complete system crash on installing the graphics card

devarshi · 07-12-2008, 04:54 AM

hi..when i install my graphics card,while booting i could see white dotted vertical lines on the "WINDOWS XP LOADING"screen..after sometime it crashes and the system asks to be opened in safe mode.
sometimes the system boots in successfully but after a few minutes dotted pink patches appear on the screen and the system crashes.
what is the problem??i am clueless.
graphics card specification- xfx geforce 8500GT 450MHz 256MB DDR2 TV PCI-1
SYSTEM CONFIGURATION- WINDOWS XP SERVICE PACK 2 1GB RAM DDR2 160 GB HARD DISK INTEL(R) CORE(TM)2 CPU 6420@2.13 GHz
no heating problem as there are 3 fans and no overcloking done.

**wrench97** · 07-12-2008, 05:33 AM

What type of graphics card did you have before?
Did you uninstall it in device manager before installing the the new one?
To install the drivers correctly you should
1 uninstall the old drivers
2 boot into vga mode by tapping F8 on boot
3 disable any anti virus/malware programs
4 install the new drivers

devarshi · 07-12-2008, 11:07 AM

well..i had no graphics card before this one...i purchased the computer one year back and i used the graphics card since then.now i have removed it and am operating upon the motherboard default graphic card..

**wrench97** · 07-12-2008, 11:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by devarshi

well..i had no graphics card before this one...i purchased the computer one year back and i used the graphics card since then.now i have removed it and am operating upon the motherboard default graphic card..

You put the card in a year ago or you just installed the card?

devarshi · 07-13-2008, 01:32 AM

i put the card since the day i purchased my pc and have been using it without any problem..it was only last month that i encountered this problem....i hadnt made any changes in the graphics settings.it was working normallly,and then the other day when i switched it on,it crashed

dai · 07-13-2008, 01:46 AM

what power supply
brand
wattage
can you try the card in another computer

devarshi · 07-13-2008, 06:46 AM

hmm..thats one thing i have not tried yet..ok,...i will try it out and let you know..thanx..

devarshi · 07-14-2008, 09:06 AM

nope..its not working there also..its showing the same problem in other pc also..does that mean my graphics card has gone kaput??

dai · 07-14-2008, 09:21 AM

as long as the other systems psu is capable of running it yes it's the card

07-12-2008, 04:54 AM	#1 (permalink)
devarshi Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 5 OS: windows xp service pack2	complete system crash on installing the graphics card hi..when i install my graphics card,while booting i could see white dotted vertical lines on the "WINDOWS XP LOADING"screen..after sometime it crashes and the system asks to be opened in safe mode. sometimes the system boots in successfully but after a few minutes dotted pink patches appear on the screen and the system crashes. what is the problem??i am clueless. graphics card specification- xfx geforce 8500GT 450MHz 256MB DDR2 TV PCI-1 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION- WINDOWS XP SERVICE PACK 2 1GB RAM DDR2 160 GB HARD DISK INTEL(R) CORE(TM)2 CPU 6420@2.13 GHz no heating problem as there are 3 fans and no overcloking done. Last edited by devarshi; 07-12-2008 at 05:04 AM.

07-12-2008, 05:33 AM	#2 (permalink)
wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 18,805 OS: Win7	Re: complete system crash on installing the graphics card What type of graphics card did you have before? Did you uninstall it in device manager before installing the the new one? To install the drivers correctly you should 1 uninstall the old drivers 2 boot into vga mode by tapping F8 on boot 3 disable any anti virus/malware programs 4 install the new drivers __________________ Power Supply and Selection

07-12-2008, 11:07 AM	#3 (permalink)
devarshi Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 5 OS: windows xp service pack2	Re: complete system crash on installing the graphics card well..i had no graphics card before this one...i purchased the computer one year back and i used the graphics card since then.now i have removed it and am operating upon the motherboard default graphic card..

07-13-2008, 01:32 AM	#5 (permalink)
devarshi Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 5 OS: windows xp service pack2	Re: complete system crash on installing the graphics card i put the card since the day i purchased my pc and have been using it without any problem..it was only last month that i encountered this problem....i hadnt made any changes in the graphics settings.it was working normallly,and then the other day when i switched it on,it crashed

07-13-2008, 01:46 AM	#6 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,759 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: complete system crash on installing the graphics card what power supply brand wattage can you try the card in another computer __________________

07-13-2008, 06:46 AM	#7 (permalink)
devarshi Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 5 OS: windows xp service pack2	Re: complete system crash on installing the graphics card hmm..thats one thing i have not tried yet..ok,...i will try it out and let you know..thanx..

07-14-2008, 09:06 AM	#8 (permalink)
devarshi Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 5 OS: windows xp service pack2	Re: complete system crash on installing the graphics card nope..its not working there also..its showing the same problem in other pc also..does that mean my graphics card has gone kaput??

07-14-2008, 09:21 AM	#9 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,759 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: complete system crash on installing the graphics card as long as the other systems psu is capable of running it yes it's the card __________________