video locks up

[Guest Jeff]

I have a HP Pavilion a264w PC, that runs Windows XP Media Center. Recently,

I have been having problems with the video (on board Nvidia GeForce4 MX)

locking up the computer. If I go into Safe Mode, everything works fine. If

I boot into Normal Mode, it locks up everytime. There is no new software

installed that I can think of off the top of my head. I tried a System

Restore, but it still locks up. I have reinstalled the original video driver

that came with the system, and that did not help. I also went to the HP and

Nvidia websites and downloaded/installed their latest video drivers, and that

did not help either. I even went into msconfig and disabled all startup

items and non-microsoft services. It is still locking up in Normal mode. I

put a cheap PCI video card in the system and shut the onboard video off in

BIOS and everything works fine. If I go back to the onboard video, it locks

back up again. What more can I do to find out what is causing the issue w/

my video? Thanks for any ideas!

 

Jeff

[Guest Byte]

RE: video locks up

 

Stick with the cheap video card and disable the onboard card.

The onboard card is obvious out of date, needs drivers update

or on its last leg.

 

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"Jeff" wrote:

> I have a HP Pavilion a264w PC, that runs Windows XP Media Center. Recently,

> I have been having problems with the video (on board Nvidia GeForce4 MX)

> locking up the computer. If I go into Safe Mode, everything works fine. If

> I boot into Normal Mode, it locks up everytime. There is no new software

> installed that I can think of off the top of my head. I tried a System

> Restore, but it still locks up. I have reinstalled the original video driver

> that came with the system, and that did not help. I also went to the HP and

> Nvidia websites and downloaded/installed their latest video drivers, and that

> did not help either. I even went into msconfig and disabled all startup

> items and non-microsoft services. It is still locking up in Normal mode. I

> put a cheap PCI video card in the system and shut the onboard video off in

> BIOS and everything works fine. If I go back to the onboard video, it locks

> back up again. What more can I do to find out what is causing the issue w/

> my video? Thanks for any ideas!

>

> Jeff