I have an issue with my video crashing Ive tried everything from new ram to new motherboard got the vista drivers and all it works fine for a while but then locks up sometimes when it starts doing that it won't let me use cam or play anything greater than command and conquer red alert anything more intense graphicly than that and it crashes. Other times I can play whatever. please advise


here is my belarc system profile


Operating System System Model
Windows Vista Home Basic (build 6000) Micro-Star Inc. MS-6398 100
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
2.00 gigahertz Intel Celeron
8 kilobyte primary memory cache
128 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: Micro-Star Inc. MS-6398 100
Bus Clock: 100 megahertz
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. V3.0 11/26/2001
Drives Memory Modules c,d
140.04 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
118.37 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

PIONEER DVD-ROM DVD-106 ATA Device [CD-ROM drive]

MDT MD200JB-00CRA1 [Hard drive] (20.02 GB) -- drive 0, s/n MDT-MMA8E2445504, rev 17.07W17, SMART Status: Healthy
WDC WD1200BB-00CAA0 [Hard drive] (120.03 GB) -- drive 1, s/n WD-WMA8C1652353, rev 16.06V16, SMART Status: Healthy 512 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot '0' is Empty
Slot '1' has 512 MB
Slot '2' is Empty
Local Drive Volumes

c: (NTFS on drive 0) 20.02 GB 10.94 GB free
d: (NTFS on drive 1) 120.02 GB 107.43 GB free

Network Drives
None detected
Users (mouse over user name for details) Printers
local user accounts last logon
DOC 5/5/2007 2:29:41 PM (admin)
local system accounts
Administrator 11/2/2006 6:01:15 AM (admin)
Guest never


Marks a disabled account; Marks a locked account Microsoft XPS Document Writer on XPSPort:

Controllers Display
Standard floppy disk controller
ATA Channel 0 [Controller]
ATA Channel 1 [Controller]
Intel(R) 82801BA Ultra ATA Storage Controller - 244B NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 [Display adapter]
MAG 986FS [Monitor] (18.0"vis, March 2002)
Bus Adapters Multimedia
Microsoft iSCSI Initiator
Intel(R) 82801BA/BAM USB Universal Host Controller - 2442
Intel(R) 82801BA/BAM USB Universal Host Controller - 2444 CMI8738/C3DX PCI Audio Device
Unimodem Half-Duplex Audio Device
Unsupported Standard Game Port
Communications Other Devices
Creative Modem Blaster V.90 PCI DI5655


6TO4 Adapter
isatap.{3F914ABD-B4FD-4D26-A60E-8C0647E82369}
isatap.{A94F4786-AA19-407E-9763-015531C1B197}
Linksys LNE100TX(v5) Fast Ethernet Adapter


Intel(r) PC Camera CS630
Intel(r) PC Camera CS630 Image Storage
Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
PS/2 Compatible Mouse
Intel(r) PC Camera CS630 USB Controller
USB Root Hub (2x)
Generic volume shadow copy

The video card may be running too hot. Check out its temperature using Riva Tuner or another good software.

Also, your CPU may be running hot, the RAM may be failing (you can check it out using Memtest86), the PSU (power suuply) may not be good enough.... So many things

If you want, open up your PC, and check out the PSU's sticker. How many A does it provide on the +12V rail(s)?
What is it's rated wattage?

I assume you have the latest Vista drivers right?

And finally, welcome to Techspot! :wave:

I have new ram as the old ones I had were bad I changed the board and was a bit low on lithium grease so I "borrowed" some from some discheveled parts in the garage the card is a bit old like 2 years but the power supply is only a year old its 400 w or something ummmmm its fairly cold in the house and the side is off on the puter always has been (I like looking at the parts for some reason) IM thinking heat issue but Im not sure its either the board or the video card me thinks if its not heat

btw ty for the welcome

Is the Geforce's heatsink clean? Is the fan spinning?

both are clean and fan does spin yes... sorry for the delay...

Could be those Nvidia Vista drivers. They seem to be horrible.

Anyway, check out the temperatures using a good monitoring software, like Everest Free Edition.

If the temps are ok, and it keeps crashing, it wouldn't be a bad idea to replace that FX5700

looking for it but the links so far have all shown down for maintanance anyone got any links?

nm foun one..

ok ran the utility (riva tuner) but am unawares how toget the cards running temp..plz help

btw did I mention that othe than the initial post beep I get two more after that?