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  1. gendorian

    AMD pc freeze

    I have inherited an old pc which could be useful for my sons room but my problem is it takes at least two attempts to get started.It either freezes or occasionally restarts.When it is running it is rock solid with no problems.Specifications of the pc are Dual boot os windows xp pro and 98...
  2. gendorian

    video card not recognised

    Thanks for reply.I ran the motherboard installation disc and then installed the radeon drivers and now I'm up and running again
  3. gendorian

    video card not recognised

    I had to reinstall windows xp and then found my radeon 9200 card was not recognised (no entry in device manager in display adapter or other)Tried to install driver from cd but got error message setup unable to complete installation.Try to set up display adapter with standard vga driver before...
  4. gendorian

    Black screen

    Oh yeah,forgot to mention it's a Vizitron 14" TFT monitor.
  5. gendorian

    Black screen

    My screen suddenly goes black for a split second when my pc has been on for several hours and then the picture reappears as normal.It only happens when I open a new window.I suppose it might be a cooling issue although I do have a system fan installed.Any ideas guys Windows XP Radeon 9200se...
  6. gendorian

    Computer Freeze

    My computer has recently started to freeze during or just after startup even in safe mode.I suspect it may be a hardware fault although all readings are ok with winbond hardware doctor when it eventually keeps running.I would be grateful for any advice AMD 1GHZ Windows 98 Seagate 20gb Excelstor 40gb
  7. gendorian

    Can't load cd's

    Fixed it,your a genius ski,thanks a lot.
  8. gendorian

    Can't load cd's

    exception OE has occurred at 0028:00000013 in VXD---.It was called from 0028:c1829098 in VXD scsilhlp(03)+0000508 it my be possible to continue etc etc This is accompanied by the dreaded BSOD.I can get as far as displaying the contents of the cd but when I try to run a programme or game I get...
  9. gendorian

    Can't load cd's

    Tried all of above.no change.I'm wondering if it could be a power supply problem.Thanks for advice anyhow
  10. gendorian

    Can't load cd's

    When I try to load applications and games from cd's I keep getting a blue screen with either an exception error or system busy warning.This happens on both my Pioneer dvd writer and Samsung dvd drive.If I use nero to create or copy discs the drives work normally. AMD 1000MHZ 60GB Hard drive...
  11. gendorian

    Sudden restart

    Thanks for reply.It's something that I'll have to check out althogh I would have thought the cpu would get hotter the longer the pc was switched on and my crash happens about 5 minutes after switch on.
  12. gendorian

    Sudden restart

    Hi My problem is a sudden restart soon after first switching on.The system does seem to settle down after its been on a while.I recently installed a new video/capure card(Guillemot cougar)and I suppose this lies at the root of the problem.Unfortunatly technical support from Guillemot for this...

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