Strange "white screen of doom" problem with GF4 4200

Kuja

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I've had this card, since christmas, getting it from my uncle in a whole new computer. Problem is, my mobo fried, and i have since been unable to get a new one, so I stuck my GF4 4200 into my old computer. Hmm, it works.... to an extent. It crashes @ a certain few games... The Thing, Unreal 2, Unreal 2K3, even C&C Generals on rare occations. Today it crashed on Serious Sam II, so im like, F THIS..... and I logged onto NTFS and posted this msg.. lol....

Anyways, the crash is ALWAYS, the same..... its not much of a crash, my screen just suddenly turns pure white, usually crosshatched with red or other colored dots. My computer hard freezes, and i have to punch the restart button...

I myself, is thinking its the crappy comp... GA-7ZM mobo, 1.4 T-bird unclocked to 1.1ghz cause stupid mobo only supports 100mhz FSB, 196 megs of ram, 2x80 gb drives, a 480 or so Watt power supply (Enermac), and etc.... (dvd, cd-rom....)

Im thinking it also might be a stupid Bios setting or something.... cause my geforce Mx 400 ran them fine with no crashes (ergo, very f'in slow.. :S).. so....

If any of you, have any clue... about whats wrong with it, please, leave a message.. or a solution... :)
 
What about trying different drivers? Which one are you using at the moment?
 
right now, 44.03... but i've gone through, like at least 6 or 7 driver sets after I got it.. kept updating drivers when new ones came out, so im thinking its not the drivers....
 
Hmm, how would I go about doing that?

EDIT: wait, dxdiag .... then what would i do? or is that the wrong one...
 
Find system information in the start menu & open it up. Go to tools. It is in there.

[EDIT - that's it] :D
 
Hmm, :S... says no problems where found in anything....
 
That was quick. Did you run the tests going through the different tabs?
 
Yup.. Display, Sound, Music, Input, Network. All passed with no problems... :S
 
Only other thing I can think of is to reseat the card & make sure all connections are snug.
 
Hmm... could it be a bios setting problem, or maybe the card got damaged when the mobo fried? hmm...
 
Ya, my mobo bios is @ newest... video card bios hasnt been changed...
 

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