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Help out w/ Radeon AIW problem please...

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skypilot

Golden Member
I have a Radeon AIW that I am using in my home theater computer. It works great, the Tv out is awesome, but the only problem is, it gets a ways into 3d games and programs (5-10 minutes) then randomly freezes. I've felt the HSF on the graphics processor and the HSF on the CPU and they are both cool to the touch. The All in wonder is using the newest drivers from ATI's site. The programs it crashes in are: 3dMark2001, NBA Live 2001, and a number of Nintendo 64 Emulators.

The computer is as follows:

800Mhz P3E Coppermine on Iwill Slocket 2
Win 98SE
DFI P2XBL Motherboard
256MB PC133 Crucial Cas3 RAM (Running at 100mhz Cas3)
AIW Radeon 32MB DDR
Generic Aureal Vortex 1 Sound
Generic 10mbps NIC
80G Western Digital 800BB
Generic black faced CD-ROM, no floppy

Can anyone help me out?

Thanks!
 
Since when is a computer freezing (locking up) automatically a video problem?

How long have you been running this setup before it started freezing? What changed prior to the freezes?
 
The reason I believe it is a Video card problem is because it is only when it is in 3d programs.... it has been doing this since I assembled the computer (2 weeks ago).
 
More info.... when I freeze in 3DMark 2001, it is the Vertex Shader test that it freezes on... ( bunch of little guys in black coats shooting each other)
 
problems like this are mostly associated with heat, how are you setup for ventilation, are you in a warm climate. what drivers are you using for the AIW.
 
Just to make sure the program is video card related you should try a program call burn in test. It is by Passmark software. I recently suffered some instabilities while pushing my FSB up. However, they didn't surface for a while. I thought the first time it was a random error. It happened again. So, I ran this program to test out. It discovered the problem lied with my memory. I raised the voltage, now all is well again. You can get a copy at www.passmark.com. You should make sure you exert a full load on anything you think the problem may lie with in the settings.
 
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