Well, this isn't good...

[Dr. Yoshi]

I've just recently installed a new 512 MB stick of Kingston memory
bringing my total amount to 1 GB of memory. I installed Half-Life 2
eager to see how my new memory will perform. Then the screen gets all
glitchy, and VPU Recover comes up saying that my graphics card
crashed. No problem, I think... I just need to update my drivers. So I
did.

Same thing.

Then I hear about the Omega Drivers and install them. This time my
screen freezes up and gets all glitchy and my speakers make a high
pitched noise, not to mention the fact that my mouse and keyboard are
dead. So I force reset.

I then decide to try other games. I tried the MOHPA demo and it froze
at the menu screen and I had to, you guessed it, force reset. The Doom
III demo ran smoothly until the hardware-rendered Mars appeared in the
approach and caused me to force reset.

I then decide to run DirectX tests on my VPU. It passes the DirectDraw
test but locks up at the beginning of the DirectX 7 test and even
stops communicating with my monitor.

I then updated my AGP drivers and the same thing still happens only
this time it passes the DX7 test.

Do I need a new graphics card?

 

[Paalikles]

Back in my pentium days, I had an issue with RAM:
I had to different chips of ram (2 x 8) and they were according to the guy that sold me the computer, in conflict with eachother. I dunno if that is the issue for you, but you might check it out

I have little knowledge with hardware, so I bet there are others more able to help though

 

[Neomega]

yes, differnt RAMs can conflict... even if they are the same speed,
sometimes they just do not like eachother.

Have you considered also perhaps you put them in the wrong slots?

I remember when being told how two ram sticks were to be configured on my motherboard, (which has three slots, two blue paired and one lone green), I was surprised, because one was to go in blue, and then one in green...

lawd I was born a ramblin man.....

 

[ainwood]

Directx7 tests? What version of DirectX do you have installed?

 

[Neomega]

Directx7 tests? What version of DirectX do you have installed?

Yah, you shoudl be up to 9 like the rest of the world.

 

[Dr. Yoshi]

Yeah, but it starts off with DX7 accelerated stuff and goes up to DX9. Have you ever run a Direct3D test before?

Sounds like I'm going to need to put in the old RAM and buy some more Kingston sticks. I do have two different brands of RAM in there so they are probably conflicting.

 

[Dr. Yoshi]

Never mind, just my computer acting strange. Everything's working now. Thanks!