Trident graphics update help.

Hi,
Please can you help as I am getting confused.

I have a 'Trident Video Accelerator Blade 3D/Promedia' graphics card and am looking for an update.

Everest the prog - dl from this site tells me to dl it from here. http://www.xgitech.com/sd/sd_download.asp

Which one do I want?

I have Win XP. I have tried their help & support, but it is not very helpful ! I have also tried internet search but get more confused.
Basically when I watch my media player - windows 10, real player etc - the pc will crash (just switch off), restart and give me an error report. It will only do this sometimes and is random when it does it.
I think I need a driver update. Can you help?

 

Thans for the reply.... do I just let the download run its own course?

It is not WMP that gives me the error it is WinXP here is one of them:

Error signature
BCCode : fe BCP1 : 00000005 BCP2 : 831200E0 BCP3 : 11063038
BCP4 : 83319DD8 OSVer : 5_1_2600 SP : 2_0 Product : 768_1

Error Report
C:\DOCUME~1\DANDAR~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\WER6508.dir00\Mini051105-01.dmp
C:\DOCUME~1\DANDAR~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\WER6508.dir00\sysdata.xml

I have had more of these, however they are all the same except the numbers after ...\Mini.dmp change
I bought the PC 3yrs ago from time - who are no longer.
Is it best to get a newer card?

 

Will download & install then.
In reply to your questions:
1. I do not know as have never looked ..... never knew what I was looking for. However if it happens again I will take note.
2. My temps are right now .... mobo=34'C(93'F), CPU 44'C(111'F),Aux 23'C(73'F),Seagate 48'C(118'F). I have recently cleaned out the dust - there was clumps of it ! Thinking it might cure it, but alas no.
3. I would have no idea there are more than one user on the PC - all admin status.

I will be away from my PC for a few days, however will report back on the outcome of the install.
Thanks

 

Hi am back, errr I think I installed the driver but am not sure. The link you gave me was a .zip file which I opened and ran the .exe's of them.

However it happened this morning (hence I think I installed it) - how do i view event viewer to see any errors?

Thanks - dragonball82

 

Ignore that last message. Have just looked in event viewer and found a system error. Category (102) Event 1003
And one under security. A 'Failure Audit'. Category 'Policy Change'. Event '615'. User 'Network Service'.

Any ideas?

 

Just happened again with exact same error message and event viewer log ..... except the Security one as I wasn't logged on the net.

 

Hi thx for your reply.
I have since got a new HDD and installed XP Pro ...... the problem appears to have gone. The old HDD had bad sectors - not sure if this was the cause. However I am set to also get a new graphics card.

Can you recommend a reasonably priced card pls?
Reasonable is £10 - £30 ~ $18 - $54

Thx

 

Thx for the reply....
I think it is the Graphics card. I was running a pgm to convert an .avi to DVD, and the PC crashed, had to reinstall XP.
Now it runs fine except the writing is tiny, the words on everyting are small....yes I have changed the font size to extra large - no difference.

Everest = 3 PCI +1 CNR

 

Excellent cheers - have used dabs before.

Have attached a Print Screen shot for you - it is of this web page. The writing size is also on the desktop.
Hmmm its too big for your web page - what is the best why to down size it?

 

The magic of paint !!

 

In IE TXt size is largest in disp prop settings are 1028 x ahhh excellent sorted displat settings were too high.
Well I believe here endeth a mamouth saga for me !
Thank you so much for your help.

I will save up for the PCI card. Thx again.