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is there alot of known issues with via chipsets and Nvidia based vid cards.
I have a PC that randomly reboots and gives BSOD's and is casuing heck. I Had it running fine at location A plugged into a UPS. now at location B(no UPS) it gives stop errors, random reboots, and freezes alot. i replaced the ram(1 stick), same system behavior. i figure its 1 of 5 things.
mobo
ram(checked)
vid card
PSU
wall powerany help would be appreciated.
FIC AN19C mobo
Geforce 440 MX 64MB 4X
Jimi_1.
i read our post about 4 posts down and thats why I wrote this.
do you oo anybody have and specific websites or info. im having diff find info on this forum about it.
maybey im searching wrong?
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Here is one such discussion right from VIA-
http://forums.viaarena.com/messageview.cfm?catid=13&threadid=3759If you do a forum search (or a google search for that matter) that has anything to do with Nvidia or Geforce or crashing OR AMD, 9 times out of ten if the specs are posted it's an AMD machine running an VIA or SIS chipset.
It definitely seems to be getting worse as games get more demanding and VIA seems to be worse than SIS.
Nforce chipsets do not seem to have this issue.
Jimi_l
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Yeah, This issue has been driving me nuts for awhile. I wish I would of done my home work on this one!!!!!!!!!!! Do I hear ATI?
bon
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so if i just get a vid card thats NOT an nvidia, ill be fine.
hello ATI.....
thanks jimi_1 and bonifieddaytona1969
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as a follow up, none of the BSOD or stop error codes say anything about Nvidisplay.dll or anything of the sort.
but ill do some more HW b4 i go spend money trouble shooting.
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I had a GA-7VA with the VIA KT400 chipset and an AMD 2000+, running a geforce 4 mx-440 and never had a problem.
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Get latest bios update, drivers updates; especially Sound card Driver, Hyperion 4in1 driver and Video card Driver(USE NVIDIA DRIVER FROM NVIDIA.com FOR THE VIDEOCARD), DirectX, make sure RAM is not overclocked!
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From another forum...this guys got his act together too.
"I will give you a tip.
Things that hangs together.
VIA 4in1 drivers 4.51
Graphic card drivers 53.03
DirectX ( install DX9.0b if you havent already)I still don't know your driver version .
Who you have now and before.
( the 52.16 has unsolved issues , and it's
even stated in the release info )Uninstall completly from add/remove programs
the nvidia drivers .
restart your pc , and ignore the found new hardware stuff
dont let it install anything.(click cancel)
Run your pc with standard VGA drivers.Goto www.viaarena.com
and get the latest 4in1 drivers (4.51)
install them .Use Detonator R.I.P. Ver. 1.5
from guru3d.com
Let it get rid of all remains of nvidia drivers.Get 53.03 from www.guru3d.com
Install themIf you only experience crashes in games it's driver related
The graphic card has two modes 2D and 3D .Don't tweak the card/drivers before you get it stable
at stock settings."Sure worth a try,
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Is it just me or has nVidia dropped their dick in the dirt as of late.My daughter has the exact same card(Geforce 440 MX 64MB 4X)in her system. I recently upgraded her to WinXP Home and everything was sweet, until dad here decided she needed updated drivers for her card.Downloaded and installed the latest from nVidia and I'll be damned. I go to shutdown and it reboots every single time.Tried a driver rollback to no avail, same results.Ended up reformatting/reinstalling XP to solve the problem, what a hassle for a friggin' driver.With the issues that their current line of cards have, and what I had to do on a simple OS install recently has left me no choice but to give ATI a shot.
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