Geforce 3 Ti 200 freezes when bringing up login screen on Win2000

[keyed]

Greetings, I hope some of you can help solve my problem.

I've just installed Win2000 and can run it in VGA mode, but if I boot up regular with the Nvidia drivers, the computer freezes when it gets to the login screen. This is the third time I've tried install Win2000.

The first time, I got the same problem, but I tried different Nvidia drivers and that solved it for a day or so. But then the following evening, it would randomly freeze anywhere from a few seconds to a few minutes after it brought up the desktop.

The second time I installed it, it messed up while upgrading to Explorer 6.0, so I just reinstalled again.

Now, I've got all the latest drivers on my computer and everything is running fine except for the video card.

Can anyone help me out?

Here's what I have in my comp:

Iwill KK266R mb with 512 mb PC133RAM
AMD T-Bird 850
Pair of Maxtor 40 GB drives raided together
WD 80 GB drive
TDK 16x10x40 CDRW
Ethernet Card
SB Live 5.1
Visiontek GF3 Ti 200
400 watt PS (generic) (Note: My previous PS was an antec 300 watt but it gave out 2 weeks ago. The generic PS I found through the hot deals forum, the deal for $30 shipped)
MS Explorer Mouse
3.5 Floppy

 

[hoihtah]

you said that you have the latest driver installed.
which version might that be?

 

[hoihtah]

so far... it seem like
23.12 for 2k&xp is the best version.

 

[keyed]

I've tried Nvidia 21.83 & Nvidia 23.11
21.83 was the one that originally worked, but only for a day or so before freezing.

I just found Nvidia 27.50 drivers on the Visiontek site and will try that later on tonight.

 

[keyed]

27.50 loaded initially and I was able to run it all night.

Today though, it went back to the same problem of freezing at the login screen.
*sigh*

 

[H2o]

Have you tried to remove the Ethernet card - there might be a conflict with the graphiccard if it doesn't support the PCI IRQ sharing (I don't know what kind of Ethernetcard you use). If it helps you can then possibly disconnect the com- and or LPT ports in BIOS (to free up some IRQ:s), if you don't use them of course.