Problem with DirectX or Detonator, or what? Help please

[ksallen]

Interesting problem that is annoying me. First, the system.

AMD Athlon 1.33
IWILL KK266
512 Mushkin PC133 + 256 Crucial PC133
Leadtek GeForce 4 TI4400 128
WD 40GB + WD 13GB
300W Power Supply (enough?)
Win2k
Yadda Yadda

Now, when I bought the GeForce, I installed DirectX 8.1 and the latest Detonator drivers fro NVIDIA website. Running 3DMark 2001, I usually get to the 2nd or 3rd test, and the program just quits. This happened before I upgraded my video card as well. Running Unreal Tournament Demo, the game just quits as well as soon as the map is loaded when I try to play. Sometimes I get the blue screen dumping physical memory crap. Games like Medal of Honor - Allied Assault and IceWind Dale II run fine. I've tried reinstalling DirectX and the video drivers repeatedly, but nothing seems to work. I am not overclocking anything (yet). Any ideas? I'd appreciate it. Thanks.

Kyle

 

[DeviousTrap]

Do you have the VIA 4-in1 drivers installed. That might me the cause of your problems. What brand power supply do you have. That might be another factor?

 

[ksallen]

Installed latest VIA chipset drivers but that didn't work. Installed Leadtek drivers, they don't help. I am guessing it is directx related, but i don't know anymore. crazy.

 

[ksallen]

Also, it fails when doing the high detail tests. Just another data point.

 

[HumbleFish]

Go to the DirectX Utility and try turning down the Hardware support on the Sound.