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« on: May 01, 2005, 05:30:18 AM »
G'day guys, my name is adrian, someone referred me to your website cause i've been having troubles with my CPU. anyway, i wondered if anyone could help me. alot of the time when my CPU is running things just crash and i get a serious error has occured message, most of the time if i send the error report it tells me it was caused by a graphics device? this just kept happening so i tried changing the cd rom drive , but then after that the CPU rejected the video card. i 'm going to put it in to be fixed but i just thouight you dudes out there could shed a little light on to my problem. im running a pent 4, 2.4 gig privately built system. i personally rekon that its windows XP thats screwing me up. any thoughts would be much appreciated. thanks guys. adrian
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« Reply #1 on: May 01, 2005, 07:35:46 AM »
I don't know, but I have a pretty picture.
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« Reply #2 on: May 01, 2005, 07:50:01 PM »
If you have an idea that your video card is screwing things up, have you tried downloading the latest drivers from the manufacturer's website? Also, when was the last time you ran any Anti-virus\Anti-spyware programs? Is this a legit copy of Windows XP or a 'trial' version?
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« Reply #3 on: May 01, 2005, 08:59:57 PM »
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most of the time if i send the error report it tells me it was caused by a graphics device?


Well? Was it or was it not?

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this just kept happening so i tried changing the cd rom drive


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« Reply #4 on: May 01, 2005, 09:38:05 PM »
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most of the time if i send the error report it tells me it was caused by a graphics device?


Well? Was it or was it not?

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this just kept happening so i tried changing the cd rom drive


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Well who wouldn't try changing their cd rom dirve if they're having video card problems.

 :roll:  :shock:

Although it could be the cooling fans.  :lol:
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« Reply #5 on: May 02, 2005, 01:04:38 AM »
Hmm...when windows says graphics device I think they mean the sound card so I decided to change out the floppy drive and replace it with a hard drive, I hear they work better.
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« Reply #6 on: May 02, 2005, 09:32:13 AM »
I saw that whole 'change the CD-ROM' thing and figured I must have misread that part because nobody would do something that....'different'.
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« Reply #7 on: May 02, 2005, 09:33:53 AM »
My guess would be that your power supply needs more RAM.  Without enough power supply RAM (or "PSR" as we call it in the business), you'll often have video/display problems.

I would suggest going to your local Best Buy with your computer and request that a Geek Squad computer technician install more PSR for you.  They should be able to do that right in the store, so it'll be quick and cheap.
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« Reply #8 on: May 02, 2005, 09:57:46 AM »
**smacks forehead** Dammit, why didn't I think of that?
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« Reply #9 on: May 02, 2005, 10:04:07 AM »
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**smacks forehead** Dammit, why didn't I think of that?

When you have years and years of experience like I do, Xolik, you'll be more on top of issues like that.

Don't worry, dude.  It'll come in time.
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« Reply #10 on: May 04, 2005, 02:55:47 AM »
thanks guys for all the help. maybe i should explain a little better. the reason i pulled out the cd drive was because every time i booted up with a cd in it the computer would start scrweing up. the cd drive and the graphics card are the same brand so i figured ther had to be some relation. but as soon as i changed cd drives the video card stopped woking. so maybe it was a little stupid but i think i have made it a little clearer. anyway again thanks for all the help. hodds
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« Reply #11 on: May 04, 2005, 06:57:29 AM »
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but as soon as i changed cd drives the video card stopped woking


That doesn't make much sense. Perhaps you accidently jiggled the card?Does the board have a built in video card? Make sure that you disable that in the bios if you are using a seperate video card.

My advice is the remove all components that are non essential, like your  modem to dial into AOL for example, and start booting the PC without all the crap. Remove any sound cards that you have, or any thing that isn't necessary for the operation of the PC including your CDROM and or DVD. Try to see if it will boot up proprely and operate normally. If so, then shut down and add one component back in. Repeat process until you figure out which component is causing problems. If it appears random, then you may have a power problem. Replace your power supply.

If all esle fails, you can always turn to the CMOS spanker utility or the turbo hard drive spinner.
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« Reply #12 on: May 04, 2005, 03:17:39 PM »
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like your  modem to dial into AOL for example


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