FREEZED ONLY IN 3D GAMES! VIDEO PROBLEMS?? 1

[marin1975]

I recently made a computer:

AMD Duron 1200
MB Gigabyte GA-7IXEH
256 Mb SDRAM PC-100
Graph. card vidia 32 Mb m64

&

Windows XP Professional

Everything works just fine except games..
they freeze.

I've tried to install certain patches:

Q306676_WXP_SP1_x86_ENU.exe

and

Q321178_WXP_SP1_x86_ENU.exe

but all is the same, no changes. Games freeze.

Does anybody knows what I should do to fix problem?

THANKS

Marin
best.nekretnine@ri.hinet.hr

 

[TyrantSSV]

Probably, your videocard overheats. When your system hangs, open the case and touch the videochip carefully. If it hot, a problem can be because of it.
To check up this you may turn on the computer with the case cover opened and to direct on videocard a stream of air from the fan. If the problem will disappear, then the reason in overheating.
In that case it is possible to install blower in next to a videocard slot and/or the additional fan on the back panel if for it the place there is stipulated.

 

[marin1975]

Thanks for trying, but it didn't help.

I bought a new VGA cooler, installed on this card, but with no results. When 3D engine starts, computer
still freeze, like before.

Chip on VGA is still hot, and I don't know how to decrease
temperature. Maybe this is the correct working temperature, and problem is something else?

Do you have experience with NVIDIA TNT2 m64 32 Mb?

What is the valid working temperature?
What else could be the problem?

Thanks,
with regards,

Marin Tuhtan
best.nekretnine@ri.hinet.hr

 

[TyrantSSV]

Yes, I had experience with such card. At start 3D-games this card consumes a significant current and is strongly heated (in my case it was over 70 Celsium degrees). On my card I installed the additional fan (80x80).

And other - check your system for possible interrupt conflicts. It may be if any card is installed in the next slot near the AGP connector and shares the same interrupt line with videocard.

 

[marin1975]

Hm..

I don't know what to do.
I'm thinking of buying some other video card
(Ati Radeon), because I suspect that Gigabyte's
MOB and my Nvidia TNT2 are obviusly not such a lucky combination. Nvidia before worked just fine with Celeron 433/MOB Matsonic.

I've checked other forums and lots of people who
posses these two components (in Win XP + Directx 8.1)
together have had problems.

I've said that I tried using other fan but it didn't
solve problem.

IRQ's are OK.

In 3dMark2001 tests, 3D engine
worked perfectly (without freezing), and reached 933 marks.
In other games - crash.

What do you think about changing my card?

 

[ANFPS26]

Have you tried the latest drivers from

http://www.Nvidia.com??

This is a good video card, but at the bottom of today's game performance. If new drivers don't help, you might consider a Geforce. ATI has had problems with WinXP. "A little knowledge is a dangerous thing....."

 

[ockerb]

hi, I am not a current XP user so I might be talking out of my hat but I experienced exactly the same problem with 98se and the problem was a corrupt direct x 8.1 file. Im not sure if XP uses direct X but if it does, re-install and check it out again.

 

[bluescreen77]

Try to update your BIOS (7ixeh_f3.zip), check your BIOS settings, re-install VIA-4in1 (VIA_4in1_443v.zip), re-install DX8.1, update VGA drivers (DET v30.82)...

 

[TyrantSSV]

I agree with previous post, but I think that not always last nVidia drivers the best, especially for old cards.

marin1975 if you will change the videocard, check up the new videocard's compatibility with your motherboard. If I'm not mistaken, you motherbpard supports only 3.3V AGP devices and mode AGP2X while the new videocards demand 1.5 V AGP slot and mode AGP4X.

 

[ANFPS26]

Good point, TyrantSSV. "A little knowledge is a dangerous thing....."

 

[marin1975]

Thank you for your efforts..

I tried all:
new drivers - Nvidia
new directx (8.1b)
solved IRQ sharing problems
new fan
new bios
new via drivers
reinstalling system (2 times)
etc..

nothing helped..

My MB suports AGP 4x (I've tried to change to 2x and 1x)
and new graphic cards.
I don't know what else could solve my problems?

I've noticed that directx 7 works fine, but
directx 8 and above is not so relieable. But I need
ver. 8 for games.

What to do?

 

[bluescreen77]

-Check your BIOS settings:
"AGP aperture size -> 32,128", Disable "Video BIOS Cache" and "Video BIOS Shadow", Disable "AGP Fast Write", "AGP Driving Value" ...
-Replace your VGA...