Matt,

It could be a heat issue. Can you monitor the temp of CPU and system? Is
there a fan on the video card and is it working? Good case ventilation? Just
some initial ideas to check on.

Jim Maki
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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Matt Butler
> Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2004 8:08 PM
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> Subject: [PCBUILD] Video card problems?
>
> Hello,
> i just put together a new pc
> biostar m7viz km400 mobo
> athalon xp 3000+
> and a radeon 9800pro 128mb ddr
>
> now whenever i try to run something that would take up some
> resources on my
> video card ( or so it would appear) such as 3dmark or any pc game for that
> matter after a minute or so my computer will just completely shut itself
> down and it will not let me restart it for a minute or so.. a
> friend of mine
> said this may be a driver issue but as far as i know i have the latest
> drivers.. it seems like a very serious problem and i need help to remedy
> this situation.. any help would be very very very much appreciated..
> thank you for your time,  Matt Butler

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