Adding system ram forces new geforce2mx to lockup

[LOFBenson]

I recently got a inno3d geforce2 MX 400 to replace my tnt2 viper770. After installing the card and reinstalling Windows 2000 i was consistently locking up in both diablo2 (direct3d) and counterstrike (opengl). I assumed it was the via drivers fault so i reinstalled win2k again... and again... and again. i went through every single possible order of service pack/via drivers/nvidia drivers possible. I even tried winxp still no luck stopping the freezes. Decided it must be hardware conflict so i stripped system and of everything but video, one ram chip, and one hard drive. It worked great no freezes after hours of play. First thing i tried adding back was the other stick of ram. instant lockup again. i took the 2nd ram chip out and added everything else back in. worked fine. add ram: freeze. using either of the chips solo doesn't cause problems but having 2 chips (in any 2 of the 3 slots) makes the video unstable

system specs:
Inwin Q500N
MSI K7Tpro-2a (2.8 bios)
AMD tbird 750
256MB Crucial 133 cas2 (slot 1)
256MB Not sure of name ( made in 1999 ) 100 cas 3 (slot 2)
Inno3d geforce2 mx 400 w/ tv out 64MB (agp)
Promise ultra100 adapter (pci slot 6)
Creative sounblaster live platinum 5.1 w/ livedrive IR (pci slot 3)
realtek 8139 10/100 nic ( pci slot 5)
realtek 8139 100 nic (pci slot 4)
IBM 18gig hdd ( primary master )
IBM 15gig hdd ( promise primary slave )
WD 30gig hdd ( promise primary master )
plextor 8x4x32 ide ( secondary slave )
asus 8x dvdrom ide ( promise secondary master )
sony 38x cdrom ( promise secondary slave )
Windows 2000 server service pack 2
Via chipset drivers 4.32
Nvidia drivers (tried 7.9X, 12.41, 12.90, 14.10)


IRQ:
1 keyboard
6 floppy controller
7 geforce2 mx
8 CMOS/clock
10 realtek 100
11 USB
11 USB
11 soundblaster live
11 promise ultra100
12 realteck 10/100
13 data processor

power
Core 0: 1.89
Core 1: .41
+3.3V: 3.47
+5.0V: 4.93
+12V: 11.89

Anyone have ANY clue how to get this thing to run with all 512MB of ram?

 

[pidge]

Alot of Via chipsets have known problems when adding alot of memory and using some of the later video cards. I've read reports like yours from others users on the web using Via chipsets and not just NVIDIA cards. I can't stand Via.

 

[codehack2]

Check your AGP arp in Bios.. try setting it down a couple of notches to see what happens

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