Ben said:
Instant reboot with any game or if i max the windows media player
while playing mp3s
tried the new intel 82915g driver re-install of direct x
uninstall of driver/ IRQ
and lowerd the res.
What am I missing?
Something with open gl?
works fine any other time.
You should disable the instant reboot in the OS, and get
the machine to blue screen instead. If I google on
"Startup and Recovery" I get:
Settings
Control Panel
System
Advanced tab
Startup and Recovery
and maybe you'll find a check box that controls automatic
reboot. Even that may not be enough to stop it though, if
the crash is severe enough not to get caught (like if the
processor accidently triggers a hardware reset).
Check the Event Viewer, for any errors being logged
there. If the errors always mention the video driver
(lets pretend it is agp440.sys or something), then you
would be right to suspect the video driver or the motherboard
hardware. If the errors are in a different driver or
application each time, then that could be a memory error.
If dealing with memory errors, get a copy of memtest86 from
memtest.org. This program boots without any OS, so that it
has control of the entire memory, and actually "sweeps"
underneath itself. This is a more thorough test than any
other memory test program run with an OS, as the OS can be
sitting on 100MB of untested memory. Memtest can be run from
a floppy, or you can burn an ISO CD with a copy of the test
program.
If you find memtest86 is detecting errors, then first try
adjusting the Vdimm for the memory. A little more voltage
might improve stability.
You may want to get a copy of CPUZ, to verify the clock
frequencies that the system is using, and the memory timings,
as an independent check that the motherboard BIOS is doing
what it is supposed to.
http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php
Compare the info shown in CPUZ, against the known memory
timing specs for your sticks of memory.
Have you installed the chipset drivers ? You should have
installed those, before the video driver. With integrated
video, I don't know if that would make a difference or not.
Look on the download site for infxxxxxxx.ZIP , as that
could be the latest incarnation of INFINST.exe from Intel.
You can also go to downloadfinder.intel.com and find stuff
for chipsets there, if you suspect Asus is holding out on
you.
HTH,
Paul
