Video Driver Problem

[Guest]

I have a Dell Inspiron 8200, and it will crash after
loading the black WinXP "loading screen", and right
before the blue user login screen appears. I have read
that the Nvidia video drivers are causing some of these
laptops to crash at this time. This computer came with
the GForce 2Go video card, and I have tried many
different drivers, from old ones to the newest, however
after I turn it off for the night, and come back in the
morning to restart, it will crash. I have reformatted the
hard drive, re installed XP, and run diag. that tell me
all my hardware is okay. What Nvidia Driver is good to
use? When I unistall the video driver, the computer will
load up fine. I can also fire it up everytime successful
in safe mode. That is why I believe that my video driver
is the problem. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

I have the same Dell Inspiron 8200 notebook computer and
had the same symptoms. The problem is with the Dell GeForce
video adapter itself. Contact Dell support and request a free
replacement. Dell shipped many of these notebooks without
a proper video adapter thermal pad installed.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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| I have a Dell Inspiron 8200, and it will crash after
| loading the black WinXP "loading screen", and right
| before the blue user login screen appears. I have read
| that the Nvidia video drivers are causing some of these
| laptops to crash at this time. This computer came with
| the GForce 2Go video card, and I have tried many
| different drivers, from old ones to the newest, however
| after I turn it off for the night, and come back in the
| morning to restart, it will crash. I have reformatted the
| hard drive, re installed XP, and run diag. that tell me
| all my hardware is okay. What Nvidia Driver is good to
| use? When I unistall the video driver, the computer will
| load up fine. I can also fire it up everytime successful
| in safe mode. That is why I believe that my video driver
| is the problem. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
|