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Hello all, I recently bought a BFG GeForce 7800GS OC AGP 256mb card. I cannot find any drivers for it online(even on their website). I run on Windows XP Service pack 2. Sometimes when i play games, they just stop and i have to control+alt+delete to get out of it. And sometimes my system just restarts and then i get a windows error that says it just recovered from a serious error. If someone could tell me where to get the latest drivers, I would be eternally grateful. ( I really don't want to send this card back to Newegg):sad:

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A focused troubleshooting checklist to narrow whether this is a driver, memory, power, BIOS or card fault — building on ’s reports and ’s memory suggestion.

  • Check Windows logs first. Open eventvwr.msc and inspect System and Application logs for crash timestamps (Kernel-Power, WER entries, or driver-related errors). Microsoft documentation on event logging explains what to look for: Event logging (Microsoft Docs).

  • Prove or eliminate RAM problems. Run a full pass of Memtest86 from boot (do at least one full overnight pass): Memtest86.

  • Do a clean driver cycle. Uninstall the display driver (Device Manager -> uninstall, check “delete driver software”), reboot to Safe Mode, then install the official NVIDIA package for the card from NVIDIA’s driver site. Use the vendor selection tool there to pick the correct legacy/AGP driver branch: NVIDIA Driver Downloads.

  • Isolate hardware: reseat the card, clean the AGP contacts, try the card in another machine or test a known-good GPU in this board. Swap or test the power supply if reboots occur (insufficient or failing PSU often causes mid-game restarts).

  • Update motherboard BIOS and chipset drivers from the board maker, and check BIOS AGP settings (AGP speed/voltage/aperture). If the card is factory- or user-overclocked, try restoring stock clocks.

Extra notes: persistent artifacting, immediate reboots under load, or failure to POST after seating the card usually point to PSU/slot or card hardware problems; intermittent freezes that leave the OS running but the display dead sometimes point to drivers or GPU overheating. If all isolation steps still fail, RMA or swap the card for testing.

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Hmm.. wish I could help but the only drivers I'm finding are the legacy drivers and i dont think you want them.

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I found out that its not the driver. I found the latest one but still no luck. Does anyone know if it will work with an ECS K8M800-M2 (v.1) motherboard?

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I checked out your mother board and It has everything you would need to run that card. I think myself that it is not your card or your board. I think it is your memory. do you have 1 gig? it is smart to have at least a gig. If oyu have lets so 512.. its time for an upgrade in that department.

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I checked out your mother board and It has everything you would need to run that card. I think myself that it is not your card or your board. I think it is your memory. do you have 1 gig? it is smart to have at least a gig. If oyu have lets so 512.. its time for an upgrade in that department.

Yeah, but that what not be the cause of my video card trouble

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