Guest xiphias Posted June 30, 2002 Share Posted June 30, 2002 Hi guys, i have a problem with my Leadtek GF4mx440 a170. When i put it in my comp bout a week ago, everything went fine. Installation, games etc. then one day i turned on my comp onyl to find winxp would not load... hdd was flashing a lil bit (not much @ All) and lil blue bar on xp logo was moving but xp did not load (after 1 hour i gave up) i reinstalled windows... and it was going fine for a lil while (2-3 days) then did the same thing... I have no idea what is going on... (it loads to safe mode fine) please help if you have any ideas/experience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keldyn Posted June 30, 2002 Share Posted June 30, 2002 And what leads you to the conclusion that the graphics card is at fault? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timan Veteran Posted June 30, 2002 Veteran Share Posted June 30, 2002 driver issues or a virus :pirate: :pirate: :pirate: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest xiphias Posted June 30, 2002 Share Posted June 30, 2002 because previously i never had this problem... ive used a gf2 mx400, gf3 ti500 and a gf2 ti. and it only happened when i put in that card... im not ruling out a mobo incompatibility, old bios etc. im jsut trying to sort this out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest xiphias Posted June 30, 2002 Share Posted June 30, 2002 Originally posted by Timan driver issues or a virus :pirate: :pirate: :pirate: virus = impossible (brand new hdd) drivers = used ones on the cd (same prob), 23.11's same, 29.42's same... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timan Veteran Posted June 30, 2002 Veteran Share Posted June 30, 2002 a Virus can be in the air it could be anywhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest xiphias Posted June 30, 2002 Share Posted June 30, 2002 Originally posted by Timan a Virus can be in the air it could be anywhere that isn't exactly helping Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timan Veteran Posted June 30, 2002 Veteran Share Posted June 30, 2002 updating the bois maybe on the mother board, had to do it to get xp to install right. make sure u do the winxp updates, DONT HAVE ANY AOL SOFTWARE INSTALLED :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest xiphias Posted July 1, 2002 Share Posted July 1, 2002 ok... the latest (after mobo bios, vid bios update, reinstall xp, 4in1's, 10 diff det versions) same problem is arising... any ideas from here? or should i get the card tested for faults? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kairon Posted July 1, 2002 Share Posted July 1, 2002 Originally posted by Timan a Virus can be in the air it could be anywhere it could be on your Underwear :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulladle Posted July 1, 2002 Share Posted July 1, 2002 Not exactly helpful but if you had a GF3 Ti500 why are you using a GF4MX as they're nowhere near as fast or capable? If you've still got it use the Ti500 instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest xiphias Posted July 2, 2002 Share Posted July 2, 2002 Originally posted by paulladle Not exactly helpful but if you had a GF3 Ti500 why are you using a GF4MX as they're nowhere near as fast or capable? If you've still got it use the Ti500 instead. you'd have a point if you didnt just make assumptions about what i want in this machine... This ISNT my main machine so therefore i dont NEED a ti500 in it, so what a waste time telling thigns i already know... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulladle Posted July 2, 2002 Share Posted July 2, 2002 Forget the TI500 comment then, however I don't really see how a graphics card can corrupt a Windows installation several days after you've installed it. Immediately after you've installed the drivers I could understand as that's happened to me with both SIS AGP drivers and Detonators. What MOBO is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest xiphias Posted July 2, 2002 Share Posted July 2, 2002 Originally posted by paulladle Forget the TI500 comment then, however I don't really see how a graphics card can corrupt a Windows installation several days after you've installed it. Immediately after you've installed the drivers I could understand as that's happened to me with both SIS AGP drivers and Detonators. What MOBO is it? i must have been very vague in the description of my problem... when i install dets and restart thats when the prob arises. if i go to safe mode and uninstall those dets its fine... if i install dets and swap for another card its still fine so it isnt corrupting any windows files at all... the mobo is dfi ad70-sc, athlon 2100+, 512 ddr, 40g WD hdd... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulladle Posted July 2, 2002 Share Posted July 2, 2002 What does XP think the card is on first boot as I had a problem with my cheapo GF3 not being detected properly. If it detects it as a standard graphics card I'd try extracting the Nvidia drivers to a new folder and doing a manual 'update driver' from the device manager. Doing the auto install failed miserably with my card but at least it didn't kill my system so I got a few goes to test it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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