XP Pro Crashing
Just purchased a new computer Windows XP Pro, Pentium 4, 512mg ram, integrated sis 661Fx Video Card. This thing constantly crashes when I do any kind of Video Editing or attempt to play any games. I purchased a new Radeon 128mg video card because I just thought my 32mg card wasn't doing the trick.
Just purchased a new computer Windows XP Pro, Pentium 4, 512mg ram, integrated sis 661Fx Video Card. This thing constantly crashes when I do any kind of Video Editing or attempt to play any games.
I purchased a new Radeon 128mg video card because I just thought my 32mg card wasn't doing the trick. Same crash problem. I reformated, installed all the updates. Still crashes.
Everyone has said my motherboard is probably faulty. Is anyone else having this problem???
Thanks
I purchased a new Radeon 128mg video card because I just thought my 32mg card wasn't doing the trick. Same crash problem. I reformated, installed all the updates. Still crashes.
Everyone has said my motherboard is probably faulty. Is anyone else having this problem???
Thanks
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Yes actually I kept the 400 watt PSU and it is still in there.
I will try anything at this point but I don't see how to change either one of these settings in my BIOS what headings will they be under?
Quote:Had the same problem a while ago and it was sorted by entering the BIOS, change the Ram voltage to 2.7 volt, and change the latency settings from auto to 3-4-4-8. It worked for me, at worst it just wont boot, try it.
I will try anything at this point but I don't see how to change either one of these settings in my BIOS what headings will they be under?
Quote:Had the same problem a while ago and it was sorted by entering the BIOS, change the Ram voltage to 2.7 volt, and change the latency settings from auto to 3-4-4-8. It worked for me, at worst it just wont boot, try it.
I used to have the same problem in win Xp Crashing. It happened twice to me where I drove me crazy and found out it was the processor was stuffed with dust that caused the problem. I found out by removing each and every part and trying a different one (e.g. hard drive, sound card, video card, ram card, cd-rom drive) and more. I went crazy until I saw the pile of dust in the processor and as soon as I cleaned it up, it was up and running.
The second time it was when I bought a new motherboard. I did all the same crazy stuff up there, and it turned out to be the motherboard was faulty. I found out when I bought a new motherboard and used the same processor.
m0rcey
The second time it was when I bought a new motherboard. I did all the same crazy stuff up there, and it turned out to be the motherboard was faulty. I found out when I bought a new motherboard and used the same processor.
m0rcey
Ok guys I think the problem is solved now. I had to do a few things that I didn't really want to do but I quite honestly don't notice any difference in my performance.
What I did:
fastwrites-off, AGP from 8x to 4x and VPU recovery-off
I also installed the Omega drivers. I kept the 400 watt power supply and also turned my clocking down a touch.
Thanks for everyones help. I hope all of this will help someone in the future because I have been fooling with this for 2 weeks now.
Thanks Again.
What I did:
fastwrites-off, AGP from 8x to 4x and VPU recovery-off
I also installed the Omega drivers. I kept the 400 watt power supply and also turned my clocking down a touch.
Thanks for everyones help. I hope all of this will help someone in the future because I have been fooling with this for 2 weeks now.
Thanks Again.
I just recently puchased a new celeron 2.4GHz computer w/o 256mb/ram and, ofcourse, a sis 661fx video card ;( . It runs older games desently, but the newer games, like Unreal Tournament 2004 and even Command and Conquer: Renegade crash the computer. The screen will lock up and the sound will loop.
It freezes so bad that I'm forced to pull the plug on the computer. Then it loads up with a message saying that "Windows(XP Pro) has recovered from a serious error due to the video driver."
Since I was planning to upgrade the video card from the start, should I buy a new video card, or will I still have the same probem?
It freezes so bad that I'm forced to pull the plug on the computer. Then it loads up with a message saying that "Windows(XP Pro) has recovered from a serious error due to the video driver."
Since I was planning to upgrade the video card from the start, should I buy a new video card, or will I still have the same probem?
Hi there, i have the same problem where my computer reboots and displays the message 'your system has recovered from a serious error'. This usually...... always happens when i play games and sometimes with other things im doing.
Im not sure why i thought to do it but unplugged my modem and disabled norton antivirus and everything was sweet, no crashes or reboots.
When i finished playing the game and enabled norton again it immediatly reboots.
Does this mean anything?
Is it something thing to do with blocking or something amazingly sinister where we can write novels about it in the hopes of it being made into a movie?
This problem only happened after i installed a Geforce fx5200 graphics card.
Im not sure why i thought to do it but unplugged my modem and disabled norton antivirus and everything was sweet, no crashes or reboots.
When i finished playing the game and enabled norton again it immediatly reboots.
Does this mean anything?
Is it something thing to do with blocking or something amazingly sinister where we can write novels about it in the hopes of it being made into a movie?
This problem only happened after i installed a Geforce fx5200 graphics card.
