my system keeps freezing help!!

[hungiema]

I'm constantly having freezes in my system...the system will freeze then the screen will turn blank and then comes back as 640x480 resolution...then it display a error saying that i have a device problem...the only thing is i dont know which device...maybe the video card??...anyone have this problem??....
heres my setup

asus motherboard(A7M266-D)
dual MP1200
512mb corsair registered ecc
ati fire gl 8800
Western digital 80gb SE version(with 8 meg cache)
lite-on dvd rom
lite-on cdrw
usb2.0 card in pci slot 3
firewire card in pci slot 2
linksys wireless network card in pci slot 1
antec 1080AMG case with 430 ps...

I dont know whats wrong...can any one help out...thanks

 

[ChampionAtTufshop]

do you have windows xp (or 2k, i think 2k has it as well)
run>eventvwr

see if you can see any software problems

 

[hungiema]

i'm running win xp
btw...what do i look for when i run tat ??...do i look for an error in application or system/?

 

[hungiema]

ok..i think i found the problem...
The driver fglrx for the display device \Device\Video0 got stuck in an infinite loop. This usually indicates a problem with the device itself or with the device driver programming the hardware incorrectly. Please check with your hardware device vendor for any driver updates.


i found that error under systems.....
damn it..i tried installing other drivers but the error still exist....dont know wat else i can do...i wana sell this card and get a new one already...sigh...its the fire gl 8800...damn it

 

[ChampionAtTufshop]

Originally posted by: hungiema
ok..i think i found the problem...
The driver fglrx for the display device \Device\Video0 got stuck in an infinite loop. This usually indicates a problem with the device itself or with the device driver programming the hardware incorrectly. Please check with your hardware device vendor for any driver updates.


i found that error under systems.....
damn it..i tried installing other drivers but the error still exist....dont know wat else i can do...i wana sell this card and get a new one already...sigh...its the fire gl 8800...damn it

do you mean the error still exists in teh eventvwr or the problem still ocurrs?

 

[hungiema]

yea the error still exist in the eventvwr...

 

[hungiema]

and the problem still occurs...

 

[MrDudeMan]

faulty PSU? bad video card? start swapping stuff is the best advice you are going to get

 

[hungiema]

they just posted a new driver on Novemeber 27th....it seems to be stable now...no crash yet...but its weird...because it sometime crashes and it sometime doesn't...dont know..just have to wait and see...

btw...i have questions about the voltage....
voltage monitor from the asus software shows the following:

12.038 / +12V
4.9999 / +5V
3.344 / +3.3V
1.792 / Vcore
1.792



the only thing i'm worrying about is the fact that all the numbers on the left are in yellow..meaning it is in warning stage..i'm not sure what to do from here...can anyone help?...is there sumthing i'm suppose to be worryin about??...thanks...

 

[ChampionAtTufshop]

voltages are fine
that is not the cause of the problem

...try running prime95 or 3dmark 2001 for a while and monitor the voltages....see if they dip down REALLY low

 

[amdskip]

What are the temperatures of your system?

 

[hungiema]

Mobo temperature is 28 degree celsius
the 2 cpus are 40degree celsius...
is tat good or bad??...

 

[DanTMWTMP]

temps seem fine...i believe it's the psu...i had a similar problem w/ my dad's athlon system....psu was the culprit......

try the usual...
reset cmos, update bios...the usual mobo troubleshoot.....i'm not sure what are the recommended rails for an AMD MP processor, but look 'em up...maybe the psu have rails more suited for a single cpu intel p4 system?