I have been running my computer for about 2 years. Ever since I built it, I have had some problems with registry errors.
it is an Asus P3v4x with a slot adaptor card and a PIII 667, with a Hercules/guillemot Geforce 2GTS 64meg, and an IBM deskstar 34xp 20.5 gig HD, Soundblaster live value card.
When I first built it, it seemed to run fine except that sometimes the video card would apparently not initialize... NO VIDEO IMAGE.
I re-seated the card, updated drivers, that seemed to go away, but has rarely occurred since.
I often have registry errors on startup, sometimes many in succession. I recently downclocked the CPU to 620 mhz, it seems SLIGHTLY more stable, I have not run it enough to be certain.
I also added another 256 megs of ram, I tried it with just the new stuff first, in case the ram was bad. No change.
I am going to Re-build the software from the ground up, AGAIN. This will be at least the 4th time. Problem rears its ugly head within a week or two.
Video is set at 200mhz processor, 333 mhz memory.
When playing Unreal, I experience visual defects in the walls, certain sections will not be right, kind of messed up shimmering color.
When playing Age of Empires II, the game sometimes locks up, either kicking me out to desktop or locking up the whole system. This seems to be more prevalent in the late parts of the game, when lots of action going on.
Dungeon keeperII also locks up, sometimes even re-boots the system. When it locks up, it usually shows a small section of the lower screen, then the rest of the screen is black, computer locked up completely.
Railroad tycoon II locks up also, same system.
Another problem I have noted all along is that in unreal the brightness levels will change from one boot up to the next, It usually gets darker, and I have had to run brighter than the default setting. A few weeks ago the brightnes suddenly jumped up, and the image looked wierd, I blew out the fan due to heavy dust in the house, seemed to get better. This problem went away, but...
Often I will notice that the color of the background on my desktop has shifted from blue green to a bright bilious green. I have the desktop set up with the cargo net in the background, and it looks really wierd.
Is my video card trashed?
THanks for any help you can give.
it is an Asus P3v4x with a slot adaptor card and a PIII 667, with a Hercules/guillemot Geforce 2GTS 64meg, and an IBM deskstar 34xp 20.5 gig HD, Soundblaster live value card.
When I first built it, it seemed to run fine except that sometimes the video card would apparently not initialize... NO VIDEO IMAGE.
I re-seated the card, updated drivers, that seemed to go away, but has rarely occurred since.
I often have registry errors on startup, sometimes many in succession. I recently downclocked the CPU to 620 mhz, it seems SLIGHTLY more stable, I have not run it enough to be certain.
I also added another 256 megs of ram, I tried it with just the new stuff first, in case the ram was bad. No change.
I am going to Re-build the software from the ground up, AGAIN. This will be at least the 4th time. Problem rears its ugly head within a week or two.
Video is set at 200mhz processor, 333 mhz memory.
When playing Unreal, I experience visual defects in the walls, certain sections will not be right, kind of messed up shimmering color.
When playing Age of Empires II, the game sometimes locks up, either kicking me out to desktop or locking up the whole system. This seems to be more prevalent in the late parts of the game, when lots of action going on.
Dungeon keeperII also locks up, sometimes even re-boots the system. When it locks up, it usually shows a small section of the lower screen, then the rest of the screen is black, computer locked up completely.
Railroad tycoon II locks up also, same system.
Another problem I have noted all along is that in unreal the brightness levels will change from one boot up to the next, It usually gets darker, and I have had to run brighter than the default setting. A few weeks ago the brightnes suddenly jumped up, and the image looked wierd, I blew out the fan due to heavy dust in the house, seemed to get better. This problem went away, but...
Often I will notice that the color of the background on my desktop has shifted from blue green to a bright bilious green. I have the desktop set up with the cargo net in the background, and it looks really wierd.
Is my video card trashed?
THanks for any help you can give.
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