Boot to Safe Mode.
Right click MyComputer.
Click Properties > Hardware tab > Device Manager tab.
Expand display/video adapters.
Double click the adapter listed to open its properties.
Click the driver tab and first try to Roll Back the driver and reboot.

If no joy, go back and uninstall the driver. Get the latest up-to-date
drivers from the manufacturer to reinstall.

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Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User }
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"Hugh Mortensen" <HughMortensen@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:AC3EFE38-EBB2-4EDF-8B44-B180A697651B@microsoft.com...
> Hello
> Recently, despite me not playing around with any configuration settings
> the
> computer suddenly seizes up for no apparent reason and i get a blue
> screen of
> death with the error mssg suggesting its a device driver problem, namely
> graphics card. Heres the details i got;
>
> A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent
> damage
> to your computer.
>
> If this the first timet you've seen this Stop error screen,restart your
> computer. If this screen
> appears again, follow these steps:
>
> Check to make sure you have adequate disk space. If a driver is
> identified
> in the Stop message, disable the driver or check with the manufacturer
> for
> driver updates
> .Try chaning video adapters
>
> Check with your hardware vendor for any BIOS updates. Disable BIOS memory
> options such as caching or shadowing. If you need
> to use Safe Mode to remove or disable components, restart your computer,
> press F8 to select advanced
> start up options and then select safe mode
>
> Technical information:
>
> ***STOP:0x0000008E (OxCOOOOOO5,0xF7c28A0D,OxBA1A175C,0x00000000)
>
> *** FG.SYS- Address F7C28A0D base at F7C27000, DateStamp 3f28e246
>
> Beginning dumb of physical memory
> Physical memory dump complete
> Contact your system administrator or technical support group for further
> assistance
>
> Also the windows online crash analysis told me to turn off hardware
> acceleration which i did, but it still didnt fix the problem
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=293078
> Im running a pent 4 3.2 gig with 1gig of ram and 128 winfast geforce
> 6660gt
> or something. Ive updated the graphics drivers to the latest version but
> it
> still doesnt help. It suggested doing stuff with the BIOS but im not too
> keen
> on that!:S
>
> Anyway, could one of you geniuses out there lend me a hand,im in serious
> trouble
> thanks
> hugh