nvidia graphic card freezes computer

[ak48]

Hello, I have a nvidia TNT2 Maxi Gamer graphic card and, since the last time I formatted my computer (a month ago) it's not working right. As soon as I start an application with heavy graphics I freezes after some time (between 3 second and 1 minutes). I tried to uninstall my card and got the same result. I tried to upgrade with the new nvidia drivers and my computer would freeze as soon as I get in windows (btw I'm using windows 98SE) so I went back to the old drivers. I don't want to format again but I don't have any other idea.

 

[xyrx]

When you say you formatted your computer, did you use one of those restore CD's that came with your computer, that formats and re-installs Windows and all other applications? If you manually formatted, and re-installed Win98, maybe it's possible you need to install an AGP/IRQ driver for your specific type of motherboard. If you know what kind of mobo you have, take a look at their website for update drivers, specifically for IRQ steering or AGP.

 

[ak48]

When I formatted I did everything manually. I have a Tyan Trinity 400 MB witch has a VIA chipset and I did download the VIA 4 in 1 chipset, without success. I also have the latest version of the bios. Anything else I should try? Could this be some sort of IRQ conflict even if windows says "this device is working properly"?

 

[mainegeek]

Try downloading and installing the newest version of DirectX

 

[ak48]

Done, without success once again

 

[Guest_imported]

Is your graphics card comes with bundled software? Try to uninstall the bundled software.

 

[rockeri]

Try disabling (or enabling if already disabled) any video shadow options that may be in your cmos settings.

 

[ak48]

Thanx for the help guys, I found the problem, I was reading my MB book and I noticed that the chipset did not support 4x AGP with all graphic cards, so I just disabled it and everything was fine.