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3D error

Shanked

Junior Member
Basically i wonder why this (image link) error occurs and if there's something to be done about it.

I have an older system for visitors to use the internet on, play some older games or whatever,
it's an aopen ax6b motherboard, Intel P2 333mhz with a geforce2 mx (asus AGP-v7100). Worked like a charm.

But then i harvested a Intel P3 600mhz cpu (that uses 100mhz bus speed instead of 66 as the 333mhz previously had) and put that in and it seemed to work fine until i tried some games,
at first the 3D games seemed to be working, but after a while the screen blinks, kinda like when you change resolution, and things turn red like in the picture and other things becomes weird striped. (image link)
Some games crash if it "blinks" while running, but most just continue and look weird.

This happends in both win2k and win xp and whatever gfx card driver im using.
Im thinking that something is overheating, the gfx card is my guess since error only occurs while 3D is involved, i've moved around a couple of fans at diffrent places to no avail.

Everything else works fine even after it's "blinked", just 3D games thats the problem.

So if anyone knows anything about this i would appriciate it. If it really the gfx card and if there's something to be done about it or if it's something else.

Thanks in advance for any help.
 
Those pictures really look like the system is having problems synchronizing interleaved (render 1/2 of the page at a time then put them together) video. Check the refresh rate on your monitor in the Windows Display settings. If it's at 60Mhz, try putting it at 75Mhz.

I'm not familiar with that motherboard, but it could be possible that the board is trying to run the AGP BUS at the 100Mhz speed that the new CPU wants, and the video card can't handle that. Check the system's BIOS to see if there is an AGP lock to force it to 66Mhz.

Try putting the old CPU back in the system and see what happens. If it works then the problem is likely to be with the 600Mhz CPU.

Also, try a spare video card if you have one. If the new card works with the 600Mhz processor, then the GeForce2 MX may be failing.
 
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