Alias99

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.

And sorry but this one I have no idea what that even means: Quote: Also, can you try something like looping the benchmark of 3Dmark '03?

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.

Ok here is EXACTLY whats going on now... I purchased a new game: Call of Duty (this has to be the most amazing game I have ever seen in my life. Absolutely unreal graphics and gameplay... anyway where was I?)I was wondering about the overheating possibility so I used a desk fan and cliped it to my PC. I opened the door and let er rip. I checked in the BIOS and managed to get the core temperature down to 26 and the PSU down to 30. Should be fine. I began playing the game and it went along for exactly 22 minutes without a problem. It then froze the screen. I could still see everything ok but I just froze. After a minute or so I got an error message that said my 3d graphics accelerator was no longer responding would I like to send this error message to ATI which I did. I then went into my settings and backed off the 3d acceleration a few notches. I began playing again and after 13 minutes it just went to a blue screen (with no writing on it) After that it went back to my desktop but I had no desktop picture anymore the backgroud was just a very light blue color and all my icons were very fuzzy. I restarted and it went back to normal. I was thinking about my BIOS configuration again but couldn't figure out the onboard video thingy again. So here you go guys this is exactly what I am looking at in BIOS "onboard peripherals": IDE1 Conductor Cable [AUTO] IDE2 Conductor Cable [AUTO] On-Chip Primary PCI IDE [ENABLED] On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE [ENABLED] AC97 Audio [ENABLED] USB Controller [ENABLED] USB Legacy Support [ENABLED] Onboard LAN Device [ENABLED] Onboard Serial Port1 [3f8/IRQ4] *enabled Onboard Serial Port2 [2f8/IRQ3] *enabled Onboard Parallel Port [378/IrQ7] *enabled Parallel Port Mode [ECP] ECP Mode Use DMA [3] Game Port Address [201] Midi Port Address [DISALED] xMidi Port IRQ 10 *this is in faded out blue writing. Now for those of you that made it this far without falling asleep Does everything here appear correct? Thanks

Ok I accessed the BIOS using the delete key. Under Intergrated Periphials I dont see an option to disable the onboard video. The only thing close is: on-chip primary PCI - IDE: ENABLED on-chip secondary PCI - IDE: ENABLED Is this what you are talking about? Also I checked the PC HEALTH section and it says my fans are working. The PC temperature was 40 and my PSU temperature was 32. My new PSU says it's good to 40. Not sure about the PC.3

Well guys I am at a loss now. I reformated (yet again) this time installing a new 400 watt PSU. I put in the Radeon. Still having problem during game play. It got me to thinking though that I only have 1 game Medal of Honor: Allied Assault. I have yet to make it restart with my work. Possibly my system just does not like this game. I think I will go buy a different game and see what happens. P.S. I still don't really understand what to do in BIOS because when I get there I don't have many choices. So I hit f8 on start up until I go into the BIOS if this is correct please tell me what I do next. I don't see anything like "Integrated Periphials" how do I access that part? Thanks Again.

I wanted to try this because I didn't do it when I installed the card. I figured out how to get in the bios but I don't know what to do from there. Could someone please advise... Quote: also are you disabling the onboard video in the bios after you put the ati card in? and changing the video boot prefrence to AGP/PCI? and make sure no drivers for the internal vid card are left in the system after changing to the ATI card. could be a confict between the two. Thanks

Yes I still have my old computer which never had any problems of this nature so maybe I can pull that psu. Well I had this problem even before I bought the new card. However I wasn't exactly sure how to install the new card with this type of integrated chip set. I followed the (very vague) instructions: It just said to install the latest drivers for the old card and then uninstall them. I did this then put the new card in and got the latest catylyst drivers. As for this part "also are you disabling the onboard video in the bios after you put the ati card in? and changing the video boot prefrence to AGP/PCI?" I am not sure I know how to do that. Like I said before I am lucky in the fact that I can do a complete restore because there is nothing really to lose yet. So if maybe someone could tell me exactly how I should "correctly" install this "Radeon 9600Pro Card" and uninstall the "SIS integrated 661 Fx" can it even be done properly with this type of Chip set? Radeon does speak of compatability issues. I really appreciate all this help you guys are providing.

I ran dxdiag and that is saying everything is fine. I turned off the automatic reboot like you suggested then I get that blue warning screen that the game has to shut down and of course it does. Someone suggested that I use I use the Omega drivers for my Radeon which I did and it made no difference. I have removed the Radeon completely now because it faulters twice as much as the factory card. Just looking at my paper work it says the power supply is 300w And this makes me feel stupid but I don't know what BSOD means I am pretty much convinced that I have purchased a $2000 paper weight P.S. Thanks for all the suggestions this is the only board I have been able to find any kind of help.

Yes, sorry it is rebooting. As the computer is new (not alot of stuff to lose) I have used the recovery cd and reformated the hard drive then Updated all of the drivers. Got all the Xp updates. Did NOT install the new Radeon Card just updated the driver for existing SIS 661fx integrated card. I tested it with a game: It rebooted while I tried to play and then I always get the same error "Your computer has recovered from a serious error" When I send the report it says that a "Device Driver" is to blame but it is not specific. I did the same thing again this time trying the Radeon Card and yes I got the new ATI Catalyst. Same reboot problem but even worse (reboots alot quicker and more often during any kind of Media or Gameplay). One curious thing I discovered was that the Radeon Catalyst comes with a PC analysis feature and everytime I run the tests it says Directx is not installed properly. I updated it to DirectX 9c, no good. I used a DirectX removal tool and managed to get it back to 8.1, no good. It also says my clock stability is borderline. Now I am Video Editor not a computer tech so I have no idea what to try next. Thank You

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