screen keeps going off then
coming back on?

any ideas?


Every time I've had this on my nf7-s it's been memory errors. Maybe yours
is different but run memtest86 for a couple of hours to rule out mem
errors.

--
Ian


this still doesn't relate it to the gfx problem? numerous people have told
me it has always been gfx , i know the memory is fine as i have had the
errors with some older ddr266 memory, in my nf7 and i then changed to the
ddr333 and had the same errors in my nf7 and now on my msi kt6v i am getting
the same errors with the ddr333 memory, the gfx card has moved on both
systems and i am getting same errors, is this a nvidia prob? should i go for
ATI, maybe their drivers are a bit better?

Christo:

is there a way to run memtest on winxp without creating
dos startup disks?

http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/

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Mac Cool