Det 3 Lockup Q's

[Nighthawk69]

Hey all- I've been narrowing down why the 6.xx drives lock on my system, here is what I've found recently, suggestions?

In 3DMark2000 I cna run ANY 6.xx driver set looped forever with no locks, but as soon as I enter a game and try to play it will hard-lock. I think the problem is my SD-11 mobo and not supplying enough power for these drivers (as someone suggested earlier) although I thought I'd post my newest findings and see if everyone thinks that is still my problem. 5.22 runs great and that si what I'm using now...

Specs:
AMD Athlon 600
FIC SD-11 mobo
128MB PC-100 SDRAM
Creative Annihilator 2 (240/375)


Thanks all!
Tim "Nighthawk" Admire

 

[RoboTECH]

nighthawk, the GTS has "issues" using 6xx and several Athlon mobos

also, you may as well back that graphics core speed down some.

you're not getting much extra speed @ 240, but you're generating a lot of heat and possibly causing instability. overclocking a GTS is all aabout the memory speed

 

[Nighthawk69]

Thanks! You just answered a question I have been testing to find the answer to for weeks! GRR = )

 

[MustangSVT]

u might have solved the problem alredy but if not try this. i dont know y ppl ask questions without trying some basic things first. does it lock up in games when u run it at stock speeds?
if u think the voltage is the problem, why dont u disconect fan on video card so chipset gets more juice from agp port and use some fan using power from PS? im not sure about drivers changing voltage used by agp port, anyone know any more info on that? THANX