Video card works and then doesn`t

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Ian Liberman

This has happenned with three different video cards that I have installed.
All have had the latest drivers. Nvidia GEForce 5200
Rage 128 and GeForce 440mx. They are all AGP. They work for a few days and
then they stop. I reinstall the drivers and they
work again. Cycle continues. Could it be the slot or motherboaard? Please
help.
 
Have you tried reinstalling Windows? If you have, and your problem
continues, I would think motherboard, but it sounds more to me like a
Windows issue.
Brian
 
One way to check is to try to get your hands on a PCI version and try it
out. I had a couple of AGP cards and had similar problems and got a Radeon
PCI and have had no problems. Do you have any on board video that you have
not turned off in the BIOS?
 
Brian said:
Have you tried reinstalling Windows? If you have, and your problem
continues, I would think motherboard, but it sounds more to me like a
Windows issue.
Brian
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Actually, it doesn't sound like Windows to me. It sounds like a hardware
issue and that something is shorting out the AGP bus. The easiest thing
for you would be to take the computer to a good local shop (not a
CompUSA or BestBuy type) and have them test everything thoroughly.

Malke
 
I do not have any on board video . I try and get a pci card to try out. .
Someone also suggested for me to turn off the prefetching which can
cause error 10 problems in xp. If it is the AGP slot , does this mean a new
motherboard or can they be fixed? Thanks.
 
Ian said:
I do not have any on board video . I try and get a pci card to try
out. . Someone also suggested for me to turn off the prefetching which
can cause error 10 problems in xp. If it is the AGP slot , does this
mean a new motherboard or can they be fixed? Thanks.
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Look, I don't know what you want to use your computer to do, but if you
want to play 3D games you'll need an AGP video card. You won't want a
PCI card. If you only use the computer for 2D apps like word processing
and email, then a PCI video card will be fine. If the motherboard is
bad, you'll have to replace it.

Malke
 
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