Hi, i have my custom computer and i had to do a system restart recently and when i want to play a new game i had to download a new graphics driver. so i did, but in the middle of installing it my computer went crazy and it constantly freezes and restarts itself until i take the graphics driver back off. is there any way of fixing it or is my graphics card dead.

Originally Posted by fizzle

Hi, i have my custom computer and i had to do a system restart recently and when i want to play a new game i had to download a new graphics driver. so i did, but in the middle of installing it my computer went crazy and it constantly freezes and restarts itself until i take the graphics driver back off. is there any way of fixing it or is my graphics card dead.

Need a little more info, what make and model of comp, what OS, what graphics card, you can get Belarc http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html
copy and paste the report, but not the Software License section, from there we can be sure your getting the right drivers.

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Operating System
Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 1 (build 2600
System Model
Enclosure Type: Desktop
Processor a
2.15 gigahertz AMD Athlon XP
128 kilobyte primary memory cache
256 kilobyte secondary memory cache
Main Circuit Board b
Board: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-7S748 1.x
Bus Clock: 167 megahertz
BIOS: Award Software International, Inc. F1 09/15/2003
Drives
120.02 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
114.70 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

_NEC DVD_RW ND-1300A [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]

ST3120022A [Hard drive] (120.03 GB) -- drive 0, s/n 3JT1RJHV, rev 3.06, SMART Status: Healthy
Memory Modules c,d
512 Megabytes Installed Memory
Slot 'A0' has 512 MB
Slot 'A1' is Empty
Slot 'A2' is Empty
Local Drive Volumes
c: (NTFS on drive 0) 120.02 GB 114.70 GB free
Controllers
Standard floppy disk controller
Primary IDE Channel [Controller]
Secondary IDE Channel [Controller]
SiS PCI IDE Controller
Bus Adapters
SiS 7001 PCI to USB Open Host Controller (2x)
SiS PCI to USB Enhanced Host Controller
Multimedia
MPU-401 Compatible MIDI Device
Realtek AC'97 Audio
Standard Game Port
Other Devices
Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Microsoft USB Wheel Mouse Optical
USB Root Hub (3x)

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It's not showing your graphics card, what is the make and model of your card, look in Device Manager right click My Computer / Properties/Hardware tab/Device Manager- any yellow ?or ! marks shown.

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I found my old pc folder with all the papers in it and i found the orginal specs in it heres the card: NVIDIA GF4MX440-8x-64-E - nVidia GF4 MX440-8X 64MB TV out AGP 8X pcs3200 512mb ddr dimm 400mhz

and there is some yellow ?! under other devices PCI simple communication controller and video controller (VGA Compatible)

Originally Posted by fizzle

I found my old pc folder with all the papers in it and i found the orginal specs in it heres the card: NVIDIA GF4MX440-8x-64-E - nVidia GF4 MX440-8X 64MB TV out AGP 8X pcs3200 512mb ddr dimm 400mhz

and there is some yellow ?! under other devices PCI simple communication controller and video controller (VGA Compatible)

Heres the link to your graphic driver from http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_91.47.html
if you are not in the US choose the International Driver download

Read the Driver Installation Hints

Set a System Restore Point before installing just in case

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Thanks for your help finding the driver, but it does when installing the driver it does the same thing as always it turns my screen black and freezes and then reboots and keeps doing the same thing everytime i restart. Its only fixed until i take the driver off the system in safe mode. I have no idea what to do now.