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jayajean

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    New video card causes pc to reboot
    « on: May 20, 2008, 02:17:07 AM »
    I use Windows XP service pack 2 and currently have an SIS 760series video card on my motherboard.  I want to use a new program called Plan 3D but my card was not supported so I bought a new one.  It is a PCI NVidia GE force 5500 and when I installed it and started my computer up, it would run for 15sec. then restart.  It kept repeating this over and over, and I would get and error message saying System is recovering from a serious error.  When I plugged the monitor into the old port, it was fine.
    Can you tell me what might be wrong?

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    Re: New video card causes pc to reboot
    « Reply #1 on: May 20, 2008, 05:47:02 AM »
    Not enough power ? ?
    Describe your system components and what wattage your PSU is...
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      Re: New video card causes pc to reboot
      « Reply #2 on: May 21, 2008, 02:27:55 AM »
      The computer is an ACPI Uniprocessor pc, plug and play monitor, amd sempron 2400+, 1.66GHz, 224mb of ram, Windows XP home edition 2002- service pack 2.  I checked the UPS and it says it is currently stopped.

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      Re: New video card causes pc to reboot
      « Reply #3 on: May 21, 2008, 02:46:11 AM »
      Does your motherboard have onboard video? If so, you may have to go into setup and disable it, and then reinstall your new card and drivers.
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      Re: New video card causes pc to reboot
      « Reply #4 on: May 21, 2008, 08:16:34 PM »
      The computer is an ACPI Uniprocessor pc, plug and play monitor, amd sempron 2400+, 1.66GHz, 224mb of ram, Windows XP home edition 2002- service pack 2.  I checked the UPS and it says it is currently stopped.

      Not the UPS...the power supply.
      How many watts is it ? ?
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