Geforce 2 problems on Asus P2B-DS

[Teq]

have a Hercules 3d Prophet Geforce 2 Pro with 64 Mb ram on my system. My problem is that when a play demanding 3d games upon changing resolution (loading a different level for example) i get multi colored vertical lines on my screen and the computers comes to a hard locl. The only thing to do the is hard reset My motherboard is an Asus P2B-DS running dual pentium III 700 Mhz. I really think that is a hardware problem and has to do with the AGP voltage that the motherboard supplies at the AGP port but i am looking for some other opinion. My chiplet is the Intel BX and of course the card runs on 2X AGP. Also i have noticed that when playing an opengl game this type of crash never happens.

 

[girish]

The GeForce draws a lot of current when working full steam, just like the RivaTNT2. Older AGP2X slots found on the BX boards are designed with AGP2X spec with ~6A current specification, while the RivaTNT2 and GeForce draw more than 9A.

Maybe this is the reason your card isnt doing 3D good.

girish

 

[AndyHui]

If OpenGL games are not giving you trouble, then it is unlikely to be a voltage problem.

The voltage problem only affected the 440LX based P2L97....ASUS copped a lot of trouble over that, so the issue never popped up again until the P3V4X.

I suggest you reinstall DirectX 8.1, along with the video card drivers and see if that helps.

 

[Teq]

Today i have noticed that OpenGl games are also affected. I am concern because this problem shows up only when the card is at full load. I suspect that at a level change in a game a lot of the textures are loaded in to the cards memory so the card may needs additional power from the AGP port. Is there anything tat i can do to deal with this proble? I have thought that it may be usufull to connect the fan on the video card directly to the motherboard as it is currently connected on the video card itself. Do you thing this can help is is ndead a voltage problem?