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Gryzandor · January 8th, 2002, 10:38 PM

Hello all,

Well i finally got my new computer, and boy is it great....when it doesn't crash. I have windows xp home, and i get problems with the graphics card (Hercules 3d Prophet III 64mb). The crashes always restart the entire computer, rarely end up on desktop. I know i have a hardware confilct somewhere, just cant pinpoint it. I currently have verson 23.11 for geforce 3 drivers installed (as i cannot find any other version supported for WindowsXP). I have adjusted hardware acceleration, tried downloading drivers from different sources, completely reinstalling original drivers from the supplied disk with the card, ive tried many things, but obviously, im not gettin it. This is my first custom ordered computer, and i love it, (damn fast!), i just need to get it stabilized.
My computer specs:

AMD Athlon XP 1900, Heat Sink and Fan
Socket A Asus A7V266-E KT266A, 5 PCI, 6 USB, UDMA/100, 4X AGP, 3 DIMM, Sound
1,536 Mb PC-2100 266MHz DDR SDRAM **Note - 3 DIMM Motherboards Only**
100. GB UDMA/100 7200RPM Western Digital 8Mb Cache
56X CD-ROM
Hercules 3D Prophet III 64Mb GeForce3 AGP DVI/TV out
Hercules Maxi Sound Game Theatre XP
Dual Speakers with Volume Control
56k V.90 Data/Fax/Voice Modem
3Com 3C905B-TX 10/100 PCI Network Card
Windows XP Home w/CD
Norton AntiVirus 2002 (OEM)
Mid Tower NexGen ATX Case 300w Power Supply, One Case Fan
17in. KDS VS-7P .24mm 1280x1024 Monitor
Microsoft Internet Keyboard
Microsoft Intellimouse Optical
3.5in. Floppy Disk Drive

The operating system crashes when i'm web surfing, listening to a cd, or even just doing nothing except reading window file properties (windows explorer) and nothing else running. Any help or ideas wanted or welcome. Thanx
Steve

scraig@kscable.com

January 8th, 2002, 10:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
Gryzandor Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kansas Posts: 14	Windows XP crash errors Hello all, Well i finally got my new computer, and boy is it great....when it doesn't crash. I have windows xp home, and i get problems with the graphics card (Hercules 3d Prophet III 64mb). The crashes always restart the entire computer, rarely end up on desktop. I know i have a hardware confilct somewhere, just cant pinpoint it. I currently have verson 23.11 for geforce 3 drivers installed (as i cannot find any other version supported for WindowsXP). I have adjusted hardware acceleration, tried downloading drivers from different sources, completely reinstalling original drivers from the supplied disk with the card, ive tried many things, but obviously, im not gettin it. This is my first custom ordered computer, and i love it, (damn fast!), i just need to get it stabilized. My computer specs: AMD Athlon XP 1900, Heat Sink and Fan Socket A Asus A7V266-E KT266A, 5 PCI, 6 USB, UDMA/100, 4X AGP, 3 DIMM, Sound 1,536 Mb PC-2100 266MHz DDR SDRAM Note - 3 DIMM Motherboards Only 100. GB UDMA/100 7200RPM Western Digital 8Mb Cache 56X CD-ROM Hercules 3D Prophet III 64Mb GeForce3 AGP DVI/TV out Hercules Maxi Sound Game Theatre XP Dual Speakers with Volume Control 56k V.90 Data/Fax/Voice Modem 3Com 3C905B-TX 10/100 PCI Network Card Windows XP Home w/CD Norton AntiVirus 2002 (OEM) Mid Tower NexGen ATX Case 300w Power Supply, One Case Fan 17in. KDS VS-7P .24mm 1280x1024 Monitor Microsoft Internet Keyboard Microsoft Intellimouse Optical 3.5in. Floppy Disk Drive The operating system crashes when i'm web surfing, listening to a cd, or even just doing nothing except reading window file properties (windows explorer) and nothing else running. Any help or ideas wanted or welcome. Thanx Steve scraig@kscable.com Last edited by Gryzandor : January 8th, 2002 at 10:47 PM.