L
Lordy
My baby has started playing up. Current hardware has been stable for months
but now it has started crashing after less than 10 minutes use. All crashes
observed seem video related.
I did recently upgrade Windows XP Nvidia Nforce+GeForce drivers but same
problems also occur when booting into previously stable Mandrake 10.1. So
I suspect hardware related?
1st started when my daughter put in a DVD and it rebooted.
Since then most crashes are preceeded by corrupt video or in one case
Screen1 is locked up but screen2 is working?
One crash occured early on whilst booting into Mandrake.
I've reseated the Video card to no avail.
Also ran memtest (via Knoppix CD), completed 1 pass with no errors.
(took over 30minutes)
Im guessing in order of likely hood the fault is
1. Video Card (about 8 months old)
2. PSU (about 1 month old)
3. Mobo (about 4 months)
I'm gonna try my old Matrox G400 for a while. Any other ideas?
Cheers,
Lord
Spec
PNY GeForce 5700 FX with dual screens
Athlon XP 3000
Dual Boot: Win XP Pro + Mandrake 10.1
1G Crucial DDR 3200
AN7 Nforce2 mobo
Jeantech 450W PSU
2*Seagate 80G HD
Liteon CDR/DVD Combo
Nec 2510 DVDR
Pinnacle WinTV Card
but now it has started crashing after less than 10 minutes use. All crashes
observed seem video related.
I did recently upgrade Windows XP Nvidia Nforce+GeForce drivers but same
problems also occur when booting into previously stable Mandrake 10.1. So
I suspect hardware related?
1st started when my daughter put in a DVD and it rebooted.
Since then most crashes are preceeded by corrupt video or in one case
Screen1 is locked up but screen2 is working?
One crash occured early on whilst booting into Mandrake.
I've reseated the Video card to no avail.
Also ran memtest (via Knoppix CD), completed 1 pass with no errors.
(took over 30minutes)
Im guessing in order of likely hood the fault is
1. Video Card (about 8 months old)
2. PSU (about 1 month old)
3. Mobo (about 4 months)
I'm gonna try my old Matrox G400 for a while. Any other ideas?
Cheers,
Lord
Spec
PNY GeForce 5700 FX with dual screens
Athlon XP 3000
Dual Boot: Win XP Pro + Mandrake 10.1
1G Crucial DDR 3200
AN7 Nforce2 mobo
Jeantech 450W PSU
2*Seagate 80G HD
Liteon CDR/DVD Combo
Nec 2510 DVDR
Pinnacle WinTV Card