Java crashes my system with Gforce 6600

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Gosinya

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Since installing a new eVGA Gforce 6600 gt graphics card, Java now almost completely crashes my computer, making it run like a 286 until Java is completely exited. To make things even harder to figure, the 66.94 drivers that came with the card work with Java, but Ghost Recon(my favorite game) will not run At ALL(just freezes at the games first menu screen).Also, DVD's will not play(I use Power DVD). When I install the latest drivers(77.84), Ghost Recon now works (and DVD's will play again as well),but the Java problem appears.
My system... P3 1GHZ,Asus TUSL2-C motherboard, 512M pc133 sdram,WD HD 120G,WIN98SE,SoundBlaster Live OEM.
 
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Gosinya

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I Have the latest version-----1.5.0 (build 1.5.0_02-b09) BTW, I notice that even launching the Java Control panel alone has the same ill-effect, so it's not a browser issue.
 
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FlyingPenguin

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Did you COMPLETELY uninstall all traces of the old video card's drivers and utilities. Usually this is done from the Add/Remove Programs wizard in Control panel. ATI cards usually have two uninstallers: one for the utilities and one for the driver. Not sure about NVidia. There's also several video driver cleaners available on the Net if you do a Google search.

Also keep in mind that Win98 driver support pretty much sucks nowadays. Manufacturers just aren't bothering to kill themselves tweaking 98 drivers anymore. You might need to try an earlier version (most manufacturers have driver archives on their web site).

Did you install the driver that came with the card? Usually those aren't the best drivers available. Go to the NVidia website and download the latest driver.

Hope this helps...
 
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Gosinya

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Jul 12, 2004
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I was refering to the last line of your post, but be that as it may , yes I completely removed the old drivers and used Driver Cleaner.
 
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Oxides

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Disable forcing FSAA (set it to application controlled) in the windows display settings.
This is a known bug taht has been around forever
 
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Gosinya

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Thanks OXIDES !!!!!!! That was it !! Unfortunately I'll have to remember to reset FSAA each time I play Ghost Recon, but it's a small inconvenience to avoid having things crash every time I view a JAVA web page. Thanks Again !!!
 
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