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Lock-Ups MS faults Display Driver
Hi,
My Compaq Presario 2190US began Locking-Up, several months ago, only when I was on ebay or some other site where there were a lot of graphic page downloading. I sent Error Message to Microsoft and the reply window instructed me to download the lastest Display Driver from Ati Technologies, which is my OEM's display system. I did that with no results. And then the Locking-Up become more frequent and random. I thought it may have been a worm/virus and have used Spybot as well as OneCare and only 2 cookies were infected and the Win/32Nachi.B Worm. Then I went back to ATI and attempted to download the old driver and control Panel installation (they are separate) and all confusion erupted on my computer - so what I have now is only the latest driver update 2004 and the Uninstall program. BTW - I realized that after I had initially downloaded the latest driver that after I did not uninstall the original driver and control panel programs. My machine has not yet Locked-Up but I am doing something different, b/c I am afraid that it will, so I the smaller IE6 open, and have not maximized it as I always did b/4 following a crash. Oh, I also tried decreasing the Display Acceleration which didn't help any. Best Buy Tech said it would cost $69. to diagnose problem then another, at least, $129.00 to resolve it and I don't think I want to spend that much. It's less than 3yo w/a Memory upgrade and an additional PC card purchase so the total cost since purchase is now about $1000. I don't know if I should invest more money or just wait another year and struggle and avoid using it until Window's next OS edition is available. If anyone has a suggestion or knowledge of this Locking-Up and freezing please reply. Oh, usually, just b/4 it locks-up there is a transparency in the current window and part of the menu bar of another window (nothing else open) can be seen. Or sometimes it's just a blue line that seems to have suddendly melted across the upper portion of the screen - and then after 20 seconds or so - my pointer vanishes. Thank you, Jean |
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Lock-Ups MS faults Display Driver
biermanoski wrote:
Hi, My Compaq Presario 2190US began Locking-Up, several months ago, only when I was on ebay or some other site where there were a lot of graphic page downloading. I sent Error Message to Microsoft and the reply window instructed me to download the lastest Display Driver from Ati Technologies, which is my OEM's display system. If your machine is a Compaq then you should get your display drivers from the HP/Compaq website and not from ATI. HP/Compaq purchases ATI video chips in bulk quantities and then fabricates these into their own motherboards, with some modifications. Hopefully the updated drivers from HP/Compaq will resolve your issues. Good luck Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada -- Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006) On-Line Help Computer Service http://onlinehelp.bc.ca Syberfix Remote Computer Repair "Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference has never been in bed with a mosquito." |
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