Re: I think I've ALMOST got it...

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From: yeloduke (yeloduke_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 09/06/04 

Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2004 09:25:37 +0800

If you don't have a manual for your mobo, do a google search for S651M
manual and download it yourself. Should make interesting reading.

"Zach" <Zach@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1A354ABF-E68D-45D7-BD24-AD904BC1C1D6@microsoft.com...
>I have all the latest drivers, but disabling the onboard graphics card
>sounds
> like the right thing. How can I do that in the BIOS... what option should
> I
> look for?
>
> ~ Zach ~
>
> "Richard Urban" wrote:
>
>> Obtain the very latest drivers for the Nvidia board (ver 61.77). Disable
>> the
>> onboard graphics in the computer bios.If you don't, you may have weird
>> interactions that you can't control.
>>
>> Ps. The Nvidia board is way better than any on-board graphics I know of.
>>
>> --
>> Regards:
>>
>> Richard Urban
>>
>>
>> aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)
>>
>>
>> "Zach" <Zach@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:33E9BF5F-AC78-4BEF-A139-58FE996E0A60@microsoft.com...
>> > To summarize my problem usign a previous post:
>> >
>> > "Ever since I got my computer I have had horrible random lockups... the
>> > whole
>> > computer with freeze up, including the mouse cursor, until I reboot,
>> > and
>> > occasionally it will reboot itself. This can happen when it is being
>> > used
>> > or
>> > when it is idle. I have no idea what causes this but when I run a
>> > certain
>> > game it says I have "out of date SiS chipset driver" which may be a
>> > hint
>> > but
>> > I dunno... i'm not even sure what that is. So if anybody could help
>> > me..."
>> >
>> > Now I just did an experiment where I removed the Nvidia GeForce2
>> > graphics
>> > card that I added into this pre-built Northgate computer, thereby
>> > allowing
>> > the motherboard's built in graphics card to take over. (I have a S651M
>> > motherboard). This worked. Then I deciderd to experiment... I opened up
>> > a
>> > 3d
>> > game that recently had been locking up every single time I used it, and
>> > although the game was slow and the graphics choppy, it didn't crash at
>> > all.
>> >
>> > So now I know the problem lies in my graphics card... teh question is,
>> > how
>> > can I fix it? The graphics card worked perfectly well in my previous
>> > computer. Is there some special process I need to go through when I
>> > install
>> > it so that my computer will stop locking up? Or are the graphics card
>> > and
>> > motherboard just not compatible... or what?
>>
>>
>>