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junkmanj · Rated PG

I recently installed a ATI AIW 9600 XT video card in my son's computer. Specs as follows

- MSI K7N420 Pro ( nvidia chipset with built in graphics accelerator)
- (2) sticks of Crucial PC 2100 slots 1&2
- SB live sound card
- New Thermaltake 420 watt power supply
- Athlon 2400 + CPU
- 66 / 133 / 266 timing
- latest catylist 5.2 drivers
- not overclocked at all

I am experiencing random crashes to a blue screen. Windows XP reports a machine_check_error and points me in the direction of power supply, ram , overclocking, ventilation,

Tried uninstall / reinstall video card and sound card drivers
Installed latest Chipset drivers before reinstall, installed Direct C 9C

Voltage rails seem stable

ATI Smart Gard lowers AGP speed to 1X,

Followed ATI's instruction for BIOS settings

Still I get random crashes even with the AGP slider reduced 1 position. Crashes on certain game scenes and Ruinscape online.

The only thing I can think of is the AGP driving value. MSI says to leave it in auto or else the machine may crash and not POST.

I was also thinking, I may have too much plugged into one power strip but I think the power supply would be well regulated.

Finally my PCI USB 2 card shares the same IRQ but no conflicts areindicated in the device manager.

I would very much appreciate any thought or suggestions that you may have. ATI seems to be of little help.

Thanks!
junkmanj