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You are here: Experts > Computing/Technology > Focus on PC Support > PC hardware--CPU & Motherboard & RAM > hardware acceleration
Expert: Mike - 10/27/2009
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I have a nvidea 7900 pci-e video card and on a xp install it freezes at the video driver part of the install. i have to switch to a cheap pci card to finish install and even then i need to use the vga boot or windows freezes. ive worked it down to hardware acceleration. even after ive installed the correct drivers i cant have acceleration on. i currently have a pci ati 7500 and still needed to boot as vga.
this is a probem if i want to upgrade my os as i may not get it installed. are hardware acceleration issues communication issues between motherboard and video card?
thanks
larry
Answer
Hardware Acceleration is all between the motherboard and the video card so it won't hurt your ability to upgrade the operating system.
However, I seriously doubt your problems are related to hardware acceleration as I've rarely ever seen it actually be the problem since the 1990s era games.
I would at least try a couple things before you disable hardware acceleration to see if they help.
Reboot your pc and press whichever key gets you into BIOS, often DEL. Once in BIOS, select the menu option at the bottom that resets all the settings to Default. I'm wondering if one of the BIOS level video settings somehow managed to get set to the wrong speed, causing your issue.
Also, if you can get logged in and online go to the following site and download/install the most recent version of DirectX.
http://www.microsoft.com/games/en-US/aboutGFW/pages/directx.aspx
DirectX is the software side of video processing that handles a lot of the hardware acceleration communication and it is possible that the version on your computer is either out of date or has gotten corrupted.
Hopefully you are able to sort out this problem. Feel free to contact me again if you need any help with anything else.
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