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HP Pavilion dv3000 (dv3505ea)

bj00uk — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:04:46 GMT

Hi everyone!

I recently bought a Laptop of eBay here in the UK. The Laptop is the HP Pavilion dv3505ea.

Now basically the seller said the laptop is fully working, I put the game BMW M3 Challenge but when I load it the screen goes black/blank and I can not get out of it and back into Windows unless I hard force the laptop off. The laptop has a Nvidia GeForce 9300M GS graphics card. The laptop has Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit

I tried the same game on my fathers Laptop a HP G60-217EM. He has got a Nvidia GeForce 8200M, which I believe is a lower end graphics card and it worked perfectly. His Laptop has got Windows Vista Home Basic 32-bit.

Can anyone help me please, I want to know if it is a fault with the graphics card or Vista before I leave feedback for the seller on eBay.

Many Thanks in advance

No sound on my PC

juanc6 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:34:43 GMT

Hello everyone. Well, as said on title, I got no sound on computer. I have a Compaq Presario SR1834NX. Last night for some reason computer restarted by itself and when Windows started, bang, no more sound. It will make the starting sound of Win XP but a few seconds later it will disappear. I've tried installing the Realtek AC'97 driver but nothing happened, tried to restore the system and didn't let me restore it. I have some important information here on this computer and I would like not to format it. I read that there was a solution in the setup menu something about load optimized but couldn't find it. Without further information, I would appreciate the help. Thank you very much.
Regards.

DVD 22X rewriter

jojodancer — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:27:51 GMT

I have not seen any DVD +R that can go up to 22X. So what are these DVD 22x (or 24x) writers good for?

Dimension 4600 won't start with Nvidia card installed

trs1952 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:01:12 GMT

Hello all,
My daughter's dimension 4600, had worked for 3 years without a problem, then one day it just would not boot up. After a lot time reading advices on forums I removed the nvidea FX 5200 and tried to boot again.It will boot and I have to go into Safe Mode, however the screen is hard to read and sometimes the computer will not load my keyboard. So I purchased another Nvidea, same model, downloaded the new driver and fixes vrom their website. Well, that did not solve the problem. Of course I even tried Dell support (why, I can't imagine). Was told that I needed a new motherboard? The diagnostic lights on the rear panel, are all green, although I have had times where one or two would go amber on me. Conclusion: I now have 2 video graphic cards and a computer that will not boot with it instaled. Please help.

No video on dvd

warreng — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:32:34 GMT

Gooday. When I play a dvd I have no picture. I have xp , mother board asus p4sgx-mx. any ideas, Regards.

I had heard there was a recession on.....

red1776 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:22:42 GMT

this is really amazing, i wonder what would be happening if the ...ahem...yields werent so bad and unemployment wasn't at 10%
[url]http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/16497/1/[/url]

Help me to wisely select a new graphics card

am21 — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:15:38 GMT

my specs

Intel core 2 duo E7300

DG31PR Mobo
[url]http://www.intel.com/products/desktop/motherboards/DG31PR/DG31PR-overview.htm[/url]

Nvidia 8600GT (Not the actual one, some Chinese fake card which is equivalent to 8400gs)

i didn't use this pc for almost an year and most of the time this pc is under utilized specifically for things like basic word editing and cd burning. now i have an idea to upgrade it and play gta 4 (not a serious gamer.. just for some occasional gaming) so most of the time i will be sticking with my laptop..

so wht sort of gfx upgrade is most ideal for me ? eg:- i can afford up to HD 4850 but if i can play it well on a cheaper card it will be an advantage. btw i might also need a psu upgrade since the one i'm using is a generic brandless one :D

Please advice. Thanks

A 6+ year old system requires some upgrades

Galaturc — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:14:11 GMT

It's time to have a small upgrade on my 6 year system; it served me very well and I rarely had any issues. I'm just looking forward to get most out of it, currently it has these components:

Motherboard : Albatron KX600
Processor : AMD Athlon XP 2500+ (1.8 MHz)
Videocard : GeForce FX 5200 (256 MB)
RAM : 2x 512MB
Power Supply : Antec SL400 400W

The MoBo has its integrated network adapter, and sound card, and I have no problem with either. Unfortunately, it does not support PCI-e cards.

I mainly use it to play games like WoW or Counter-strike with all the effects on lowest. Its main function over the time devolved into just playing games as I work and watch DVDs mainly on my laptop.

I've recently observed more problems in crowded instances when playing WoW, and also I'm looking forward to play a little more graphically advanced games (not the most high-end ones, though). I think, a system with a 2.4+ MHz CPU and 2 GB with a decent 2-3 year old GPU should do fine.

However, I'm very low on budget (100$-150$) and I don't need additional component upgrades/replacements such as a new soundcard and a network adapter, therefore I'm thinking perhaps I should keep my MoBo and CPU intact and just go for GPU and RAM upgrades.

1) Should I upgrade my GPU and RAM with a Radeon HD4650 1GB/128MB AGP (around 75$) and a 2x 1GB DDR 400 SDRAM (around 45$), how much of a bottleneck will my CPU cause especially when playing a CPU dependent game like WoW? How much would such an upgrade improve the current performance, if any? I just hope to play WoW at max.

2) Will my power supply be able to handle an Radeon HD4650 (which also requires 400W), I also have a DVD-ROM and a CD-ROM connected to my system - I can ditch out either or both when not using if it will help any? Will the GPU just not run at all, or will it work on a lower rate and not use its full capacity?

3) Given my budget limitations, what alternative upgrades would you recommend? Is there a better balanced MoBo/CPU/GPU/RAM/PSU combination you can think of that may cost around 150$-200$ if a better upgrade is absolutely necessary? I've considered to purchase and overclock an Athlon XP 3200+ to get around 2.4 MHz processing capability, but it seems like it may cost me another 75$ and I'm not sure if it's worth it.

4) Finally, my MoBo supports 3x 1GB, yet in its manual it recommends only 2 DDR 400 1GB RAMS at once, and not all three at the same time. Why is there such a limitation and what kind of performance issues would I have if I installed 3x 1GB? Would I get 3GB, a little less than 3GB or just 2GB? What kind of a setup should use if I want more than 2 GB from this MoBo?

Thanks for reading, and I appreciate any help.

Sound not working

acefsj — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:07:59 GMT

I cant get sound to work off my mother board also i installed an audio card all drivers downloaded fine but still no sound

No sound from left side of quad setup. Speakers are fine

DarkFreedom — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:54:00 GMT

Hey guys,

I'm looking for a bit of guidance if possible.

My Dilemma:

I have 2 sets of speakers plugged in to my computer - one set in the speaker jack, the other in the line in (switched to rear output).
Until recently, everything worked fine, however now I am only getting sound from the right speakers from both jacks. There is no fault in any of the speakers. I've tried with only one set plugged in, and with them switched round - same result. Also the same result when I use headphones plugged in to the headphone jack at the front of my pc.

Device manager has indicated no fault in any drivers.

Rob

New Adapter needed?

andy06shake — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:17:25 GMT

My 12v/4.16A AC Adapter for my Avidav TFT 17" Monitor seems to have died after 5-6 years of continious load! Ive tried changing the fuse and the LED on the adapter stays off. So im pritty sure it is the adapter thats dead. Can anyone reccomend a replacement adapter for around �10-�15?

Turning spare LCD Monitor to TV?

Concorde — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:26:34 GMT

I am lucky to have 2 Lcd Monitors , one I use on my Desktop PC and the other one just sits in a wardrobe, so is there anyway to turn it into a dedicated TV, separate from the computer.
I do have a USB TV tuner in the wardrobe also !!! not being used, its just that it's a shame not to use the spare monitor.

PNY 9800GT temps

Tha General — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:34:31 GMT

I just bought a new card, a 9800gt green edition 30% cooler , etc, i notice when idle the temps are at 60%, is this normal?
should i change drivers?
using the 191.07 right now

ATI2900XT no monitorsignal + computer shuts off after applying thermal paste to cpu

Legoflamb — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:59:56 GMT

Sorry for the cross post but I'm not sure whether I have a cpu or graphics card problem.

Ok So I built this computer nearly 2 years ago and it's generally been very good.

Yesterday when i was putting the system under a lot of stress it decided to turn off and when turned back on it said that the cpu had overheated. So I thought I'd tread carefully and only use it for a little while and then put some more thermal paste on the chip and clean any dust out of the heatsink.

I did this and re-seated the heatsink and now when I turn on the computer th e monitor says no signal and sometimes now after about 20 seconds the computer turns itself off. The monitor saying no signal is always happening.

I have:

Q6600
Asus P5B-VM SE
ati HD2900XT
Enermax 650 noisetaker I
Win xp
2gb corsair ram
Maxtor 500gb HD

Literally all I did was take the heatsink off, clean it, add new paste and put it back on, nothing else in the computer was interfered with. Has the graphics card mysteriously decided to pack up even though it said the cpu was overheating?

I'm at a loss - I've made sure everything is in properly and taken steps to stop cpu overheating.

Thanks in advance guys.

Will the graphics card work?

goballack — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:36:03 GMT

hi
Will a graphics card with DDR2 memory work in a motherboard that supports DDR memory.

Thanks

Nvidia GeForce 8600GT

cozzielex — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:19:38 GMT

Does anyone know where I can download the latest drivers without going through outfits like Pitstop and Driver Robot?
Thanks

SimCity 4 extreme lag with 9600GT

nissanman — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:46:09 GMT

Hi all

Recently i upgraded from my integrated geforce 7025 graphics to a 9600gt. Ever since i did this, SimCity 4 has been lagging extremely badly and is pretty much unplayble.

I know it is an old game but i would really like to play it again. The game ran flawlessly with no lag on my integrated graphics. All my other games however (Crysis, Cod4..) run perfectly fine.

Does anyone else here have SimCity 4 on a 9600GT? And is anyone else experiencing this problem? My driver version is 186.18.

These are my full system specs:

AMD Athlon x2 7750 2.7Ghz
Asus M2N68-AM Plus Motherboard
2GB DDR2-800 RAM
Nvidia GeForce 9600GT 512MB
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 (Final)

Sound Card picking up static

Duohimura — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:53:43 GMT

Hey all. So I got a new computer a few months ago, a custom build, and it's basically been awesome thus far, except that there's sort of a constant low-level of audio static being produced. The little display on the volume control picks it up, so it's definitely something that the sound card is detecting rather than a connection problem, and anyway it affects both front and rear audio jacks. The sound seems to change and grow louder when my computer is doing something display-wise or even just something intensive (I've noticed it "blink" with a flashing IM window). It's not normally a problem because it's very low volume--however I have some rather low volume music, and this makes listening to it a pain.

Now, from some preliminary research I'm fairly certain that this is my sound card picking up nearby noise or electrical signals passing around it or something of that nature. The relevant computer specs are as follows:

Intel Core i7 Quad Processor i7-920 8MB 1366 CPU
Asus P6TSE X58 Core i7 Motherboard
TRIPLE CHANNEL 12GB (6x2GB) DDR-3 1333MHZ PC3-10600
1TB 1000GB SATA2 7200rpm 16MB CACHE
nVidia GeForce 9400GT 1GB DVI/HDTV PCI-Express Video Card
REALTEK 8-CHANNEL DIGITAL SOUND ONBOARD

I also had them do professional "round" wiring which supposedly helps airflow and keeps the inside of the machine neater, if that's relevant.

I spoke with the tech support of the people I bought the computer from, and was told that my diagnosis about the sound card picking up noise was more or less correct--but because it's an onboard sound card the only options are buy a separate sound card or replace the whole motherboard (which is covered by the warranty, but is kind of a lot of trouble and I'm not sure if they'd cover shipping costs). So what I'd like to ask all of you is:

1) -Are- those the only two options? Since the sound card is onboard, it can't just be swapped into another slot away from what's making noise, I know, but is it possible that whatever's making noise can be stopped some other way?

2) Should I be concerned about the motherboard anyway, assuming that this is an unusual occurrence? Does this suggest that there's something amiss with the hardware in general, or is it not uncommon for onboard sound cards to have static?

3) Is a separate sound card just a good idea in general, as someone who dabbles in fan-dubbing and whatnot?

Thanks for any advice you may be able to offer.

Video card not detected

zeymo — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:18:06 GMT

h t t p://w w w .evga.com/articles/366.asp <---Video card specs

Ok. I just got an upgrade from Vista to Windows 7, plus I wanted to play Maple better on my crappy Slimline HP s3100n computer so I bought this card. Mine is exactly the same but the 256MB model. Everything went perfect for like around 1month.

Computer specs link ---> h t t p://h10025.w w w1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01053975&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&product=3440586&lang=en

One day I turned on the pc , only to find out it didn't show any display on the monitor, so I restarted but nothing seemed to change. I looked at the connection on the back of the pc (DVI to VGA adapter) but eveything was good. No beeps, all fans working, nothing loose. So I had to change the monitor connection to the one on the motherboard and it worked.When I logged in, I noticed the PC slower so the 1st thing I did was to check for the Video card in device manager, and It was not being displayed. So now I had a bigger problem. Unistalled the latest drivers from nVidia and reinstalled them, went to a previous restore point , around 4 days back, but nothing. I even went into the BIOS to change the main video adaptar to PCI-E and to default settings, nothing. So im thinking, "the fan spins, at least is getting power", so at this point I don't know if is the PCI-E slot, the card, drivers, BIOS or what the hell.

I went on to a friend's house to check the card, but same thing happened, well a little worse. The card was getting power (fan spin) but the card wouldn't display anything and if we changed the connection back to the VGA slot on the motherboard it wouldn't work either. The only time the PC could display anything was to boot it with out the card installed.

Back at my house I installed the card and went to sleep. In the morning I turn on the pc and WTF? The VGA slot in the motherboard now doesn't work now, so the 1st thing I do is to put the adapter and try the video card slot and works. GREAT! ..But only for 1 day, I turned on the PC in the morning just to find out the same thing happends. No display from the card, and not detected by the system and fan spins.
Only one new thing comes to my mind, the power supply might not be enough to handle the card, since it says it neads a 350w power supply and mine's 160w, but why would it work for several weeks and then not?

Any help?

Sims 2: Directx compatible graphics error

lesa2177 — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:18:37 GMT

I just bought the Sims 2 game and downloaded it and it downloaded fine. When i went to play the game is give me an error saying i need Directx compatible graphics adaptor. Downloaded Direct x 9 and still the same problem. I know i need a video adaptor or something to help run the game can you please help me. i would greated appreciate it.

Thank You very Much in Advance.

Here is my system information:

--------[ EVEREST Home Edition (c) 2003-2005 Lavalys, Inc. ]------------------------------------------------------------

Version EVEREST v2.20.405
Homepage
Report Type Quick Report
Computer LISA
Generator Lisa Wilson
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition 5.1.2600 (WinXP Retail)
Date 2009-11-15
Time 14:50

--------[ PCI / AGP Video ]---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

ATI Radeon Xpress 200 (RS400) Video Adapter
ATI Radeon Xpress 200 (RS400) 3D Accelerator

--------[ GPU ]---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[ PCI: ATI Radeon Xpress 200 (RS400) Chipset ]

Graphics Processor Properties:
Video Adapter ATI Radeon Xpress 200 (RS400) Chipset
GPU Code Name RS400
PCI Device 1002 / 5A41
Process Technology 0.13u
Bus Type PCI
GPU Clock 301 MHz (original: 300 MHz)
RAMDAC Clock 400 MHz
Pixel Pipelines 2
TMU Per Pipeline 1
Vertex Shaders 2 (v2.0)
Pixel Shaders 1 (v2.0)
DirectX Hardware Support DirectX v9.0
Pixel Fillrate 602 MPixel/s
Texel Fillrate 602 MTexel/s

Graphics Processor Manufacturer:
Company Name ATI Technologies Inc.
Product Information
Driver Download
ATI GPU Registers:
ati-00F8 00F00000
ati-0140 2E002006
ati-0144 1F03733C
ati-0148 3FFF3C00
ati-0154 0F000000
ati-0158 30B02004
ati-0178 20200100
ati-01C0 00FF0000
ati-4018 28C706D5
ati-CLKIND-0A 002A0002
ati-CLKIND-0B 80007FFF
ati-CLKIND-0C 0400BC00
ati-CLKIND-0D 00007FFA
ati-CLKIND-0E 000E0008
ati-CLKIND-0F 01E2EE2A
ati-CLKIND-12 00000000
ati-MCIND-6C 00000000

--------[ Desktop ]-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Desktop Properties:
Device Technology Raster Display
Resolution 1024 x 768
Color Depth 32-bit
Color Planes 1
Font Resolution 96 dpi
Pixel Width / Height 36 / 36
Pixel Diagonal 51
Vertical Refresh Rate Default
Desktop Wallpaper

Desktop Effects:
Combo-Box Animation Enabled
Drop Shadow Effect Enabled
Flat Menu Effect Enabled
Font Smoothing Enabled
Full Window Dragging Enabled
Gradient Window Title Bars Enabled
Hide Menu Access Keys Enabled
Hot Tracking Effect Enabled
Icon Title Wrapping Enabled
List-Box Smooth Scrolling Enabled
Menu Animation Enabled
Menu Fade Effect Enabled
Minimize/Restore Animation Enabled
Mouse Cursor Shadow Enabled
Selection Fade Effect Enabled
ShowSounds Accessibility Feature Disabled
ToolTip Animation Enabled
ToolTip Fade Effect Enabled
Windows Plus! Extension Disabled

I hope this information can help.

Lisa

Cursor Loss and Flashing Black Screen

RX_Queen — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:46:49 GMT

[B]I have since learnt my problem is OS related. I have started another thread in OS section. Can this be deleted?[/B]

]Hello.

Apologies for the long post! I hope this is in the right area, and that someone might know what is wrong with my card.

I recently bought a PC from Zoostorm, and I've been happy with it so far as it's such an upgrade from the last one I had. I was also pleased that it contained an ATI card, as I'd had a few problems with Nvidia in the past. But recently things haven't been going so good, and no matter how many searches I do I can't seem to find someone with the same problem as me. I'm running a 4870, and from what I've read on it, it appears to be particularly buggy, but I'm praying somewhere out there is a solution. It would be such a shame to have to change it as it's less than a month old.

I play a lot of WoW and I've experienced two freezes. I'm not sure if the music is still playing as I never have it on anyway, and I didn't think at the time to check if it was affected. I couldn't tab out, so had to reboot both times.

Another problem I've had appears to be connected to tabbing out of the game, and may be set off by my character being AFK for a few minutes. I'll suddenly discover my cursor has disappeared and I'll tab out hoping to correct the issue, only to find my desktop has been replaced with a black screen, but several menus can be seen opening and closing, namely the start menu. My tab bar will be at the top of the screen. I can click on the start icon, but nothing happens. I've only ever been able to ctrl, alt + del twice, and have had to shut off WoW in the process screen. All other times I've had to reset my computer.

This problem has also occurred outside of WoW once. I literally came back from the bathroom to find a black screen and have no idea what set it off. I had come out of a game a while before, but had been happily browing the web before the problem occurred.

I intially thought that it might be a heat problem, as I remember an Nvidia card suffering some weird graphical glitches that were caused by heat, but this doesn't seem to be the problem. I downloaded a little vista gadget that monitors my card and have been watching it closely. It never rises above 48C, and I've only ever seen its fan come on once.

I'm at a loss at to what to do. I do have a 4670 I could replace it with, but I'm guessing I'd forfeit my warranty by replacing a part. I've tried updating drivers, but everything seems to be fine and I'm currently running Catalyst 9.6, which I think is the latest.

If anyone has any idea, or even if someone has experienced the same problem, I'd love to hear it! Any help at all would be greatly appreciated.

Attached Files

DxDiag.txt (21.2 KB)

What's the best low profile graphics card?

chaj — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:42:51 GMT

What's the best low profile graphics card?

Are any of these good for gaming and HD, which is the best?:
Geforce GT 220 2GB
Gefore 9400GT 2GB
Radeon HD 4650 2GB
Geforce 9400GT 1GB
Radeon HD 1GB HD 4550

and how do they compare to the 8800gts?

Thanks

Dual monitors

bdfinfl — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:26:57 GMT

I have been using my and my Tv to watch netflix movies in dual monitor mode, but today when I turned everything on my dislpay on the tv is rolling rapidly. I can see my desktop wall paper but it is not in color and rolling not sure what changed can anyone help?

SLI is a joke

rmarshall292 — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:40:26 GMT

i had bought 2 evga gtx 295 and put those puppies in quad sli, bought 3d mark vantage and got a score 23-24,000

my friend convinced me to take one back that its worthless and mainly used for multipile screens, so i did

ran vantage again and got a score of around 21.7k!!!!
i spent over 500 dollars more to get a little more than 1k higher score!
but at least i took it back : )

sli is only used for multipile screens dont buy into it!!!!

putting 2 together douse NOT double your memory!

Video on TV

yellowrabite — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:51:27 GMT

Hello,

I'm running XP 64 Home with a NVIDIA 7600 GS and i'm trying to connect my TV over a Creatix SAA7134 TV-Card. Newest driver are installed. Still i cant enable second monitoring in the options.

I would apreciate some tips^^

yellowrabite

Games: Bejeweled Twist crashed

AngelWolf — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 03:43:50 GMT

It was happened last June and was not able to play with it for fear having another crash again but it is no damage to my cpu anyway just this game itself

As I have already found the plms and solved with other kind like Multimedia Audio Controller drivers in other section so I did try and play that game just this nite but have not yet plms with it cuz it has not reach up to 9 level where that happened crashing. I will still continue and see if still working over 9 level or not! Sometimes less than 9 level for different times! I had 4th times crash so finally stopped playing with it up to now.

Now I would like to know if that has anything to do with Multimedia Audio Controller?

Here they are for u to read as I am not exactly sure what I can do abt it! So I am hoping u guys can help me with it.... see if u can understand this or not below:

This one was for 3rd times happened: [B]3rd happened June 5, 2009[/B]

Quote:

[B]Exception: Access Violation (code 0xc0000005) at address 006D7117 in thread B10
Module: popcapgame1.exe
Logical Address: 0001:002D6117

0012FBE4 006D7117 0001:002D6117 popcapgame1.exe
Params: 520D1287 0012FC70 018D2750 018D2958

0012FC20 004C2D29 0001:000C1D29 popcapgame1.exe
Params: 0012FC70 520D1547 018D0BC0 018D2750

0012FC64 004C2D93 0001:000C1D93 popcapgame1.exe
Params: 0012FC70 0000003D 0000003D 00000001

0012FCF0 004C4060 0001:000C3060 popcapgame1.exe
Params: 018D0BC0 004A3078 018D104C 018D0BC0

0012FD68 0049C78E 0001:0009B78E popcapgame1.exe
Params: 00000001 007D402B 018D0BC0 76B44E4F

0012FDA0 0075FBD4 0001:0035EBD4 popcapgame1.exe
Params: 0012FDB3 018D0BC0 008D0BC0 004A326C

0012FF20 004A3443 0001:000A2443 popcapgame1.exe
Params: 0012FFC0 00785A71 00400000 00000000

0012FF28 00768C90 0001:00367C90 popcapgame1.exe
Params: 00400000 00000000 00152350 00000005

0012FFC0 00785A6C 0001:00384A6C popcapgame1.exe
Params: 80000001 0012CC20 7FFDD000 C0000005

0012FFF0 7C817072 RegisterWaitForInputIdle+44 [(Unknown File Name)(0)+0x00000000]
Params: 00785ADA 00000000 78746341 00000020

EAX:00000000 EBX:00000000 ECX:01E8B860 EDX:01E8B890 ESI:024BD008 EDI:00071548
EIP:006D7117 ESP:0012FB2C EBP:0012FBE4
CS:001B SS:0023 DS:0023 ES:0023 FS:003B GS:0000
Flags:00010246

Windows Ver: NT 5.1 Service Pack 3 Build 2600
DDraw Ver: 5.03.2600.5512
DSound Ver: 5.3.2600.5512

Product: BejeweledTwist
Version: 1.0.3.7482
Time Loaded: 00:29:52
Fullscreen: Yes
Primary ThreadId: B10
Resolution: 1024x768
3D Mode: DX9
D3D Dll Version: 5.03.2600.5512
Adapter: "Intel(R) 82865G Graphics Controller" V.8086 D.2572 S.19d1028 R.2 "ialmrnt5.dll" 6.14.10.4396
Times Played: 0
Build Num: 0
Build Date:
ReferId: P[/B]

Also pls click below for screenshot u will see how that looks like.

I still have more of those but might be the same or some different, not sure tho anyway!
Like i said in other section abt Multimedia Audio Controller, they did format my cpu and that is where that happened! Before that happened it was fine for a long time so now this but with already download Multimedia with no longer yellow questions mark.

What do u think?

Thanks!

P.S. Oh yes I did ask at Pop Cap where I had to ask for help but they kept on saying to get download for graphic...things! It already updated. Nothing happened so I am hoping that u guys could help me out... maybe u know more than I do.

Attached Images

crash 3rd times.jpg (56.0 KB)

9500GT or 8600GT Primary Adapter in SLI?

EXCellR8 — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:23:52 GMT

I had to RMA a friend's video card and xfx didn't send the exact card in exchange, so I'm wondering which card would be better as the primary adapter. The card they sent back is a standard edition 9500GT with 512MB vram and 550mhz core clock. The other card on the table is an older 8600GT XXX edition with a faster core clock but only half the onboard vram.

Which should I install as the primary card or would it even matter/work? Both cards are around the same performance but I'm not sure what would be better. I'm thinking the 9500GT since it's newer and has the most vram but the 8600GT is a tad faster.

I will probably try both configurations but I'd like some input first in the mean time, thanks!

Sound card not recognized by Windows

nomad108 — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:00:12 GMT

Hello.
Got a Dell Inspiron 1150, had to reformat the HD.' Installed windows XP pro, and I have no sound. I go to control panel and I see no sound card at all... Strange, Reboot and in Bios there is a sound card ( Sigmatel 9750- C-Major Audio)
Go back to Dell support, download the correct( and only one file there) audio driver.
Try to install and get a message that there is no sound card found... Go back to manually install sound card and rely on the file I downloaded for the .inf file, and get a sound card installed, but with a yellow ex sign on it. Try to install drivers again, and get the same error... No card installed...
Anyone can help?

Video card really pushing my buttons

JamesPromIII — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:42:28 GMT

I have done everything to try and keep this video card cooler, cleaned the fan, applied new thermal compound and I also opened the back off a PCI slot that isn't being used. It idles at 46 degrees and when it's under load it's around 60 degrees. I can't play a single game for over an hour without it giving me "no dvi input" and forces me to restart my whole pc. I have no idea what this graphics card problem is. It's a PNY 9600gt. Please someone enlighten me what i'm doing wrong or is the card garbage?

GPU's fan

xwarriorx — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:46:12 GMT

if that's supposed to be working all the time? i mean when system/windows starts up and all?