Topic: Intel Extreme Graphics Vs PCI Card

[Paddylast]

Thanks for the suggestion Dack but I didn't move another card when I installed the graphics card.  I downloaded the lastest drivers as you suggested but it hasn't made any difference.

If I leave the PC switched off for a while (at least two hours)  the card works fine on the next boot up and there are no conflicts however if I then restart the PC I get the dreaded error message.  It doesn't make any sense to me but maybe somebody has come across something like this before. :'(

[Dack]

What other cards do you have in you machine at the moment - it sounds as if one of those is nabbing the IRQ before the graphics card.

Take a note of the IRQ the Graphics card is using (usually 11 or 9) and then have a look to see the value when the problem occurs. That way we should be able to identify the offending item.

Get a list of the IRQs by start -> Run -> WINMSD and having a look in the hardware, IRQs section.