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System reboots
Name: Greg Date: September 27, 2002 at 09:26:00 Pacific OS: XP Pro CPU/Ram: Intel 933 384 meg
Comment:
I will be working and all of a sudden there is a click and my screen goes black and my system is rebooting. When I get back into windows a message pops up that my system encountered a fatal error. It has to do with an unstable driver but can't tell which one. Anyone have any clues?
Name: MDK Date: September 27, 2002 at 10:16:34 Pacific
Reply:
running the machine in safe mode for a while will tell u if it is driver
if it still does it then its hardware
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Response Number 2
Name: Chris Date: September 27, 2002 at 12:13:42 Pacific
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I had the exact same problem after installing an updated driver for my video card. Have you updated any drivers recently or installed any software that may be in conflict? (For example any software that gave you the compatability warning but you went ahead and installed anyway?).
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Response Number 3
Name: TechSupv Date: September 27, 2002 at 14:00:30 Pacific
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I encountered the same problem after upgrading to a 64MB Nvidia based video card. Since I've heard that the Nvidia chipset overheats easily, I added a heatsink (or two) to the card and it's been fine since. Not sure if it'll work for you but if you run out of ideas you might try it...
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Response Number 4
Name: tontito Date: September 27, 2002 at 14:26:51 Pacific
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i also had the same problem.
check if you have a motherboard with chipset via. if you do download the latest 4in1 drivers and your problem is fixed [[]]
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