Senna_s1979

You'll be surprised! mine lasted about 10 seconds just before the windows screen would appear with the little blue bar (XP) and phoot! off it would go.

Maybe but alot better than £40 for a new mobo which i nearly spent lol

Assumin its all compatible..... I have recently had trouble with my pc not booting up. the reason? The heatsink and processor have a special paste between em to get the heat from the cpu to the sink. The paste in mine had all but gone. £1.99 in maplin and its as good as new! I had a diagnosis from a so-called pc repair man (anybody thinks they can do that job, eh?) and he said it was either the processor or motherboard had died.

Hi all, just an update on the state of play here. Well after installing the hotfix patch everything seems stable (touch wood) so far. Only had one instance of madness, which was a sudden i.e shutdown, but thats just windows playing silly buggers i reckon. Havnt had a single 'trip' after 4 days of useage since the patch, so am hoping its fixed that issue. I might play stalker at some point just for something to push the card and see what kind of stability that gets me. Thanks to DirtyPolo, Dalo Harkin and BeeCeeBee for your help. Hopefully i wont need to post back in this thread! lol Thanks again.

Yeah it says windows hasnt verified the patch, so it could make the system unstable etc. Probaly becoz they aint paid microsoft any money to release it lol Its from the Sapphire website which is the card manufacturer, so i presume its ok? Ive heard people have bought whole new mobo's etc. and used the old hard drive - I was hoping to do the same as i dont want to shell out for Vista when i dont want it if windows 7 is out a few months after i install it. Oh well.

Sorry for the delay in replying i been ill. OK tried all that and all i got was the same thing with that link. Have now discovered its a PCi-E driver - i have the AGP version of the card. Dunno if it wasnt obvious or anything in the O.P. Is it worth trying to install the patch that windows tells me will make things unstable coz they havnt verified it? Coz it does say in the patch blurb its a hot-fix for the card when using XP. So i presume there must be issues. Am also thinking of building another Mobo/RAM/CPU and GPU combo to use with current hard drive and get a new one when Windows 7 appears, so if it is the Card then i dont wanna have to bin it as i want to replace the whole lot at some point anyway. Thanks again.

hi again guys and thanks so far. BeeCeeBee - I only put the Crucial scan up incase it was maybe the new ram that was causing it and microsoft error report scan maybe just blamed the graphics card..... i do have google as my home page after all lol. Dalo Harkin - I've tried several times to download that driver but all i get is the message "Setup cannot find any drivers or updates that are compatible with your system" after its tried to install itself. And also theres loads of ATi folders in the C:\ .... is there a specific one as i dont want to really list everything i have on there, theres thousands of files!

OK got this from Crucial scan thingy.... makes little sense to me. Might to somebody eho knows what theyr on about..... <LI class="">Maximum Memory Capacity: 2048MB <LI class="">Currently Installed Memory: 2GB <LI class="">Available Memory Slots: 0 <LI class="">Number of Banks: 2 <LI class="">Dual Channel Support: No <LI class="">CPU Manufacturer: GenuineIntel <LI class="">CPU Family: Intel® Celeron® CPU 3.06GHz Model 4, Stepping 9 <LI class="">CPU Speed: 3061 MHz Q: Will my system recognize the maximum upgrade? A: Possibly How much memory your Windows OS will recognize depends on which version of Windows you are running. 32-bit versions of Windows will see (and utilize) only 3GB or 3.5GB. To utilize more memory, install a 64-bit version of your OS. More information about OS memory maximums can be found at http://www.crucial.com/kb/answer.aspx?qid=4251. Q: What memory goes into my computer, and can I mix speeds? A: DDR memory with support for DDR PC3200 speeds. Because DDR memory is backward-compatible, you can safely upgrade your system with any of the guaranteed-compatible DDR speeds listed below, even if your manual calls for PC1600 or PC2100 speeds. Q: How much memory can my computer handle? A: 2048MB. Adding the maximum amount of memory will improve performance and help extend the useful life of your system as you run increasingly demanding software applications in the future. Q: Do I have to install matching pairs? A: No. No, you can install modules one at a time, and you can mix different densities of modules in your computer. But if your computer supports dual-channel memory configurations, you should install in identical pairs (preferably in kits) for optimal performance. Q: Does my computer support dual-channel memory? A: No. Your system does not support dual channel. Q: Does my computer support ECC memory? A: No. Your system does not support ECC. Because ECC and non-ECC modules should not be mixed within a system, install the same type of modules that are already in your system.

Hi all, my situation goes like this; While working away at anything even spider solitair on its own, the comp all of a sudden 'trips' or resets itself. Upon restart i get the '...has recovered from a serious error' message. I have installed an Sapphire HD2600 Pro card, and the drivers from the disk. When i report the problem to microsoft they say that its the drivers. So i try and update the drivers from the Sapphire website but then windows stops me from installing them as microsft hasnt 'officially' approved them! It says i could ignore this advice and go ahead, but it will make my system unstable - which it is now! I have had to install a new 550w PSU to power the poxy card as well. I've also installed 2MB or PNY Ram. Here's my specs; Specifications CPU • Supports Intel® Pentium® 4/ Prescott (LGA 775) processor. • FSB @ 800/533MHz. • Supports Intel P4 Prescott CPU up to 3.2GHz, and Intel P4 Prescott Celeron CPU. (For the latest information about CPU, please visit MSI -- MICRO-STAR INT'L CO.,LTD. ) Chipset • VIA® P4M800CE chipset - P4 processors FSB (800MHz). - DDR SDRAM memory (333/400MHz). - AGP 8x. - Supports 8X V-Link. • VIA® VT8237R plus chipset - Integrated Hardware Sound Blaster/Direct Sound AC97 audio - Ultra DMA 66/100/133 master mode PCI EIDE controller - ACPI & PC2001 compliant enhanced power management - Supports USB2.0 up to 8 ports Main Memory • Supports two memory banks using two 184-pin DDR DIMM. • Supports up to 2GB PC3200 (DDR400) SDRAMs. • Supports 2.5v DDR SDRAM. (For the updated supporting memory modules, please visit MSI -- MICRO-STAR INT'L CO.,LTD. ) Slots • One AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) 8x slot. • Two PCI 2.2 32-bit PCI bus slots (support 3.3v/5v PCI bus interface). On-Board IDE • An IDE controller on the VIAR VT8237R plus Chipset provides IDE • HDD/CD-ROM with PIO, Bus Master and Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133 operation modes. • Can connect up to four IDE devices. Audio • AC97 link controller integrated in VT8237R plus. • Realtek® ALC655 6-channel software audio codec. - Compliance with AC’97 v2.2 spec. LAN • Realtek® 8100C / 8110SB (optional). - Supports 10Mb/s, 100Mb/s and 1000Mbs(1000Mbs for 8110SB only). - Compliance with PCI 2.2. - Supports ACPI Power Management. On-Board Peripherals • On-Board Peripherals include: - 1 floppy port supports 2 FDDs with 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88Mbytes - 1 serial port (COM1) - 1 parallel port supports SPP/EPP/ECP mode - 8 USB 2.0 ports (Rear * 4/ Front * 4) - 1 audio (Line-In/Line-Out/Mic) port - 1 RJ45 LAN jack - 1 VGA port - 1 COM2 pin header - 2 SATA 150 BIOS • The mainboard BIOS provides “Plug & Play” BIOS which detects the peripheral devices and expansion cards of the board automatically. • The mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface (DMI) function which records your mainboard specifications. Dimension • Micro-ATX Form Factor: 245mm x 210mm Mounting • 6 mounting holes. Sorry its long winded but i wanted to get everything on there lol :confused:

Hello there, just posting to say hi and from what i've read of the forums etc. so far you guys know what your doing, which is good as i like almost everybody else here need help :D ..... but we'll start with the PC problems first until we all get to know each other better :rolleyes: lol