Irenices on 12/12/2008 at 07:47
I installed window service pack 3 the other day and ever since then my video drivers are cutting out and making my screen go black and then popping up and telling me iv had a serious crash or some shit afterwards, this can happen a number of times before it seems like my drivers just shut off and my computer acts like i dont have any installed untill i give it a restart.
I reformatted my comp and set it back to service pack 2 since this started happening and that didn't fix it, and it seems to mostly happen when im browsing websites which i find weird.
I'm using a ATI x1800xt which iv had since shortly after it came out so its pretty old and iv tryed using the latest offical drivers and omega drivers.
If you need any other info on my setup to help me out let me know and thank you.
Edit-Forgot to mention iv also had one blue screen telling me my video card got into a infinite loop, and i just had a cutout when i hit the edit button!
Irenices on 12/12/2008 at 09:11
Sorry to double post, but is it possible in any way its my sound cards fault? its been giving me trouble for a long time and tonight it just went bananas on me, it stopped working for like the 3rd time this week and now no drivers will install. My computer wouldn't even turn on with anything plugged into it a couple minutes ago it seemed.
bikerdude on 12/12/2008 at 10:47
hi there
you need to narrow down whats causing the crashes, as there are too many things going wrong atm.
* Firstly you need to beg/borrow/steal a graphics card, sound card and some memory.
* Then one-by-one, swap out each item untill you find out which one/s is/are causing the crash.
than come back to me
Ladron De La Noche on 13/12/2008 at 05:43
Open up you case and make sure everything is seated properly and all plugs are secure and not loose, check everything. If any dirt, then blow it out with can of compressed air. It's possible there is a hardware failure somewhere or perhaps power supply. Any number of possibilities. Take Bikers advice. Always good to have spare parts around to swap and check for failure to determine the culprit.
Good ol' fashion learning the hard way. ;)
Huckeye on 14/12/2008 at 17:42
If you don't have the physical memory to swap you can run a program like Memtest to help troubleshoot if that might be the problem. If it passes, then you might focus on the other parts first.
gunsmoke on 23/12/2008 at 19:00
Good advice^^^
Do you perhaps have on-board sound and/or video? That would be a quick and painless way to test what was wrong.
