Recently I've been having problems with my video card crashing at random
times (Sapphire Radeon 9600 Pro 256 MB). For example, in the middle of the
day when nobody's doing anything on the computer or while I'm playing a game
(EQ), the ATI utility SMARTSAVE comes up and tells me that the driver had to
refresh the video card because it stopped responding. Once I cancel that
message everything goes back to normal (I just maximize my game window and
continue playing).
Another problem which is possibly related to this is when I boot up my
computer after it being off for a few hours, the motherboard beeps several
times and the D-bracket diagnostic card indicates that it failed to
initialize the video card. To fix that problem, I just leave the computer on
for a while in that state, then CTRL+ALT+DEL it and it boots up normally.
Could this be a power supply problem? I have a generic 300W power supply.

Computer Stats

MSI 845PE Neo-FIS2R MB
768 MB Apacer RAM
Sapphire Radeon 9600 PRO 256 MB (latest drivers)
300 W generic PSU
80 GB IBM HD
Lite-ON DVD
SB Live! value
Windows XP SP1


Thanks!

"Nick Z" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:trowc.3034$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Recently I've been having problems with my video card crashing at
random
> times (Sapphire Radeon 9600 Pro 256 MB). For example, in the middle of the
> day when nobody's doing anything on the computer or while I'm playing a
game
> (EQ), the ATI utility SMARTSAVE comes up and tells me that the driver had
to
> refresh the video card because it stopped responding. Once I cancel that
> message everything goes back to normal (I just maximize my game window and
> continue playing).
> Another problem which is possibly related to this is when I boot up my
> computer after it being off for a few hours, the motherboard beeps several
> times and the D-bracket diagnostic card indicates that it failed to
> initialize the video card. To fix that problem, I just leave the computer
on
> for a while in that state, then CTRL+ALT+DEL it and it boots up normally.
> Could this be a power supply problem?

It sounds like a weak power supply to me. -Dave

On Sat, 05 Jun 2004 18:39:21 GMT As another one bit the dust "Nick Z"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote :

> Recently I've been having problems with my video card crashing at random
>times (Sapphire Radeon 9600 Pro 256 MB). For example, in the middle of the
>day when nobody's doing anything on the computer or while I'm playing a game
>(EQ), the ATI utility SMARTSAVE comes up and tells me that the driver had to
>refresh the video card because it stopped responding. Once I cancel that
>message everything goes back to normal (I just maximize my game window and
>continue playing).
> Another problem which is possibly related to this is when I boot up my
>computer after it being off for a few hours, the motherboard beeps several
>times and the D-bracket diagnostic card indicates that it failed to
>initialize the video card. To fix that problem, I just leave the computer on
>for a while in that state, then CTRL+ALT+DEL it and it boots up normally.
>Could this be a power supply problem? I have a generic 300W power supply.
>
>Computer Stats
>
>MSI 845PE Neo-FIS2R MB
>768 MB Apacer RAM
>Sapphire Radeon 9600 PRO 256 MB (latest drivers)
>300 W generic PSU
>80 GB IBM HD
>Lite-ON DVD
>SB Live! value
>Windows XP SP1
>
>
>Thanks!

Enter the system BIOS and disable,"ALL" power management options.This
should at least eliminate the conflicts between the Hardware PM and
windows.
HTH



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