Computer crashing randomly after buying new video card, any ideas?

[Isocene]

I had my computer running well for about 2 months. Here are the specs.

ASUS A78NX Deluxe
Athlong 2500+
512mb 2700 cosair
Geforce2 GTS
350watt PowMax power supply

Everything worked great. Yesterday I got a Radeon 9700. I stick it in, run 3dmark and almost immediatly it crashes. So I installed the newest drivers, it goes a little further, but crashed. So then I go out to frys and buy a power supply. 550 Antec True Power. Still crashes. I go out and buy a new antec case that comes with a 430watt true power. I have 1 fan in the front of the case and I have 2 on the back and one on the side of the case.

I left the computer on and went to watch Hulk, came back, it was still on. Good. I run 3dmark, I get 9500 (compared to 14400 last when I ran it before updating the drivers to 3.4 catalyst, isnt that what I need?). It ran the test fine. I played the Hulk demo it went fine. Played Counterstrike, fine. Then I was watching some video in winamp and it crashes. Why is it still crashing? I have the newest drivers for my mobo, the 3.4s for the radeon. Could it still be the heat? Ive been monitoring it and it stays around 40C for the CPU. I dont know how to check the temp of the GPU. Im using asus probe.

Anyone have any ideas? Should I just format?

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks

Mike

 

[Schadenfroh]

you shoulda formated before buying all that stuff

 

[Isocene]

The only new thing is the video card. Everything was there from the start. I switched out the Geforce for the radeon.

 

[JetBlack69]

Did you remove the Geforce drivers before installing the Radeon? What do you mean by "crashes"? any blue screens? does it just reboot?

 

[ZimZum]

ATI and nVidia drivers dont get along. Short of a format and clean install you should at least make sure to uninstall the detonators and use regclean to remove all traces of the nvidia drivers from your system.

 

[Isocene]

By crash I mean it reboots.

And no, I didnt take out the drivers. How can I use a program to get em out?

 

[srk]

Originally posted by: Isocene
By crash I mean it reboots.

And no, I didnt take out the drivers. How can I use a program to get em out?

argh.................
you didnt even removed Detoators???????........................no wonder it reboots,
Boot in safe mode(so it wont reboot).
remove all display drivers including Radeon and Detonators from add remove programs in control pannel.

Then go to run command and type=====> regedit
go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE
delete all keys having NVIDIA Corporation name.
then go to search====>file & folders and search for nv*.*
delete all found files.
reboot.
then install radeon drivers and the problem should be solved.
one more thing Radeon 9700 needs lots of power be sure to have good powersupply.

 

[Isocene]

But if I delete all the nvideo things, wont that get rid of my motherboard drivers because its an nforce board? Or just I just reinstall everything?

 

[srk]

Originally posted by: Isocene
But if I delete all the nvideo things, wont that get rid of my motherboard drivers because its an nforce board? Or just I just reinstall everything?

ohh damn you have nforce? then forget next two steps just uninstall drivers from safe mode.
dont delete
any registry entries.

man never forget to uninstall previous drivers before installing new hardware......... good luck.

 

[vaporize]

is that the PowerColor Radeon 9700 non pro Gold?

 

[PainTrain]

I have an almost edentical setup, with the exception of your new video card. Since an upgrade to pretty much everything I got now, besides the PS, I get sponteneous reboots if I overclock to much. From what I've figured out it appears to be a Power Supply issue, no kidding. There's a great Firing Squad article that will sort of back up what I'm saying. I cannot clock above an AthlonXP 2400 without having to bump the voltage up and in turn draw an unsustainable amount of power from my PS. I would try to either upgrade you PS, or bump your CPU down if yoy can. Pretty much do whatever you can to free up the 12volt leg (despite the fact that the CPU's probably not even on the 12v leg if it's an older or "no-name" PS.) Anyhow, I did the CPU thing and I'm running very solid right now. Will upgrade to new PS soon enough. Good luck.

 

[srk]

Originally posted by: vaporize
is that the PowerColor Radeon 9700 non pro Gold?

my suggestion.................skip powecolor, cheap components, solid at default clocks but dont expect overclocking with it.

 

[Tavoc]

Check out Driver Cleaner and follow the instructions. Make sure you use both the driver cleaner and the cab cleaner. I would fully exhaust the driver issue first before spending any more money.