Problem with Geforce3 Ti500

[NonbornOne]

General question. I have recently upgraded. I am sure a few people are having sinking feelings by now...
I am not a complete techie but i know which end of the card to put in the slot. I am having problems with blue screens of death in Windows XP. XP is blaming the nv4_dsp.dll for the problem (something about an infinite loop). It subsequently crashes. The very handy online crash analysis tells me that there is a soluction to my problem and that I should download the latest drivers from nvdia or the manufacturer (Hercules). I have done this but are still having the problem. I am NOT overclocking and never have (I would just like to get my shiny new computer running!!!!).

The system specs on my new machine are:
Athlon 1900
Gigabyte 7VTXE motherboard
RAM 512MB DDR
HDD 100GB
Hercules GeForce3
Audigy Sound Card (Vanilla - not the Platinum)
Full Tower Case with 300W power supply
CD-Writer Plextor SCSI
CDROM Plextor SCSI
IDE DVDROM
10/100 Network Card
Windows XP clean install
Any assistance is greatly appreciated.

 

[Compellor]

Download the latest WHQL 23.12 drivers here:

the-Ctrl-Alt-Del

Or you can get them directly from Microsoft using Windows Update.

 

[Rand]

<< blaming the nv4_dsp.dll for the problem (something about an infinite loop). It subsequently crashes >>



Congratulations, you are victim 1 million of the now infamous nV4_disp infinite loop bug. Unfortunately there is no guaranteed solution for the infinite loop bug yet.

It's a long standing bug in the memory management of the nVidia Detonator drivers, and occurs when used in combination with Win2K/WinXP... generally occurs when using a VIA, or ALi based motherboard, and somewhat less often with Intel, SiS based motherboards.

The usual possible fixes for the aforementioned bug:
Update to the latest VIA 4in1 drivers
Try the nVidia Detonator 21.81, 21.83, or 27.10 as these seem to be the revisions that are less frequently afflicted with the bug.
Drop to AGP 2X, or if necessary dropping to AGP 1X may be necessary.
Dropping the AGP aperture size in the BIOS to under 8MB sometimes works as well.

Unfortunately the last two solutions cn have a detrimental impact on performance, but it's sometimes necessary to get rid of the bug.

The only really guaranteed solution is to switch to a non-nVidia based graphics adapter, as the issue is extremely rarely seen with other manufacturers graphics cards.

 

[BillZad]

Tried the 21.81,21.83,but u should try 21.85 these work the best on my PIII/450 TNT2 Ultra card

 

[NonbornOne]

Your words of wisdom are appreciated.

I must admit that all my previous cards have been based on Voodoo (including the infamous Obsidian X-24).

May the force be with you.

 

[BFG10K]

And make sure you have the latest BIOS for your motherboard and don't overclock anything.

 

[Mem]

Another option is to try slower memory settings in Bios,this has worked for some people.