Relic

Try unplugging everything you don't need to boot, CD/DVD/floppy/sound card/case fans, then see if it boots. 350W is the bare minimum that card will run with, so depending on how weak the PSU may be, or how much you're already drawing off the 12V rail, it could be the PSU. When you unplug everything you don't need, make sure the card is on it's own molex.

Doug Knox again. I don't know if it will help, but I do know it won't hurt. http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts/fixwinxphelp.vbs

Have you tried just making a shortcut to system restore on your desktop? I just went into my C:\WINDOWS\system32\Restore folder, then sent rstrui.exe to the desktop as a shortcut. I had problems before with the Help and Support getting to System Restore, so I just made myself a shortcut to restore. Have you tried repairing the help files? I dunno why I didn't think of that before?

Yes, and run Driver Cleaner Pro after uninstalling the drivers http://majorgeeks.com/Driver_Cleaner_Professional_d3214.html in safe mode. Don't let Windoze install the drivers when it asks to, install them yourself.

Originally posted by Diamondis: Quote: any idea what those things are? they occur in my online game too, my game doesnt crash anymore though so i guess it was my vid card :)oh, and since i installed the new card i keep getting "found new hardware: ethernet controller" >.> whats that? [Edited by Diamondis on 2005-12-31 19:49:33] There's the possibilty that you knocked you ethernet card loose when you installed the vidcard, I'd just pull it and reseat it. If everything is working fine, go into your device manager and see if you now have two ethernet cards in there. If you do, remove the one with the exclamation mark beside it. Out of curiousity, how hot does your system run? Have you checked it out in your BIOS? You should have a "System Health" area in there, or something similar, that will tell you how hot your CPU and system(read motherboard) are running. What do you have for air circulation? You should have at least one intake, and two exhaust fans. Check the temps and then post them in here. Sit in the BIOS watching the temps for 5 minutes or so, they're always lower when you first boot up.

Let's start with the simple stuff, you do have the molex connector pluggied into the back of the vidcard, right?

Okay, here we go, Diamondis pics, you can see the "anomolies" in the first pic very well, the second pic shows them a bit.

I could be wrong here(this is outta my league), I really don't know much about networking, but can you not take ownership of all the files on the inaccessable computer, thus giving you access to it as the admin, from another computer?

I'll send you my email addy, just check your private messages, the link is just below the message that says "Welcome Back Diamondis", right above "edit profile".

Originally posted by Diamondis: Quote: it says youve replied relic but i cant see the reply XD It's lying to you, I'm just replying now. You need webspace, then link to the pic. If you don't have webspace, send it to me, I'll post it.

Can you take a screenshot of the squares for us? You should have some sort of graphics program on your system, if nothing else, you have Paint, that'll do the trick.

I've never used the drivers that come with the card, they're usually put of date, or just don't work all that well.

Originally posted by Diamondis: Quote: my brother wouldnt let me use his card XD so i bought a new one, Nvidia GeForce 6200, i installed it, i havent seen my screen flicker yet >.> *touch wood* but my screen seems blurred and theres like.. little black squares in some of my screens Download these drivers: http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=1145 this utility: http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=911 and this utility: http://majorgeeks.com/Driver_Cleaner_Professional_d3214.html Unzip the drivers, but don't install. Unzip NVTweak, but don't install. Unzip Driver Cleaner pro, but don't install. Uninstall your old videocard drivers, preferable in safe mode. If at any time during the next couple reboots, Windoze wants to install drivers, select "Cancel". Reboot, into safe mode again, run Driver Cleaner pro. Reboot normally, install the drivers(77.77). Reboot, then install NVTweak. NVTweak will give you extra settings for quality and performance in the nVidia control panel. DCPro will cleanup all your old driver garbage in the registry. The 77.77's are very stable drivers. Hope this fixes you up.

Hmmmm, that sucks. You say your XP CD comes with SP2, what updates are you worried about if you repair XP? None of your programs get changed, just XP gets repaired, and you have SP2 on the CD.

Try this, I've yet to find a script this guy writes that doesn't work. http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/SysRestoreCalendar.zip Great site, bookmark it. 8) http://www.dougknox.com/

Oh yeah, if you have another AGP card that works fine, definitely try it in your system. Also, try the 440 in the other system. If both work in the other system, and neither work in the current system, it rules out the vidcard. That would narrow the problem down to RAM or motherboard. Let us know what happens.

Well, I'm starting to think it's a hardware problem, not drivers. Possible causes, faulty RAM, faulty motherboard, or faulty vidcard. I'd check the RAM first. You haven't said how much RAM you have in your system, but if it's more than one stick, pull the other and see if the problem goes away. If not, swap it for the other stick. I've had bad RAM cause all kinds of problems on my system, that could be the problem. Too bad you can't scoop an AGP vidcard from another system and try in your system, or try your vidcard in another system. Obviously this card worked fine with your system in the beginning, then things went downhill. We've basically ruled out a driver issue, so hardware is what's left. Try the RAM deal first, one bad stick can totally screw up your system.

Originally posted by Diamondis: Quote: the link worked ^^ and it installed fine, but my moniter still goes crazy and crashes when i install graphics drivers =( Something I forgot to ask: Did you just install the MX440, or was it already in your system? Did the problems start after installing SP2 for XP? I do believe SP2 has DirectX 9c in it. Your card only supports DX8.1. Usually this is not a problem, the card will work, it just won't be able to use all the features of DX9. This could be different in your case. Click "Start/Programs/Accessories/System Tools/System Information". In the new window, click "Tools" in the upper bar, then select "DirectX Diagnostic Tool". In the "System" tab, it will give you the version of DirectX that you have installed. Contrary to what some say, DX9 can be removed, I've done it myself, so I know it works. Check your version and let us know what it is.

Your chipset drivers can be found here: http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/dr...age=2&num=0 You want this driver NVIDIA nForce2 System Drivers for MCP2 of SB. I don't know if this link will work for the download, but give it a whirl. javascript:void(window.open('/program/support/download/dld/spt_dld_file_record.php?folder=2&kind=1&name=NF2_MCP2.zip','open','width=550,height=250,scrollbars=yes,resizable=no')) I really doubt that link will work from here, you'll have to go to MSI's site.

Originally posted by Diamondis: Quote: i tried what the poster 2 posts above this one said and it made it noticably worse x.x; and to the poster above >.> tell me what that is and ill try it lol What brand and version of motherboard are you using? You want to update the the AGP chipset drivers for the motherboard itself. Before I can attempt to help anymore, I need to know what motherboard you have.

Have you tried up[censored] the chipset drivers for your mobo?

HOLY THREAD RESSURECTION BATMAN!!! What's a 5900?

Dude! You got a Dell! Okay, now that THAT is outta the way, may I suggest one of these: http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=13575&vpn=128-A8-N350-TX&manufacture=eVGA or one of these, as soon as they become available, man these will rock. http://evga.com/products/moreinfo.asp?pn=256-A8-N387-TX

Try uninstalling in safe mode.

Which drivers are you using?