Is my Graphics Card causing display crashes??

Hello friends,

I have a mobo with an onboard NVidia GeForce 6150SE nForce 430 which I know is pretty darn old, but I have a graphics card I've had for a while but i notice when I use it I have more display crashes(the damned nvlddmkm) than usual. My theory is that the card(NVidia GeForce 6200OC which the OC stands for overclocked)is causing the crashes because my PC shouldn't be OC'ed(see stats for PC make & model).The only reason I use this card is it has an S-Video output jack which I use to connect my PC to my TV...the main reason I bought this card. I've tried using other software like RivaTuner or nTune to try to underclock it but it doesn't seem to work. Any ideas???:confused:
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP a6009n Desktop
    CPU
    AMD Athlon 64x2 DualCore Processor 3800+2.00 GHz
    Motherboard
    M2N68-LA (Narra)
    Memory
    3.50GB (1) 512mb & (3) 1024mb
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVidia GeForce 6150SE nForce 430(onboard)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP mx705
    Screen Resolution
    1024x768
    Hard Drives
    SeaGate Barracuda 250GB
    Internet Speed
    CommieCast HSI---23.60Mbps d/l, 3.63Mbps u/l
    Other Info
    BFG NVIDIA GeForce 6200 OC 256MB Graphics card
    core clock:350MHz, Memory: 256MB DDR
    Memory Clock: 410MHz(vs. 400MHz standard) API Support: MSFT DirectX 9 and lower, OpenGL 1.5 AND LOWER FOR MSFT Windows
    RAMDACs:Dual 400MHz bus Type PCI
Yha your cards being a weinie.

Have you got the newest driver? It'll be old but ensure its te newest.

Heat can csause the crash, so use something to check temps.

The other crap part ids it might just be getting bad.

Oh forgot to entin, your video card being overclocked has no impact on your cpu.

Me i run 1 cpu heavy overclocked, but my gpu is stock... My other cpu ids stock but the gpu is heavily oc'd.
And if you need more, 10mhz factory oc is less than how i find my oc's... I jump up 20mhz per test.
 
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My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Dual L5639 // i7 950 @ 4.0Ghz
    Motherboard
    Evga SR-2 // Gigabyte x58a-ud3r
    Memory
    12Gig Corsair XMS3 // 6Gig OCZ Gold
    Graphics Card(s)
    gtx 560 ti // gtx 260-216
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual 22" // Headless
    Hard Drives
    OCZ aGILITY 3, 120Gig + Seagate 500Gig x 2
    PSU
    Silverstone da700 // Corsair 520hx
    Case
    Rosewill BlackHawk Ultra // Antec 900v1
    Cooling
    Twin CM Hyper 212+ // Noctua NH-u12
    Other Info
    Acer 8930 laptop with x9100...
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