Problems with Video card

[Bs|Archaon]

Yeah, but they work in your mate's PC, so how can it be the cards?

[Homer Gonerson]

The card is fine, but the slot on his mobo may not be

[sKiz]

What mobo do you have?

[Ultimate-Omen]

ok, i may just be treading in shallow water here but...have you updated your chipset/agp (or pci-e, but im guessing agp since you have a 9600) driver? i dont know how many times i've seen downright fatal problems be solved by a driver reinstallation/upgrade.

[kow_ciller]

perhaps its the power supply, when it goes under load it uses alot more power than in idle so maybe that could be the problem
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[SquirrelAssassin]

How do i update my AGP driver? and how do i find out what type of AGP i have lol

[Ultimate-Omen]

oh boy, first you need to find out your motherboard model, or if you have a premade pc (dell for example) then you need to tell us the model number. and probably the processor type and memory type. just to help us narrow it down incase we can't figure out the exact model.

[SquirrelAssassin]

My MOBO i believe is a nvidia nforce 220. I have a stock hp pavilion 742n but just about everything on it i've replaced. Added ram, new psu, new video card, new sound card, new ethernet card. Only things that are still stick are the CPU and MOBO. And it's worked fine for over a year with no hardware changes so...

[The Contender]

that is a very old nvidia chipset and may not be able to handle vintage high end cards. your mobo chipset predates that 9600. if you are experiencing lock ups in games and strange squaling noises, this is caused by overheating chipset, specially with built in audio or non controller sound cards. best thing to do is to get a cheap agp mobo with KT chipset or more recent agp nvidia chipset like nvidia3 for about $50-$60, by all means stay away from Uli chipsets found in asrock boards , they are not friendly to AGP cards. the best thing is to upgrade to PCie board if at all possible.

[Ultimate-Omen]

Originally Posted by The Contender

that is a very old nvidia chipset and may not be able to handle vintage high end cards. your mobo chipset predates that 9600. if you are experiencing lock ups in games and strange squaling noises, this is caused by overheating chipset, specially with built in audio or non controller sound cards. best thing to do is to get a cheap agp mobo with KT chipset or more recent agp nvidia chipset like nvidia3 for about $50-$60, by all means stay away from Uli chipsets found in asrock boards , they are not friendly to AGP cards. the best thing is to upgrade to PCie board if at all possible.

i'm so glad that i didn't have to break that news to him