Dell Dimension 4600 Video Card Problems

Dale,

 

I'm reposting this as a new thread. 

 

 

I'm back to having that problem again with the monitor blacking out.  Yes I have the original driver installed, not the newest driver.  I went in and changed the refresher rate to 60hz but I get some very faint lines in the display.  I then changed the refresher rate to 75hz and the lines go away.  But then I start with the black-out thing again, even setting the the monitor 85hz, it does the same thing.

 

One item I noticed, is that in the driver properties, it's showing the following. PCI bus 1, device 0, function 0  Now I know that this is an AGP 8X not a PCI.  I went into CMOS and set the video bus to auto, it was set to AGP.  This did not change a thing, it still shows PCI bus in the video card display properties.  And yes, I did insert the card in the correct slot (APG).

 

Can this be a bad card?  Any suggestions you have I would really appreciate.  If I have to I can purchase a new card from Dell, or one that you would recommend that is Windows XP compatible and/or Dell compatible.

 

Ron

 

Dell Dimension 4600

OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 7 GenuineIntel ~2394 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Dell Computer Corporation A02, 5/7/2003
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
Total Physical Memory 512.00 MB
Name NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0322&SUBSYS_13511682&REV_A1\4&1246FE7B&0&0008
Adapter Type GeForce FX 5200, NVIDIA compatible
Adapter Description NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
Adapter RAM 128.00 MB
Installed Drivers nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version 6.14.10.6085