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Video Card Upgrade Problem
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I have a Dim8200 P4 1.9GHz 512MB RDRAM 80G HDD. I am trying to upgrade from a nVidia GeForce3 Ti200 to a Chaintech FX5700 256MB. For some unknown reason the PC keeps "crashing". It will just auto reboot. I am also quite certain it was causing IE6 to crash as well. I have the old card back in and have no problems at all. I have been told the power supply is underrated. The card requires a min of 250W. So I am at a loss of why it keeps rebooting. The last time I stopped it from rebooting and got a BSOD w/ the error "PAGE _FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA" whatever that means. Is there a fix for this? The Dell Forums have been no help. Thanks, RD |
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K2NNJ wrote: Hi: I have a Dim8200 P4 1.9GHz 512MB RDRAM 80G HDD. I am trying to upgrade from a nVidia GeForce3 Ti200 to a Chaintech FX5700 256MB. For some unknown reason the PC keeps "crashing". It will just auto reboot. I am also quite certain it was causing IE6 to crash as well. I have the old card back in and have no problems at all. I have been told the power supply is underrated. The card requires a min of 250W. So I am at a loss of why it keeps rebooting. The last time I stopped it from rebooting and got a BSOD w/ the error "PAGE _FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA" whatever that means. Is there a fix for this? The Dell Forums have been no help. Device drivers are pretty much specific for the peripherals they control. Changing video cards would require installing the video drivers for the new video card. This is what the Stop Error is indicating. Start the computer in Safe Mode and install the driver files for the new video card. Next, select the resolution. Computer should start up normally unless the driver files and/or the new video card are not compatible with the operating system. |
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I was using NVidia drivers 61.76 for the Ti200 and the FX5700.
"Mistoffolees" wrote in message ... K2NNJ wrote: Hi: I have a Dim8200 P4 1.9GHz 512MB RDRAM 80G HDD. I am trying to upgrade from a nVidia GeForce3 Ti200 to a Chaintech FX5700 256MB. For some unknown reason the PC keeps "crashing". It will just auto reboot. I am also quite certain it was causing IE6 to crash as well. I have the old card back in and have no problems at all. I have been told the power supply is underrated. The card requires a min of 250W. So I am at a loss of why it keeps rebooting. The last time I stopped it from rebooting and got a BSOD w/ the error "PAGE _FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA" whatever that means. Is there a fix for this? The Dell Forums have been no help. Device drivers are pretty much specific for the peripherals they control. Changing video cards would require installing the video drivers for the new video card. This is what the Stop Error is indicating. Start the computer in Safe Mode and install the driver files for the new video card. Next, select the resolution. Computer should start up normally unless the driver files and/or the new video card are not compatible with the operating system. |
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http://tinyurl.com/3a6xv
"K2NNJ" wrote in message et... Hi: I have a Dim8200 P4 1.9GHz 512MB RDRAM 80G HDD. I am trying to upgrade from a nVidia GeForce3 Ti200 to a Chaintech FX5700 256MB. For some unknown reason the PC keeps "crashing". It will just auto reboot. I am also quite certain it was causing IE6 to crash as well. I have the old card back in and have no problems at all. I have been told the power supply is underrated. The card requires a min of 250W. So I am at a loss of why it keeps rebooting. The last time I stopped it from rebooting and got a BSOD w/ the error "PAGE _FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA" whatever that means. Is there a fix for this? The Dell Forums have been no help. Thanks, RD |
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It is possible that all the memory on the Chaintech is causing the entire system
to exceed the capacity of the power supply. It is possible that overheating of some component is the culprit. The new video card generates more heat, and all that heat has to be ventilated someplace for the system to run reliably. And, of course, the Chaintech card itself may be defective. How to isolate the cause of instability? Good question. And potentially an expensive and time-consuming question to answer... Ben Myers On Fri, 06 Aug 2004 05:05:37 GMT, "K2NNJ" wrote: Hi: I have a Dim8200 P4 1.9GHz 512MB RDRAM 80G HDD. I am trying to upgrade from a nVidia GeForce3 Ti200 to a Chaintech FX5700 256MB. For some unknown reason the PC keeps "crashing". It will just auto reboot. I am also quite certain it was causing IE6 to crash as well. I have the old card back in and have no problems at all. I have been told the power supply is underrated. The card requires a min of 250W. So I am at a loss of why it keeps rebooting. The last time I stopped it from rebooting and got a BSOD w/ the error "PAGE _FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA" whatever that means. Is there a fix for this? The Dell Forums have been no help. Thanks, RD |
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I saw that thanks. Kind of vague though.
I guess i'll have to grit my teeth and call Chaintech. Thanks "WSZsr" wrote in message . .. http://tinyurl.com/3a6xv "K2NNJ" wrote in message et... Hi: I have a Dim8200 P4 1.9GHz 512MB RDRAM 80G HDD. I am trying to upgrade from a nVidia GeForce3 Ti200 to a Chaintech FX5700 256MB. For some unknown reason the PC keeps "crashing". It will just auto reboot. I am also quite certain it was causing IE6 to crash as well. I have the old card back in and have no problems at all. I have been told the power supply is underrated. The card requires a min of 250W. So I am at a loss of why it keeps rebooting. The last time I stopped it from rebooting and got a BSOD w/ the error "PAGE _FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA" whatever that means. Is there a fix for this? The Dell Forums have been no help. Thanks, RD |
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"K2NNJ" wrote in message et... Hi: I have a Dim8200 P4 1.9GHz 512MB RDRAM 80G HDD. I am trying to upgrade from a nVidia GeForce3 Ti200 to a Chaintech FX5700 256MB. For some unknown reason the PC keeps "crashing". It will just auto reboot. I am also quite certain it was causing IE6 to crash as well. I have the old card back in and have no problems at all. I have been told the power supply is underrated. The card requires a min of 250W. So I am at a loss of why it keeps rebooting. The last time I stopped it from rebooting and got a BSOD w/ the error "PAGE _FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA" whatever that means. Is there a fix for this? The Dell Forums have been no help. Thanks, RD Swapping video cards is one of the most failure-prone things you can do to a PC. Updating video drivers is the second-most failure prone thing you can do. If you are not through this already, boot the computer in Safe Mode (hold the Ctrl key down immediately after the computer beeps the first time after power on and wait for the boot menu to appear). Once Windows has loaded, go to Control Panel Add/Remove Programs, look for anything that is related to your old video card, and remove it. Next, Control Panel System Hardware tab Device Manager button. Expand the "Display Adapters" tree and delete anything you dind listed there. Reboot the computer and try installing your drivers again. Carmine Castiglia Great deals on Dell's at http://www.infosystemspro.com/savenow.htm |
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Thanks! I'll try that.
"Carmine Castiglia" wrote in message . net... "K2NNJ" wrote in message et... Hi: I have a Dim8200 P4 1.9GHz 512MB RDRAM 80G HDD. I am trying to upgrade from a nVidia GeForce3 Ti200 to a Chaintech FX5700 256MB. For some unknown reason the PC keeps "crashing". It will just auto reboot. I am also quite certain it was causing IE6 to crash as well. I have the old card back in and have no problems at all. I have been told the power supply is underrated. The card requires a min of 250W. So I am at a loss of why it keeps rebooting. The last time I stopped it from rebooting and got a BSOD w/ the error "PAGE _FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA" whatever that means. Is there a fix for this? The Dell Forums have been no help. Thanks, RD Swapping video cards is one of the most failure-prone things you can do to a PC. Updating video drivers is the second-most failure prone thing you can do. If you are not through this already, boot the computer in Safe Mode (hold the Ctrl key down immediately after the computer beeps the first time after power on and wait for the boot menu to appear). Once Windows has loaded, go to Control Panel Add/Remove Programs, look for anything that is related to your old video card, and remove it. Next, Control Panel System Hardware tab Device Manager button. Expand the "Display Adapters" tree and delete anything you dind listed there. Reboot the computer and try installing your drivers again. Carmine Castiglia Great deals on Dell's at http://www.infosystemspro.com/savenow.htm |
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Crossing my fingers
"Carmine Castiglia" wrote in message . net... "K2NNJ" wrote in message et... Hi: I have a Dim8200 P4 1.9GHz 512MB RDRAM 80G HDD. I am trying to upgrade from a nVidia GeForce3 Ti200 to a Chaintech FX5700 256MB. For some unknown reason the PC keeps "crashing". It will just auto reboot. I am also quite certain it was causing IE6 to crash as well. I have the old card back in and have no problems at all. I have been told the power supply is underrated. The card requires a min of 250W. So I am at a loss of why it keeps rebooting. The last time I stopped it from rebooting and got a BSOD w/ the error "PAGE _FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA" whatever that means. Is there a fix for this? The Dell Forums have been no help. Thanks, RD Swapping video cards is one of the most failure-prone things you can do to a PC. Updating video drivers is the second-most failure prone thing you can do. If you are not through this already, boot the computer in Safe Mode (hold the Ctrl key down immediately after the computer beeps the first time after power on and wait for the boot menu to appear). Once Windows has loaded, go to Control Panel Add/Remove Programs, look for anything that is related to your old video card, and remove it. Next, Control Panel System Hardware tab Device Manager button. Expand the "Display Adapters" tree and delete anything you dind listed there. Reboot the computer and try installing your drivers again. Carmine Castiglia Great deals on Dell's at http://www.infosystemspro.com/savenow.htm |
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