Asus A7V & GeForce 2 GTS, HELP!!!

Zartac

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Jan 16, 2001
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I'm in need of some help please.
I was reading the articles today about the A7V and updating the bios etc etc.
Well I have updated my bios to the 1005c, but I am still experiencing crashes on my system. Could it be a toasted video card?

The following errors are being received:
VxD: VMM
VxD: VCACHE
VxD: VFAT
VxD: WIN32

System Specs:
T-bird 1gig
Asus A7V (1005c bios)
Win98se
256megs PC-100 (1x128, 2x64)
Asus V7700 GeForce 2 GTS DDR Deluxe (32megs) w/TV out.(Using Detonator Drivers). ***Old Video card: RIVA TNT2 (16meg)***
worked fine.
(The VIA 4in1 drivers crash my system, specifically the VGART driver)
2x 20.5 gig HD (7200rpm)
Ricoh 6x4x24 CDR
Creative 36x MX CD
3/4 tower
Not using the ATA100 for HD's
Silver ORB cooling fan
added slot cooling fan for extra cooling.
GVC 10base NIC (cable modem)
250 Watt PS
Creative Sound Blaster 128 PCI
VCore temp: last checked 30C.
17" KDS Monitor (Digital) (1024x768 resolution)

Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. I'm stumped.
 

Compellor

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Oct 1, 2000
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Where do the crashes happen? In games? At the desktop? Those look to me like memory crashes. Try setting the BIOS back to default "safe" settings. IF this doesn't work, read below:

Is ACPI installed? This caused problems on my ABIT KT7, so, I disabled it upon doing a clean install of Win98 SE (D:\setup /p i). Also, the order in which you install the 4 in 1 drivers is VERY important. Install them right after installing the OS.

Recommendation: Format the hard drive and do a clean install of the OS. Install the 4 in 1 drivers next (use the 4.24 version). AMD recommends you actually take out all your cards (except video) for a really clean install. Then install each one at a time.
 

Eminem

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May 21, 2000
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i want to help you, this is looking like a memory and/or configuration (software) problem. you are being risky to use cheap ram and occupy so many slots (3) try with just the 128 mb , format and reinstall use new 4in1 and put in 1 card at a time

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