[ultratech]

Hello,

I recently bought an intel 865 gvhz motherboard. It has onboard graphics card ..... 82865 Intel graphics controller ..... I installed Win XP on it ...... then DirectX 9.0c redist ...... the other config of the machine is ..... Intel P4 2.40 hz, 512 Ram . I tried to start a few simple games like nfs2se and the machine just restarted .... no error msg, nothing ....... I even tried Roadrash and other small games .... but the same problem .... so I ran the Direct Draw test and the machine again just reboots during the test ..... What could be the problem ..... Is this a problem with the graphics port which is onboard, or it is with DirectX ...... ? And is there any method to check if the graphics port and its controller on the motherboard is fine ?

Thank you..

Ultratech .....

[Techy]

prob a driver issue, the event log may reveal the answer.

check intels website for the latest display driver and any associated motherboard drivers, eg chipset.

[muckshifter]

Onboard Graphics and Games, do not mix ...

http://support.intel.com/support/gra...aphics+865main&

It will be a driver problem followed by not enough memory, as the graphics 'card' does not have its own.

[urparag]

Sir,
which graphics card and of how much memory will be best solution to improve the performance of 865gvhz motherboard's graphics.
Kindly help me in this matter.

[Metalone]

Hi, do a ram test. Microsoft do a ram checker which will pinpoint any problems with your ram. Worked for me and it sorted out alot of my problems including random restarts without a log file.