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new graphics card windows freezes

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newway01
newway01 Original post #1
Oct 20, 2010 at 12:14 AM
Hi, I bought a new Sparkle nvidia 9500gt 1gb card today. I put the card in and did a fresh install of XP. . Then I installed the nvidia drivers came with the cd . . Everything went fine and restarted the system. . The resolution was automatically set to higher. . I lower it to 1024x768 @ 75hz. .After some 10 minutes, system freezed. . I have had to restart to get it back to working. . Still it freezes after some time. . Whats the problem? Also i checked the direct x version and it was dated 2005. .before i try to update it , system freezed. i'm unable to get into safe mode too. .Please help.

My config:
AMD 3500+ 64bit
ECS rs232 m m motherboard
40 gb ide+320gb sata
2 x 1gb kingston 800mhz ddr2
Odysey 450w generic psu
Win xp sp2

Onboard graphics was Ati 1150 128mb