Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 14:12:57 10/09/02
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On October 09, 2002 at 14:03:26, Chris Taylor wrote: >On October 09, 2002 at 09:27:43, Roy Eassa wrote: > >>Off topic, but I really need assistance: >> >>Microsoft tech support has been trying unsuccessfully for 3+ weeks to solve a >>seemingly simple problem on my WinXP Pro system. I bet somebody here has >>insight that Microsoft lacks. >> >>Simply put, every time I reboot I must install video drivers. >> >>It's an Athlon system with a GeForce2 MX400 card and 1 GB RAM. It worked fine >>for nearly 1.5 years before the problem suddenly appeared. >> >>After each reboot, Device Manager shows a problem with the video card. There is >>only a generic VGA driver with 60 Hz refresh. Loading any compatible driver >>(Microsoft's, nVidia's, Asus's...) solves the problem until the next reboot, >>when the same issue occurs. >> >>Microsoft can't figure it out. It's hard to formulate a useful search via >>Google for this issue -- I've found cures for similar-sounding issues but they >>don't work for this seemingly unique problem. >> >>Any ideas? >> >>Thanks in advance!! >> >> -Roy. > >Got one answer. Leave your computer on! >I do a lot of auto232 games, as a result, I leave my machines running 24 hours a >day........4 Machines running 7/24.. > >Chris I do normally leave it on 24 hours a day, turning off only the monitor, but sometimes you have no choice but to shut down or reboot (crash; installing new hardware; troubleshooting a stupid Microsoft problem with XP Service Pack 1 -- how this all began!).
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