AMD Athalon XP 1800+ 512 MB DDR RAM gForce 2 MX 200 with 64 MB ECS K7S5A Motherboard I am having sever problems with my computer. I am fairly sure that it is my video card but who knows. Here is what happens: When ever I play a game or run programs or even just surfing the web, my computer flashes a blue screen for about 1 second and then restarts itself. It usually happens when it is warm in the house, so i suspect it is a heating problem. But like i said, i am not sure. My CPU temp never goes above 118`F and my motherboard never goes above 85`F. So i don't think it is a problem with the CPU overheating. My video card on the other hand is very hot to the touch. I have several fans, and a heat extractor, blowing directly on it and have tried numerous fan configurations, but it still gets hot. I have all the latest drivers for both the card and all my softare. I know it is not conflicting software because the problem happens after i reformat and before i add softare to windows. I realize I can stop it from automatically rebooting at the blue screen, but then i have to reboot anyways. Please help me out if you have any ideas. Thanks, -Jon

My first question is.Do u have a fan physicaly mounted to the video card heatsink. I had Voodo card tht worked fine when new but as it aged it required a fan attached or wouldnt work other than 640x480. Other than that try some different drivers and maybe a different 4 in 1 drivers.Check with your mobo maker for any bios updates.Do u get any error messages if u disable autorestart.

something else i just thought of to try to isolate this is to change the display adapter to standard vga driver.the screen will look horrible but it will help isolate the possibliltiy its your video card.You could also try some lower resolutions or back down the video acceleration as a test.I would also confirm that your monitor has the correct inf installed .This site has a mess of detonator drivers u could try.http://www.guru3d.com/files/detonator/

HEHE im back. Another thing ,look in your bios setup and look for something called agp driving value. Some boards have the ability to change this.Stock is usually EA try some different values goin both ways for example DA DF FE etc. Theres a program made by hoda that allows u to change this from inside windows .this site has the 2 programs u need. YOu will need to do some reading etc to learn how to make these changes.http://www.viahardware.com/download/viatweak.shtm Check out the forum at viahardware and ask some questions.AS i dont have via chipset mobo's anymore its a little foggy lol

AGAIN, Do u have a fan physicaly mounted to the video card heatsink. IF YOU DONT YOU ARE SIMPLY AN IDIOT. SORRY FOR SAYING THAT BUT IT'S LIKE HAVING A CPU THAT RUNS 1.2 MEGAHERTS AND NOT HAVE A PHYSICALY MOUNTED HEATSINK. VIDEO CARD AND CPU GET EXTREMELLY HOT AND THEY MUST, MUST MUST USE A HEATSINK

I had a similar problem with XP and GeForce 2 cards. No matter what driver I tried (I must have tried about 15 different ones!), I would get the BSOD. The error was always related to the NV4disp.dll (Nvidia's display driver). I was finally able to overcome the error by opening DirectX Diagnostics and running the tests. When I ran the first test, the screen went blank, but I still had control of the computer via the keyboard. I was able to use the Switch User command (Windows key + L) and that brought the screen back to life. Miraculously, that brought my video problems to an end. I had to switch card drivers once since then and the problems returned. By repeating the DirectX tests, the problem was solved again. Good luck

I'll try that Greg. But how do i run DirectX diagnostics? Anybody? Thanks