Annoying Issue on Boot with Nvidia 6200 AGP

[liamdaly]

Right, im not entirely sure what this should go under however i am starting to get a little P*ssed off with my pc lol anyway to cut a long story short

I purchased a Nvidia Gforce 6 - 6200 256MB DDR AGP8X VGA + DVI-I + TV-Out graphics card (64 bit dual ramdac's 400mhz, Microsoft Dirext x 9.0 Support card) I also purchased x2 512MB DDR PC2700 Ram this was to replace my old hardware (x2 256mb ram) and Ati Radeon 9000 64mb graphics card

i managed to install the card and ram fine however xp wasnt shutting down i shut down and it says windows is shutting down... i thought oh well ill leave it overnight and it will be shut down but by time i awoke it still said windows is shutting down... so i pressed off button on front of pc.. to restart i then tried to shut it down several times and the problem still happened.. so i looked on Windows XP Support site.. and no luck so i contact PNY Technologies (the people who manufacture the graphics card) they suggest its a drivers issue and issue with xp and best bet is to format (formatting seems to be the fix for every problem now adays with tech support lines) anyway... so i format do a free install of windows, completly update windows, get latest nvidia drivers from nvidia website.. install all my standard driver updates i have backed up ... and shut down ... smile.gif pc shuts down and then gets to a black screen after Windows XP logo on boot... after about 30 seconds im thinking oh crap windows xp has died.. like it does.. so i thought okay ill wait a few minutes see what happens... after about 2 minutes.. windows loads.. so i doa disc defrag and a check disc to see if there are issues with windows... then reboot black screen holds once again after xp logo for about 3 minutes again and windows xp loads.. so i think hmm okay ill google it so i look on google... no luck so i decide to contact PNY technologies again get an email back and they suggest updating my latest drivers on my Bios/motherboard so i update to latest drivers from medion.com (as they are my pc manufacture and also latest bios flash aviailable is there...) so i reboot and hey guess whay black/blank screen again :s so i contact PNY once again they suggest to contact medion and ask for assistance as its probably the mobo so ive emailed medion and now waiting for a reply.. i wanna smash my pc with a hammer lol so i thought hey i will ask if anyone can help me on a few technology/torrent/hardware forums smile.gif as someone may know something

i think my motherboard is as follows

Medion MD-5000

I am running Windows XP SP2 Home Edition

Pentium 4

2.66ghz Processor

on a small sticker on the motherboard it says PhoenixBios D686 106004612

and by pressing delete on startup going into bios config it says Phoenix Award Workstation Bios CMOS

the PC is a Medion Cybermaxx PCMT6

i have unplugged and plugged both the ram and the card back in just incase they wasnt in correctly

[Hum]

:huh: Sorry that you are having such problems. My only guess that may fix the problem is to flash update your BIOS chip.

It seems to be a Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) problem.

This web page may relate to your problem:

http://www.theeldergeek.com/shutdown_issues_in_xp.htm

[k22]

try drivers from nvidia.com

[liamdaly]

some people suggested for me to reformat again which im going to do

i found more information about my motherboard the motherboard itself is a Micro-star MS-6701... apparently its modified by medion itself i looked on Microstar website and havent found it... however i emailed there customer support and ill see what they say.. right im off to reformat windows :) thanks guys thought i post the motherboard type as it may help somesome with a solution.. PC World the place i purchased it from suggest its a faulty graphics card and for me to return it so im going to try a format if that dont help i will most likely take it back

[liamdaly]

okay... got so fed up took it back to the store.. and got a Geforce 6 - 6600LE seems to be working a okay.. must of been a defective 6200 thanks for everyones help :) :D