Has anyone seen any issues with the Nvida GeForce FX 5200 (128 Mb) Graphics Card. When Booting normally, some of the icon on the desktop are black boxes, then everything goes scrambled, different colors and then the screen goes black and doesn't come back. Downloaded the drivers from Dell's webpage for this card and PC, but didn't help... Any Thoughts??? Thanks Rick Thanks Rick

sounds like the cards nearly dead, can you try it on any other pcs?

Definitely sounds like it's on it's way out but it *may* simply be an overheating issue. Does it have a cooling fan? Did you confirm that it's working & not all dust clogged?

No I haven't, friend brought it over late last night and I haven't had time to open the case yet.. Just was trying to see how the card was acting.... Thanks Rick

Also might try the nvidia referance drivers from nvidias site. I generally find them more stable and I'm betting the 5200 drivers on dells site are atleast 3yrs old. WinXp Amd 64 3000 Msi Neo2 Platinuim 1 gig ddr 400. When we cast a pebble into a pond we should look past the first ripple.

Ok their only 2yrs old WinXp Amd 64 3000 Msi Neo2 Platinuim 1 gig ddr 400. When we cast a pebble into a pond we should look past the first ripple.

Doesn't seem to be overheating. But now after uninstalling the drivers and loaded the lastest from Nvida, I'm getting a BSOD with a nv4_disp error and says that it's stuck in a infinite loop. Still thinking the card is bad, Any Thoughts??? Thanks Rick