nvidia woes..

veluhariharan · 08-05-2007, 12:01 PM

of late, I have a problem...

My config is

ASUS VM CSM mobo
1 GB Transcend RAM DDR1
Samsung 17"TFT monitor
Onboard nVidia 6150 memory
400 W cabinet

My card recently failed the directdraw and direct3D tests.. I have installed the latest drivers and have Win XP Pro. The video work fine when the direct draw and direct3D are disabled. But when I enable them the video and any heavy graphics gets distorted. I tried re-installing the OS and also tried Linux Mint with glx enabled.. even there whenever the nvidia card is put to use, the display goes haywire.
Is the prob with my onboard graphics ( a hardware prob ?) what am I supposed to do now ?
Also I didn't have a proper power connection for a brief period, that time it was without an earth for the power supply to the system. Could tht be the problem?

Suggest some solution for this..

dai · 08-05-2007, 01:16 PM

found this in a review of the board
[The only problem is the south bridge chip it doesn't have a heat sink and it get pretty hot, if you use the integrated video card (I fix this problem by adding a passive Coolermaster south bridge heat sink). I end up buying a ATI AIW 800XL PCIe and it rocks.]

also the 400w psu looks light on for that system

08-05-2007, 12:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
veluhariharan Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1 OS: XP	nvidia woes.. of late, I have a problem... My config is ASUS VM CSM mobo 1 GB Transcend RAM DDR1 Samsung 17"TFT monitor Onboard nVidia 6150 memory 400 W cabinet My card recently failed the directdraw and direct3D tests.. I have installed the latest drivers and have Win XP Pro. The video work fine when the direct draw and direct3D are disabled. But when I enable them the video and any heavy graphics gets distorted. I tried re-installing the OS and also tried Linux Mint with glx enabled.. even there whenever the nvidia card is put to use, the display goes haywire. Is the prob with my onboard graphics ( a hardware prob ?) what am I supposed to do now ? Also I didn't have a proper power connection for a brief period, that time it was without an earth for the power supply to the system. Could tht be the problem? Suggest some solution for this..

08-05-2007, 01:16 PM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,759 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: nvidia woes.. found this in a review of the board [The only problem is the south bridge chip it doesn't have a heat sink and it get pretty hot, if you use the integrated video card (I fix this problem by adding a passive Coolermaster south bridge heat sink). I end up buying a ATI AIW 800XL PCIe and it rocks.] also the 400w psu looks light on for that system __________________