Help me troubleshoot this computer

[nutcasert]

One of my friends operates a PC on a budget of zero dollars and zero cents. Before I describe the problem, here is the system:

ATX Mid tower
ASUS P2L97 Mobo
Intel (something) 400MHz
256MB RAM
Using a clean install of Windows 2000

Okay first problem: When he shuts the computer down through the windows shutdown button, it restarts instead, forcing a hard power down. It recently started doing this for NO reason I can tell.

Second problem: The motherboard doesn't seem to like NVidia cards. I threw in a GF2 GTS and a GF4MX(something). Both were AGP. So when i try to run the NVidia driver program thing, it says , basically, that there is no video card that the drivers can be used on installed. Both cards.

Third Problem: I got my hands on a "Riva TNT2" or whoever the fcuk 'riva' is. It's a PCI card. No matter what slot it is in, it blackscreens windows about 6 seconds after you log in.

Oddity: The ATI Rage IIc that i mentioned in another thread works perfectly in it. But it's freaking SLOW!!!

Fourth problem: (more of an annoyance) somehow, a new dialog box was enabled. It forces you to hit atrl+alt+delete before you log in. We both find this annoying. Can we get rid of this?

 

[Geomagick]

Can't really think of an answer to your first 2 questions. I'll sleep on it.

A riva TNT2 is an nvidia chip that predates the original GeForce, in its day it was the one of the highest performing 3D cards that didn't say 3DFX on it.
The Rage IIc predates this a bit. IIRC it was the equivalent of the Riva 128 chip.

You can get rid of the cntrl+alt+del popup through passwords or user accounts (something along those lines, been a while since I used win2k)

 

[acole1]

Problem 4:
Start > Ctrl Pnl > admin tools > local securities policy > (new box) drill down "local policies" > drill down "security options" > ~13 down "Disable Ctrl+Alt+Del..." > double click > disable > ok > close out > done!

Problem 1:
Sounds like Motherboard/Chipset drivers. Check the device mangler (manager) to make sure everything is working fine.

Problem 2:
You might have the wrong drivers. Make sure you have the proper install file, and try it again.

Problem 3:
Might be a bad card. Also, standards were very flexible so it might not have the right power or something.

Hope that helps some!

 

[pcoffman]

Originally posted by: nutcasert
When he shuts the computer down through the windows shutdown button, it restarts instead

Virus?

 

[nutcasert]

It is not a virus. The computer has not left shop at school since monday when it was reformatted. The only internet it has seen was through mozilla firefox, and I set the security settings myself to make sure it was safe. (I am a huge mozilla fan).

Chipset drivers for the rebooting thing... I should look into that.

I have the correct drivers for the two geforce cards, I know I do because they I'm using the ones from nvidia.com that say gfx driver->geforce->win2000/xp.

And the Riva being a bad card, maybe, just maybe. I'll give it a whirl on my test box asap.