System Restarts when Launching Games

Hi All,

Yesterday i put in a PNY Verto 5700 LE, however when i try to run games it either doesnt open them, or it restarts the system (Farcry restarts the system. Half-Life 2 just doesnt open).

I have updated with the latest nVidia drivers.

I have run dxdiag, the test DirectDraw and Direct3D options both cause the system to restart. After turning of auto-restart the BSOD appears to be generic, and there is no information of any use that i can see. The power supply is 350W, i have tried disconnecting non-key components, and it still occurs.

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System Information
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Operating System: Windows XP Professional
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) Processor, MMX, 3DNow, ~1.4GHz
Memory: 384MB RAM
Page File: 144MB used, 393MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0b (4.09.0000.0902)



Does anyone have any ideas what might be happening?

Thanks for your time.

Ross.

 

bad video card???

 

use driver cleaner to remove old nv drivers update your system to dx9.0c go to guro3d and download 67.20 whql cert drivers