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MilesG
XP home SP1, GA-81PE1000PRO-G, P4 2.8
I've built a system wholly from new components, one of
which is the INNO3d GEforce FX 5200. I've had the above
problem since the OS and drivers were installed, and it's
been driving me nuts. I reinstalled/repaired SP1 thinking
it was an SP2-derived problem. Cold boot usually results
in that blue screen infinite loop/memory dump message
blaming nv4_disp, and then XP reboots and tells me it's
recovered from a serious error. Sometimes I get a MS
Online Crash Report, mostly that there's not a solution
that MS can suggest, but one of which told me to install a
driver that is out of date! I've uninstalled the driver,
installed the latest driver from nvidia but I'm still
plagued by this problem. It's nothing to do with
overclocking, because I'm not a gaming dude, and don't
want to muck about with that sort of thing, and have done
nothing with the bios apart from the basic necessary
things like boot sequence when installing the OS.
I thought it must be a faulty card or a device conflict
until I casually serched Google last night for "nv4_disp"
and "infinite loop". I was astonished that manufacturers
have managed to generate such a widespread problem.
Here's a good description:
http://www.mysuperpc.com/vcu/troubleshooting_video_card_pro
blems.shtml
Does anyone yet know a certain solution other than
upgrade? The only solution at the moment is to wait the 10
minutes or so that is currently required for XP to boot to
a clean desktop.
One thought: as the symptoms are intermittent (i.e. cold
boot is successful more often than not) I wonder if there
is a conflict with something else loading at startup. I
might be wrong, but I get the feeling XP doesn't always
load startup items in the same order each time, which
might explain the apparent randomness of the symptom. Can
anyone recommend a good startup manager please?
Miles
I've built a system wholly from new components, one of
which is the INNO3d GEforce FX 5200. I've had the above
problem since the OS and drivers were installed, and it's
been driving me nuts. I reinstalled/repaired SP1 thinking
it was an SP2-derived problem. Cold boot usually results
in that blue screen infinite loop/memory dump message
blaming nv4_disp, and then XP reboots and tells me it's
recovered from a serious error. Sometimes I get a MS
Online Crash Report, mostly that there's not a solution
that MS can suggest, but one of which told me to install a
driver that is out of date! I've uninstalled the driver,
installed the latest driver from nvidia but I'm still
plagued by this problem. It's nothing to do with
overclocking, because I'm not a gaming dude, and don't
want to muck about with that sort of thing, and have done
nothing with the bios apart from the basic necessary
things like boot sequence when installing the OS.
I thought it must be a faulty card or a device conflict
until I casually serched Google last night for "nv4_disp"
and "infinite loop". I was astonished that manufacturers
have managed to generate such a widespread problem.
Here's a good description:
http://www.mysuperpc.com/vcu/troubleshooting_video_card_pro
blems.shtml
Does anyone yet know a certain solution other than
upgrade? The only solution at the moment is to wait the 10
minutes or so that is currently required for XP to boot to
a clean desktop.
One thought: as the symptoms are intermittent (i.e. cold
boot is successful more often than not) I wonder if there
is a conflict with something else loading at startup. I
might be wrong, but I get the feeling XP doesn't always
load startup items in the same order each time, which
might explain the apparent randomness of the symptom. Can
anyone recommend a good startup manager please?
Miles
