choosing a video card

Hi

I am helping an elderly friend with her computer. It is a desktop HP
running XP with a LCD monitor.

Her video card is failing and needs to be replaced. Her present one is an
mobo integrated card:
NVIDIA Display
GeForce 6150 LE
5.51.28.39.25
IRQ 16
256 MB
ForceWare version 82.05

This elderly friend only uses her PC for email and therefore she has low
requirements in her video card.

How do I decide what video card to install in her PC?

Will it be a problem disabling the present integrated video card?

Any suggestions as to which card to get for her?

Thanks.

Jeff

How did you determine the onboard graphics are failing?

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Hi

I am helping an elderly friend with her computer. It is a desktop HP
running XP with a LCD monitor.

Her video card is failing and needs to be replaced. Her present one is an
mobo integrated card:
NVIDIA Display
GeForce 6150 LE
5.51.28.39.25
IRQ 16
256 MB
ForceWare version 82.05

This elderly friend only uses her PC for email and therefore she has low
requirements in her video card.

How do I decide what video card to install in her PC?

Will it be a problem disabling the present integrated video card?

Any suggestions as to which card to get for her?

Thanks.

Jeff

How did you determine the onboard graphics are failing?

--

Crosspost, do not multipost http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375


wrote in message
...
Hi

I am helping an elderly friend with her computer. It is a desktop HP
running XP with a LCD monitor.

Her video card is failing and needs to be replaced. Her present one is an
mobo integrated card:
NVIDIA Display
GeForce 6150 LE
5.51.28.39.25
IRQ 16
256 MB
ForceWare version 82.05

This elderly friend only uses her PC for email and therefore she has low
requirements in her video card.

How do I decide what video card to install in her PC?

Will it be a problem disabling the present integrated video card?

Any suggestions as to which card to get for her?

Thanks.

Jeff

wrote in message
...
Hi

I am helping an elderly friend with her computer. It is a desktop HP
running XP with a LCD monitor.

Her video card is failing and needs to be replaced. Her present one is
an mobo integrated card:
NVIDIA Display
GeForce 6150 LE
5.51.28.39.25
IRQ 16
256 MB
ForceWare version 82.05

This elderly friend only uses her PC for email and therefore she has low
requirements in her video card.

How do I decide what video card to install in her PC?

Will it be a problem disabling the present integrated video card?

Any suggestions as to which card to get for her?

Thanks.

Jeff


"David B." wrote in message
...
How did you determine the onboard graphics are failing?


Jeff:
As (I believe) David is inferring, it's *extremely* rare that a
motherboard's onboard graphics capability will become defective without (in
effect) the entire motherboard becoming defective and needing replacement.
It *can* happen but it's extremely rare and when it *does* happen we
generally advise a motherboard replacement. So are you absolutely certain
that's at the root of your friend's problem?

You keep mentioning an "integrated video card", but just to verify there
really is no "card", right? The graphics capability is built right into the
motherboard, i.e., as you point out "integrated", right?

In any event if it does turn out that for one reason or another a
graphics/video card is needed as a replacement, see...
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...rice,2323.html
It's generally a reliable source for choosing such...

If you do install a card ensure that the motherboard's BIOS setting
indicates Disabled for onboard graphics support.
Anna

wrote in message
...
Hi

I am helping an elderly friend with her computer. It is a desktop HP
running XP with a LCD monitor.

Her video card is failing and needs to be replaced. Her present one is
an mobo integrated card:
NVIDIA Display
GeForce 6150 LE
5.51.28.39.25
IRQ 16
256 MB
ForceWare version 82.05

This elderly friend only uses her PC for email and therefore she has low
requirements in her video card.

How do I decide what video card to install in her PC?

Will it be a problem disabling the present integrated video card?

Any suggestions as to which card to get for her?

Thanks.

Jeff


"David B." wrote in message
...
How did you determine the onboard graphics are failing?


Jeff:
As (I believe) David is inferring, it's *extremely* rare that a
motherboard's onboard graphics capability will become defective without (in
effect) the entire motherboard becoming defective and needing replacement.
It *can* happen but it's extremely rare and when it *does* happen we
generally advise a motherboard replacement. So are you absolutely certain
that's at the root of your friend's problem?

You keep mentioning an "integrated video card", but just to verify there
really is no "card", right? The graphics capability is built right into the
motherboard, i.e., as you point out "integrated", right?

In any event if it does turn out that for one reason or another a
graphics/video card is needed as a replacement, see...
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...rice,2323.html
It's generally a reliable source for choosing such...

If you do install a card ensure that the motherboard's BIOS setting
indicates Disabled for onboard graphics support.
Anna

It crashes repeatedly with a Windows popup that says:

Error Message: STOP 0x000000EA
Thread_stuck_in_device_driver
(Q293078)

You received this message because the video driver installed on your
computer caused Windows to stop unexpectedly. This type of error is
referred to as a "stop error". A stop error requires you to restart
your computer.

Solution:
There are 2 options you can use to fix the problem. If the first
option does not work try the second.
Option 1: Install the most current device driver for your video card
Option 2: Manually decrease Hardware Acceleration for your video
card.

There was no more current device driver available so I manually decreased
the Hardware Acceleration, but the crashes and messages continued.

I asked for advice on microsoft.public.windowsxp.general and they said it
was probably the video card that was failing.

Jeff



David B. wrote:
How did you determine the onboard graphics are failing?


wrote in message
...
Hi

I am helping an elderly friend with her computer. It is a desktop HP
running XP with a LCD monitor.

Her video card is failing and needs to be replaced. Her present one
is an mobo integrated card:
NVIDIA Display
GeForce 6150 LE
5.51.28.39.25
IRQ 16
256 MB
ForceWare version 82.05

This elderly friend only uses her PC for email and therefore she has
low requirements in her video card.

How do I decide what video card to install in her PC?

Will it be a problem disabling the present integrated video card?

Any suggestions as to which card to get for her?

Thanks.

Jeff

It crashes repeatedly with a Windows popup that says:

Error Message: STOP 0x000000EA
Thread_stuck_in_device_driver
(Q293078)

You received this message because the video driver installed on your
computer caused Windows to stop unexpectedly. This type of error is
referred to as a "stop error". A stop error requires you to restart
your computer.

Solution:
There are 2 options you can use to fix the problem. If the first
option does not work try the second.
Option 1: Install the most current device driver for your video card
Option 2: Manually decrease Hardware Acceleration for your video
card.

There was no more current device driver available so I manually decreased
the Hardware Acceleration, but the crashes and messages continued.

I asked for advice on microsoft.public.windowsxp.general and they said it
was probably the video card that was failing.

Jeff



David B. wrote:
How did you determine the onboard graphics are failing?


wrote in message
...
Hi

I am helping an elderly friend with her computer. It is a desktop HP
running XP with a LCD monitor.

Her video card is failing and needs to be replaced. Her present one
is an mobo integrated card:
NVIDIA Display
GeForce 6150 LE
5.51.28.39.25
IRQ 16
256 MB
ForceWare version 82.05

This elderly friend only uses her PC for email and therefore she has
low requirements in her video card.

How do I decide what video card to install in her PC?

Will it be a problem disabling the present integrated video card?

Any suggestions as to which card to get for her?

Thanks.

Jeff

wrote in message
...
Hi

I am helping an elderly friend with her computer. It is a desktop HP
running XP with a LCD monitor.

Her video card is failing and needs to be replaced. Her present one is an
mobo integrated card:
NVIDIA Display
GeForce 6150 LE
5.51.28.39.25
IRQ 16
256 MB
ForceWare version 82.05

This elderly friend only uses her PC for email and therefore she has low
requirements in her video card.

How do I decide what video card to install in her PC?

Will it be a problem disabling the present integrated video card?

Any suggestions as to which card to get for her?

Thanks.

Jeff



It is unusual for an integrated video card to fail. In what way is it
failing?

Are the correct drivers installed? Is the correct resolution set?

--

Mike Hall - MVP Windows Experience
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/

wrote in message
...
Hi

I am helping an elderly friend with her computer. It is a desktop HP
running XP with a LCD monitor.

Her video card is failing and needs to be replaced. Her present one is an
mobo integrated card:
NVIDIA Display
GeForce 6150 LE
5.51.28.39.25
IRQ 16
256 MB
ForceWare version 82.05

This elderly friend only uses her PC for email and therefore she has low
requirements in her video card.

How do I decide what video card to install in her PC?

Will it be a problem disabling the present integrated video card?

Any suggestions as to which card to get for her?

Thanks.

Jeff



It is unusual for an integrated video card to fail. In what way is it
failing?

Are the correct drivers installed? Is the correct resolution set?

--

Mike Hall - MVP Windows Experience
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/

Thank you.

I will check again for a driver.

Jeff

Anna wrote:
wrote in message
...
Hi

I am helping an elderly friend with her computer. It is a desktop
HP running XP with a LCD monitor.

Her video card is failing and needs to be replaced. Her present
one is an mobo integrated card:
NVIDIA Display
GeForce 6150 LE
5.51.28.39.25
IRQ 16
256 MB
ForceWare version 82.05

This elderly friend only uses her PC for email and therefore she
has low requirements in her video card.

How do I decide what video card to install in her PC?

Will it be a problem disabling the present integrated video card?

Any suggestions as to which card to get for her?

Thanks.

Jeff


"David B." wrote in message
...
How did you determine the onboard graphics are failing?


Jeff:
As (I believe) David is inferring, it's *extremely* rare that a
motherboard's onboard graphics capability will become defective
without (in effect) the entire motherboard becoming defective and
needing replacement. It *can* happen but it's extremely rare and
when it *does* happen we generally advise a motherboard replacement.
So are you absolutely certain that's at the root of your friend's
problem?
You keep mentioning an "integrated video card", but just to verify
there really is no "card", right? The graphics capability is built
right into the motherboard, i.e., as you point out "integrated",
right?
In any event if it does turn out that for one reason or another a
graphics/video card is needed as a replacement, see...
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...rice,2323.html
It's generally a reliable source for choosing such...

If you do install a card ensure that the motherboard's BIOS setting
indicates Disabled for onboard graphics support.
Anna

Thank you.

I will check again for a driver.

Jeff

Anna wrote:
wrote in message
...
Hi

I am helping an elderly friend with her computer. It is a desktop
HP running XP with a LCD monitor.

Her video card is failing and needs to be replaced. Her present
one is an mobo integrated card:
NVIDIA Display
GeForce 6150 LE
5.51.28.39.25
IRQ 16
256 MB
ForceWare version 82.05

This elderly friend only uses her PC for email and therefore she
has low requirements in her video card.

How do I decide what video card to install in her PC?

Will it be a problem disabling the present integrated video card?

Any suggestions as to which card to get for her?

Thanks.

Jeff


"David B." wrote in message
...
How did you determine the onboard graphics are failing?


Jeff:
As (I believe) David is inferring, it's *extremely* rare that a
motherboard's onboard graphics capability will become defective
without (in effect) the entire motherboard becoming defective and
needing replacement. It *can* happen but it's extremely rare and
when it *does* happen we generally advise a motherboard replacement.
So are you absolutely certain that's at the root of your friend's
problem?
You keep mentioning an "integrated video card", but just to verify
there really is no "card", right? The graphics capability is built
right into the motherboard, i.e., as you point out "integrated",
right?
In any event if it does turn out that for one reason or another a
graphics/video card is needed as a replacement, see...
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...rice,2323.html
It's generally a reliable source for choosing such...

If you do install a card ensure that the motherboard's BIOS setting
indicates Disabled for onboard graphics support.
Anna

Mike Hall - MVP wrote:
wrote in message
...
Hi

I am helping an elderly friend with her computer. It is a desktop HP
running XP with a LCD monitor.

Her video card is failing and needs to be replaced. Her present one
is an mobo integrated card:
NVIDIA Display
GeForce 6150 LE
5.51.28.39.25
IRQ 16
256 MB
ForceWare version 82.05

This elderly friend only uses her PC for email and therefore she has
low requirements in her video card.

How do I decide what video card to install in her PC?

Will it be a problem disabling the present integrated video card?

Any suggestions as to which card to get for her?

Thanks.

Jeff



It is unusual for an integrated video card to fail. In what way is it
failing?

Are the correct drivers installed? Is the correct resolution set?

I will recheck the drivers and the resolution. Everything worked fine until
her grandson spent a few days with her. True!

He is now back in Australia and would probably not admit what he did .......

Jeff

Mike Hall - MVP wrote:
wrote in message
...
Hi

I am helping an elderly friend with her computer. It is a desktop HP
running XP with a LCD monitor.

Her video card is failing and needs to be replaced. Her present one
is an mobo integrated card:
NVIDIA Display
GeForce 6150 LE
5.51.28.39.25
IRQ 16
256 MB
ForceWare version 82.05

This elderly friend only uses her PC for email and therefore she has
low requirements in her video card.

How do I decide what video card to install in her PC?

Will it be a problem disabling the present integrated video card?

Any suggestions as to which card to get for her?

Thanks.

Jeff



It is unusual for an integrated video card to fail. In what way is it
failing?

Are the correct drivers installed? Is the correct resolution set?

I will recheck the drivers and the resolution. Everything worked fine until
her grandson spent a few days with her. True!

He is now back in Australia and would probably not admit what he did .......

Jeff

wrote in message
...
Mike Hall - MVP wrote:
wrote in message
...
Hi

I am helping an elderly friend with her computer. It is a desktop HP
running XP with a LCD monitor.

Her video card is failing and needs to be replaced. Her present one
is an mobo integrated card:
NVIDIA Display
GeForce 6150 LE
5.51.28.39.25
IRQ 16
256 MB
ForceWare version 82.05

This elderly friend only uses her PC for email and therefore she has
low requirements in her video card.

How do I decide what video card to install in her PC?

Will it be a problem disabling the present integrated video card?

Any suggestions as to which card to get for her?

Thanks.

Jeff



It is unusual for an integrated video card to fail. In what way is it
failing?

Are the correct drivers installed? Is the correct resolution set?

I will recheck the drivers and the resolution. Everything worked fine
until her grandson spent a few days with her. True!

He is now back in Australia and would probably not admit what he did
.......

Jeff



Would PROBABLY not admit it? LOL.. You give her grandson more credit than he
is PROBABLY due..

--

Mike Hall - MVP Windows Experience
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/

wrote in message
...
Mike Hall - MVP wrote:
wrote in message
...
Hi

I am helping an elderly friend with her computer. It is a desktop HP
running XP with a LCD monitor.

Her video card is failing and needs to be replaced. Her present one
is an mobo integrated card:
NVIDIA Display
GeForce 6150 LE
5.51.28.39.25
IRQ 16
256 MB
ForceWare version 82.05

This elderly friend only uses her PC for email and therefore she has
low requirements in her video card.

How do I decide what video card to install in her PC?

Will it be a problem disabling the present integrated video card?

Any suggestions as to which card to get for her?

Thanks.

Jeff



It is unusual for an integrated video card to fail. In what way is it
failing?

Are the correct drivers installed? Is the correct resolution set?

I will recheck the drivers and the resolution. Everything worked fine
until her grandson spent a few days with her. True!

He is now back in Australia and would probably not admit what he did
.......

Jeff



Would PROBABLY not admit it? LOL.. You give her grandson more credit than he
is PROBABLY due..

--

Mike Hall - MVP Windows Experience
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/