What the *&(^)*&^

[sach70]

a call to the xperts...
I recently upgraded my pc and installed a MSI 975X Platinum MOBO with Intel Pentium 4 920 CPU (from CyberDyne - tnx JUGGY). All in all a great set. I needed a PCI-E graphics card (budget level) and got a great deal on a GeForce 6600. Great for my needs. Except that I cant install the drivers....
Possible problem?? MSI provides a couple of utilities such as PCAlert4 to check my system and I noted that my 12V are measured at 5,2V. My first reaction was to check the required power requirements for the setup and noted that my PSU was a 350W whilst at least 450W was required. So, upgrade to a 480W.
Result - no go, my 12V still measures as 5,2V.
Everything looks fine otherwise, except, I cant install the graphics drivers... When I do, they install to a certain point and the PC freezes. Or rather, the screen freezes. After a while the PC does a "memory dump" and reports a problem with a file "NV4 something something". If I don't install the drivers the screen flickers and does not scroll smoothly but jumps.

Any Ideas???? Power should be ok. Tried downloaded drivers instead of cd.

WHAT?? O, and now my wireless mouse keeps freezing and I constantly need to "re-mate" it with the transmitter....

ANY IDEAS???????

 

[Juggy]

Try updating the system BIOS.

 

[supersunbird]

Is this on a fresh Windows install?

 

[3g usr]

Just shot in the dark, the 6600 is an older graphics card, I have one on my notebook. The latest drivers doesn't always work with this card so you will need the right ones. I had problems with 9x.xx drives but 8x.xx did work for me, one thing you can try is to download an enhanced inf file from this site for the version of drivers you are trying to install.

With wrong drivers you can get, blue screens, system freezes, reboots etc. etc.

 

[dotVIBE]

btw, your mouse needs new batteries

 

[antowan]

Have you plugged in extra power for the card? Some motherboard require extra power to be either plugged into the motherboard or the gpu card...

Check for either....

Look at this picture... http://www.ixbt.com/mainboard/msi/975x-platinum/powerup/board.jpg have you plugged in the extra juice in the plug just above the pci-e slot? In this picture it is just to the right of the slot. But if your mobo is installed it will be just above when you look at it...

 

[sach70]

Ok, 1st, tnx for the replies.

Lets start at the simplest - mouse + new batteries - NO GO. Reckon to many blows to the head...
2nd - MOBO and GPU power plugged in. 3 x connectors!
3rd - Latest bios installed through MSI Live
4th - Other (older) drivers - Will give them a try. Used the ones that came with the card & new ones from Nvidia. Now try older ones...
As for the windows install. Is a "fresh" install but,,,, since I've exceeded my times for activations and this is basically a new pc with everything except 1 x HD and TV card new, I had to resort to a "alternative" XP cd... if you know what I mean. (BTW - last year during a burglary my original XP cd + several other cds and 1 x PC was nicked. Luckily I had a backup XP cd that i've been using but since I don't have the MS Certificate, well, I'm sure you get the drift)

 

[sach70]

Did you know.......
A MSI 975X Platinum MOBO is a Crossfire ready board. I am sure you did.
Did you know......
It has a "primary" GPU slot and a "secondary" GPU slot. I am sure it is obvious (to you).
Did you know......
If you slot your "single slot", non-Crossfire GF6600 graphics card into the "SECONDARY" slot you.......
and I quote....... "cant install the graphics drivers... When I do, they install to a certain point and the PC freezes. Or rather, the screen freezes. After a while the PC does a "memory dump" and reports a problem with a file "NV4 something something". If I don't install the drivers the screen flickers and does not scroll smoothly but jumps".

Am I a "poophead" or what???

 

[sach70]

The voltage drop on the 12V line is the next mystery to solve... lets see Nancy Drew...

 

[3g usr]

The voltage drop on the 12V line is the next mystery to solve... lets see Nancy Drew...

Why don't you try running a game in windowed mode and check if the voltage doesn't up while it needs more juice? Don't do it while fullscreen and you have to minimize because it might stop processing and wont need the power...