Need help! 3d-applications locks my computer up!

[ankan]

I have recently bought a athlon XP 1600+ system with a DFI AD70-SC motherboard, SAMSUNG DDR 256 MB and a Geforce 3 Ti-200
I have the latest detonator XP installed.

All regular programs works fine but when starting a 3d-program using OpenGL or Direct3D (quake3, 3d studio max, 3dMark2001...) the computer hangs after about 30 seconds.

Has anyone else experienced this problem? Anyone know whats wrong?

 

[pay]

Sounds like a video card drivers problem.. try getting the newest official detonators at nvidia.com

 

[ankan]

I already have the latest official drivers from nvidia...
I've also tried the drivers provided on cd by the manufacturer (PALIT DAYTONA GEFORCE 3)

 

[Muadib]

Are you overclocking? If so, try running normal, and see if the problem still happens. You could also have heat issues.

 

[ankan]

My system isn't overclocked. I've tried to switch the graphics card with another computer. The geforce 3 ran perfectly on the other computer and the new board that i tried on my system (a geforce 256) also worked perfectly. My conclusion: There's some incompability between my motherboard (DFI AD70-SC) and the geforce 3 card.

 

[tomstevens26]

<< My system isn't overclocked. I've tried to switch the graphics card with another computer. The geforce 3 ran perfectly on the other computer and the new board that i tried on my system (a geforce 256) also worked perfectly. My conclusion: There's some incompability between my motherboard (DFI AD70-SC) and the geforce 3 card. >>



I'd suggest pulling components out one by one and see if it quits after you remove something. I was having the same problems you were on a system I built some time back. I had reused a lot of components but 3D games would lock up everytime I tried them. System would run forever...until I tried a game. Someone here suggested pulling stuff and it might help isolate the problem. Turns out that everything cleared up when I pulled an old Linksys NIC. Installed a new NIC and the machine hasn't had a problem since. Well...it has...but it was because I couldn't quit tinkering with it... Maybe there was some incompatible with that NIC and the new mobo that was causing the problems. Who knows.

Good luck!

 

[Muadib]

Did you do a fresh install with the new mb and GF3, or did you just moved the hard drive to your new system?

 

[ankan]

I did a fresh install, I tried a configuration with no other cards beside the GF3, and it still didn't work

 

[Muadib]

Have you tried changing to the windows standard vga driver, rebooting, and then reloading the GF3 driver?

 

[ankan]

yes i have

 

[CStroman]

As my geforce2 MX was on its way out, it would freeze while running 3d applications, too. I believe that was caused by a short circuit in the RAM.

 

[Muadib]

What about heat issues? What temp is your cpu running?

 

[Muadib]

If you find that you are OK temp wise, then I must agree with CStroman, and say it sounds like you need a new card. Sorry dude.