Computer Restarting

midnight426 · 04-06-2005, 10:24 PM

Okay, I'm one more victim of this flavor of errors. On the new gaming rig I built last month, I first had the error that whenever I quit out of Myst 5: Uru it gracefully (without errors) restarted. I managed to fix that by rolling back to the version 71 of the nVidia driver. But now, I can install the display driver, it says it's successful, and I restart. The display adapter is detected (Device Manager shows no errors), and all features seem to be there. But then I restart, there is now a yellow question mark over the display adapter, and Windows says that the device could not be found. If I uninstall the driver, reinstall it and restart, the cycle starts over. My next step I believe is to try the safe mode trick. But anyone have any other ideas?

Also, I've noticed that I have both the same graphics card AND processor (GeForce 6800 and AMD64) could this be an issue with the two in combination? I see the nVidia has a version of the driver for Windows 64 bit edition, but I only have the standard XP Pro, and have therefore been not using that driver.

dai · 04-07-2005, 03:15 AM

midnight426
when you post please start your own thread and monitor any similar
reseat the card
then follow the instructions in item 9 to fix your problem

midnight426 · 04-07-2005, 02:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dai

midnight426
when you post please start your own thread and monitor any similar

I'm sorry, I just thought since XMayhemX and DeanEdward jumped in with similar problems without being chastized it was okay... :poundon:

Quote:

Originally Posted by dai

reseat the card
then follow the instructions in item 9 to fix your problem

I did, and I get the exact same result as item 10: "Done... didn't work". Any other bright ideas?

dai · 04-07-2005, 03:42 PM

with windows 64bit upon us bookmark this page,probably come in handy for you down the track
http://www.3dvelocity.com/articles/w...64hardlist.htm
does your clock keep time
when you d/l the drivers did you use a d/l acellorator
have you set the bios to detect the card first
does the m/b have onboard graphics,if yes have you disabled it in the device manager

i have moved you to the video forum

04-06-2005, 10:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
midnight426 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 2 OS: WinXP Pro	Another Victim Okay, I'm one more victim of this flavor of errors. On the new gaming rig I built last month, I first had the error that whenever I quit out of Myst 5: Uru it gracefully (without errors) restarted. I managed to fix that by rolling back to the version 71 of the nVidia driver. But now, I can install the display driver, it says it's successful, and I restart. The display adapter is detected (Device Manager shows no errors), and all features seem to be there. But then I restart, there is now a yellow question mark over the display adapter, and Windows says that the device could not be found. If I uninstall the driver, reinstall it and restart, the cycle starts over. My next step I believe is to try the safe mode trick. But anyone have any other ideas? Also, I've noticed that I have both the same graphics card AND processor (GeForce 6800 and AMD64) could this be an issue with the two in combination? I see the nVidia has a version of the driver for Windows 64 bit edition, but I only have the standard XP Pro, and have therefore been not using that driver. Last edited by midnight426; 04-06-2005 at 10:31 PM.

04-07-2005, 03:15 AM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,539 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	midnight426 when you post please start your own thread and monitor any similar reseat the card then follow the instructions in item 9 to fix your problem __________________

04-07-2005, 03:42 PM	#4 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,539 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	with windows 64bit upon us bookmark this page,probably come in handy for you down the track http://www.3dvelocity.com/articles/w...64hardlist.htm does your clock keep time when you d/l the drivers did you use a d/l acellorator have you set the bios to detect the card first does the m/b have onboard graphics,if yes have you disabled it in the device manager i have moved you to the video forum __________________ Last edited by dai; 04-07-2005 at 03:45 PM.