mr starface
09-08-2004, 07:38
I've been having problems with my PC for weeks now where it freezes for no reason with a BSOD, wont boot up properly or crashes within a few minutes of playing a game. Windoze said it was a device driver problem but wouldnt say which one it was but I think I now know its my GC.
I borrowed my mates GC and my PC then worked flawlessly with no crashing at all. Aha! I thought not good for my wallet but at least I know what it is. Thing is my GC worked perfectly in his machine so its obviously not a harwdware issue.
My GC is a Radeon 9700 Pro (my mates one was an Nvidia 9500 Ultra) and I'm running it on a NForce2 mobo, 1 gig ram, 3xHDD, 2xDVD/RW.
I've now tried uninstalling all my ATI related drivers and re-istalling them and cleaning out any bogus ATI files with a utility called driver cleaner but no luck the card still wont work in my machine. I've also tried a full virus scan and run ad-aware through.
What else can I do - any ideas? I really dont want to reinstall Windows XP as it would make me suicidal :(
I borrowed my mates GC and my PC then worked flawlessly with no crashing at all. Aha! I thought not good for my wallet but at least I know what it is. Thing is my GC worked perfectly in his machine so its obviously not a harwdware issue.
My GC is a Radeon 9700 Pro (my mates one was an Nvidia 9500 Ultra) and I'm running it on a NForce2 mobo, 1 gig ram, 3xHDD, 2xDVD/RW.
I've now tried uninstalling all my ATI related drivers and re-istalling them and cleaning out any bogus ATI files with a utility called driver cleaner but no luck the card still wont work in my machine. I've also tried a full virus scan and run ad-aware through.
What else can I do - any ideas? I really dont want to reinstall Windows XP as it would make me suicidal :(