Just installed Win ME, but D3D games freeze...

erector16

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I just installed ME last night and tried installing some D3D games. It seems like they all freeze after a couple seconds of running. Weird thing is OpenGL games work perfectly. I tried putting my CLA2 back down to default clock speeds and putting my CPU back down to default clock and I still get freezes. Is there some kind of update I need to get for Win ME??

My setup:
P3 700@933 1.7V with Asus slotket
192 MB PC100@133
P3V4X mobo
SB Live! XGamer (with liveware 3.0)
CL Annihilator 2 (detonator 3 drivers)

 

Tates

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Sounds like a driver issue. Try reloading DirectX 7a.
 

BFG10K

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Did you try your system at stock speeds?

Did you install Windows when any part of your system was overclocked? If you did you may need to install it again running your system at stock speeds.

(Spot the pattern).

 

erector16

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I ended up finding out what the problem was. I have a P3V4X mobo. If I set the BIOS to AGP 2x and don't patch the registry to enable "Via4x" then everything works fine. Don't ask me why it doesn't like AGP 4x, but that's what fixed it. Thanks for your suggestions though!