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shalimar

Jun 3, 2006, 11:18pm
Did you know that Windows XP and dos screens may = bluescreen death??? I
didn't. Until today, two bluescreen errors and one call to Microsoft. Way
to go, AWI......now what???

sweets

Jun 4, 2006, 12:49am
ooooh good, so there is good in the new 4.1.....I sure missed those
bluescreens of death of win98 since I got xp....never seem to get time to go
get a coffee anymore LMAO

sweets

simplaza.net

Jun 4, 2006, 9:42am
Then thats your problem, you have dos screens up, when the world server
uses a console.

Are you talking about the world server? Hell if we know what you're
ranting about.

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lady nighthawk

Jun 4, 2006, 11:43pm
I knew and it happens to me now n then, nothing new with MS Windoze ... same
OS more windas. LOL

LNH



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ima genius

Jun 5, 2006, 12:25am
You shouldn't get any bluescreens randomly unless you have a driver or
hardware problem :)
- Ima

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lady nighthawk

Jun 5, 2006, 12:33am
I do LOL, apparently it's a graphics problem but can't quite pin it down LOL

LNH



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talisan

Jun 5, 2006, 12:44am
I'm assuming you reinstalled your graphics drivers. However, before doing so
did you switch your graphics driver to a generic VGA driver? Also, a while
back, some graphics card makers gave out a utility to use as a second step
before installing new driver, and it would completely erase all the old part
of the driver. You might also look into downloading from microsoft that
latest copy of DirectX, even though your automatic updates probably did it
for you many moons ago... can't hurt to rerun it.

Short of the problems with masks, facers and the like, I am having a grand
time graphically speaking. However if I am online using the 949 browser for
a couple of hours it eventually starts getting really slow and if I ignore
it and don't shut it down, windows reboots. Could also be a heat related
issue too since I may be stressing the gpu/cpu with the bazillions of
particles I am using. *shrugs* Need to get myself a monitor for that and
check.

andras

Jun 5, 2006, 5:38am
[View Quote] > I'm assuming you reinstalled your graphics drivers. However, before doing so
> did you switch your graphics driver to a generic VGA driver? Also, a while
> back, some graphics card makers gave out a utility to use as a second step
> before installing new driver, and it would completely erase all the old part
> of the driver. You might also look into downloading from microsoft that
> latest copy of DirectX, even though your automatic updates probably did it
> for you many moons ago... can't hurt to rerun it.
>
> Short of the problems with masks, facers and the like, I am having a grand
> time graphically speaking. However if I am online using the 949 browser for
> a couple of hours it eventually starts getting really slow and if I ignore
> it and don't shut it down, windows reboots. Could also be a heat related
> issue too since I may be stressing the gpu/cpu with the bazillions of
> particles I am using. *shrugs* Need to get myself a monitor for that and
> check.
>
>

http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php
Excellent tool!

--
Andras
"It's MY computer" (tm Steve Gibson)

paul

Jun 5, 2006, 2:21pm
I don't think that can monitor the graphics chip unless it's one of those
that's build into the motherboard that supports it.
I wish there was an easy way to monitor the video card heat/fan - the fan
quit on my $250 geforce ti4400 and I didn't know it until I happened to
shutdown and open my computer and found the fan was frozen up - tried to get
a replacement at local store and the guy had to take a screwdriver and play
and pry and eventually get the glued on fan off the gpu. Put another fan on
but when I put the card back in the PC I had glitches all over the screen at
power up. So had to buy a new video card - FX5700le which should be better
than the ti4400 I guess and it was about $120 locally.
But that was expensive considering the $250 for the ti4400. Also, warranty
means nothing. the PNY ti4400 has a Lifetime Warranty. Right, I had it 2
or 3 years, and they wold not honor the warranty because the ti4400 is
"obsolete" thus the "life of the product" has expired. That sucks.

Paul

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lady nighthawk

Jun 5, 2006, 10:47pm
It's apparently the video driver (I have an ATI All-in-Wonder 9800), the
driver I installed was from the CD, not any update since, manly because I
can't really tell what the *new driver* is!? Apparently neither ATI nor MS
knows what is causing the crashing ...

As far as DirectX I'm on the newest.

LNH


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talisan

Jun 6, 2006, 1:10am
I'll check it out, thanks Andras

> http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php
> Excellent tool!
>
> --
> Andras
> "It's MY computer" (tm Steve Gibson)

talisan

Jun 6, 2006, 3:21am
lol, guess I need a couple more fans! Wow does my cpu get hot fast when I go
into AW. Shoots up by 10C in a minute or so, so does the case ambient,
though not as fast, the hard drives go up by a couple of degrees as well
that's just probably part of the cascade from the cpu. I've not tested it
for 2 hrs, will do that tomorrow.

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