yes i have problem with my fx 5200 causes reboots and when i close a window
it looks like i dont have the right drivers.it does a wierd effect like the
window is fallin all thru out the screen ,like a fallin curtain

"Real Name" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> You might want to look at this
> problem a bit more closely.
>
> I ran nVidia/firewire for quite
> awhile, and no problems.
>
> Suddenly, all of my hardware is
> acting up, and making bootup, and
> shutdown misbehave.
>
> Something - is soaking up
> resources, and it's not necessarily
> driver conflicts.
>
> Keep an eye out for parasites,
> when software that you think ought to
> be OK, starts getting finicky
>
> Ken .
>
>
>
> On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 10:03:25 -0600,
> "Marc Hunter" <hunter_m@ssc.cc.ok.us>
> wrote:
>
> >ok i have figured out what caused my problem so this is just an update for
> >anyone else that has this problem. I had a 1394 (firewire) card with an ALI
> >chipset, and when i removed it the computer started working fine with the
> >NVIDIA video card. some kind of strange conflict with SP2 the firewire and
> >the NVIDIA card how odd.
> >
> >
> >
> >"Marc Hunter" <hunter_m@ssc.cc.ok.us> wrote in message
> >news:uzWnziMLFHA.3832@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> >> yes i have all of the current software drivers, but with it not restarting
> >> from the setup i figured it was going to be hardware, because they should
> >> not be loaded during the initial setup phase.
> >>
> >>
> >> "Slippery_one" <Slippery_one@nospam.net> wrote in message
> >> news:uHccRfCLFHA.572@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> >>>
> >>> "Marc Hunter" <hunter_m@ssc.cc.ok.us> wrote in message
> >>> news:ua%23Bk3ALFHA.3380@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> >>>>I finally bit the bullett and upgraded to SP2 and then the system will
> >>>>not shutdown, it hangs at the "windows is shuttingdown" and the mouse
> >>>>freezes. i have a PNY NVIDIA fx 5200 128mb dual head video card that i
> >>>>think is the problem: here is what i have done. i tried a clean install
> >>>>and the computer will not even restart from the blue install screens so
> >>>>i decided to install SP1 again and all was fine. i thought at this point
> >>>>it was the motherboard so... i got a new one and got it all up and
> >>>>running with SP1. Then i upgraded to SP2 and the hang came back so i
> >>>>called PNY and they told me they never heard of any kind of error like
> >>>>this before (someone else out here posted similar problems and also had a
> >>>>fx 5200 which lead to belive my problem might be the VC) they had me
> >>>>check the Chipset drivers and they were upto date as well as the VC
> >>>>drivers,anyway they said call MS. i asked about a bios for the VC but
> >>>>thats not going to happen (from them anyway). now i have put an NVIDIA
> >>>>Riva TNT2 M64 in and it seemed to hang the same as the other. so i
> >>>>replaced it with an old ATI VC and it seems to be fine but i want my
> >>>>better VC to work. help anyone??
> >>>>
> >>>> OLD mother board: Epox EP-8KHA+
> >>>>
> >>>> NEW Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-7VT600-L
> >>>> http://www.giga-byte.com/Motherboard...Rev%201.x).htm
> >>>>
> >>>> CPU: AMD Athlon XP 1900+
> >>>>
> >>>> Memory: 512MB
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> You have the latest 4 in 1 drivers from Via?
> >>>
> >>> The latest drivers from Nvidia? Try finding the Beta drivers from Nvidia.
> >>> I can't remember until I get home...I think it's...Never mind, they just
> >>> released them 71.84, I think the beta was 71.83 so make sure you get
> >>> 71.84.
> >>>
> >>> You might try turning off Nview and see what happens. After you get the
> >>> latest Via and Nvidia.
> >>>
> >>> BTW, tech support personnel are sometimes trained to pass you off onto
> >>> someone else~! It works! Check the message boards and find other cases
> >>> like yours and see if there's a fix!
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
>