GeForce3 Ti 200 seen by Win2k as.... PCI?!

[sharkmegabyte]

Yeah, you read the title right.

I've been having trouble with games ever since I built my new rig (I've entered the info here ). They crash out to the desktop with several different errors.

Jedi Knight 2 gives me 'jk2sp.exe has caused an error and will be closed.'
and I get a General Protection Fault when trying Deus Ex.

I've tried 4 different driver versions (manufacturer's and Nvidia's) for my card, with no effect. Sound drivers are up to date, Win2k is fully updated (except I installed DirectX 7 thinking it might just be a problem with DirectX 8.1, but that didnt help either)

Tonight I was looking through my Device Manager again and I noticed under the Display adapter entry for my GeForce 3...
"Location: PCI bus 1, device 0, function 0" - !

That can't be normal... can it?
I've tried removing and reinstalling this entry from Device Manager, but the Location stays the same. How do I get Windows 2000 to properly recognize this video card?

[The email I sent to Gainward customer service about this just got bounced back to me because they've reached their mail storage limit... O_O I don't like that sign]

 

[Rand]

<< That can't be normal... can it?
I've tried removing and reinstalling this entry from Device Manager, but the Location stays the same. How do I get Windows 2000 to properly recognize this video card?

[The email I sent to Gainward customer service about this just got bounced back to me because they've reached their mail storage limit... O_O I don't like that sign] >>



Yes, it's perfewctly normal and has nothing to do with whether the graphics card is being identified properly as being a fully AGP capable board. In fact I would be mildly surprised if it said anything other then what you reported.

As for emailing Gainward for help.... you'll have more luck praying to god to send an angel down for assistance. Gainward tech support is virtually
non-existent, and their RMA practices are abhorrid.
They have some great products, but customer support is not their strong point.

 

[sharkmegabyte]

(Well, I've learned something)

Any ideas what else my problem could be, then?

I get into Jedi Knight 2 and can play for up to ~20 minutes before I get tossed out again.