PC Help Please

[suzanne]

there was a recall on most of the early 9600GT OEM graphics cards. I would suspect that there is something going wrong in that department.

your motherboard should also have a vga socket in it - why not plug the monitor into there and see what happens ?

Yes its well ventilated.

I have updated the driver though havent tried reinstalling it...I will give that a go.

Vga socket? now you have whooshed me lol, Im not too keen on opening it up but if reinstalling doesnt work I will see if I can find it :-)

Meanwhile I will email the company I bought it from and see what they say.

Thanks for all the help guys

[suzanne]

Received a new graphics card today (exactly same brand), fitted it and waited with baited breath.....fired up Rollercoaster and exactly the same thing happened :-( I installed another PC game (Sims 2) and it freezes up too as soon as it starts to load so its not the game.

I havent tried uninstalling/installing the graphics card yet as I am not sure how to do it. Is this the right download that I will need?

 http://www.drivershq.com/Drivers/VistaDevices/Nvidia-Geforce-9600-GT-Driver/11976/Drivers.aspx

[dik9]

Straight from nvidia sight and free
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_x86_180.48_whql.html

[rex008]

How is the computer connected to the monitor? DVI or VGA? (the lieing-down-D shaped thing with about 9 pins, or the rectangular thing with about 30?). It could possibly be a dodgy DVI connection that only kicks off when the resolution changes for a game. Try a different monitor, cable, or connector? Not hopeful to be honest, but it's worth eliminating.

Graphics driver definitely worth checking also. If you can, try uninstalling all traces of the old drivers before installing a fresh new one.

You should have got a driver CD with the card - worth a go with that first I would think. Then go get the latest version from NVidia.

[suzanne]

Thanks for all the help guys, ended up sending it back via courier today = one miserable kid for the next week sigh